IndyCar has completed the third practice for the 2024 Indianapolis 500. Check out the full results, including lap times and difference!
The third practice of the 2024 Indianapolis 500 had some crazy moments. Linus Lundqvist and Marcus Ericsson suffered two big wrecks that knocked them out of the session. Lundqvist spun exiting Turn 2 and slammed the wall, while Ericsson’s accident occurred in Turn 4. Thankfully, both drivers were seen and released by the infield care center.
NTT IndyCar Series drivers got several laps under their belts on Wednesday, including Conor Daly, who led the way with 86 laps. [autotag]Pato O’Ward[/autotag] led the field with a hot lap of 228.861 miles per hour and a total of 56 laps. Kyle Larson, who is attempting “The Double,” placed 25th at 222.805 miles per hour on Wednesday.
Below, you can look at the results of the third 2024 Indianapolis 500 practice on May 16.
Thursday’s practice session for the Indianapolis 500 got off to a swift start as drivers used the early 10 am ET start and its cooler ambient conditions to perform qualifying simulations. Andretti Global’s Colton Herta was the fastest of the 10 …
Thursday’s practice session for the Indianapolis 500 got off to a swift start as drivers used the early 10 am ET start and its cooler ambient conditions to perform qualifying simulations. Andretti Global’s Colton Herta was the fastest of the 10 drivers with a no-tow best lap of 223.143mph set in the first 15 minutes of the eight-hour session with the No. 26 Honda. Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay was second on the no-tow list with a 222.627mph lap in the No. 21 Chevy.
Herta also set the fastest lap among the first runners with a 226.218mph after catching a tow, which stood until Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden nudged the number up to 226.684mph in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevy. Set in the opening 25 minutes, Newgarden’s lap stood as the track got busier and sizable packs of drivers began running together while working on race-day setups.
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Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward took command of P1 at the 45-minute mark with a lap of 228.861mph in his No. 5 Chevy while sitting fourth in a line of cars. O’Ward held P1 through the first 90 minutes, and at that point in time, he was joined by teammate Kyle Larson on track, whose car spent the morning in the Arrow McLaren garage having its Chevy engine changed.
The first crash of the event was produced by Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Linus Lundqvist at 11:31am when he smacked the Turn 2 wall with the No. 8 Honda. The rookie from Sweden climbed from the car without assistance. The right-rear suspension and rear wing bore the brunt of the damage in the contact as his car oversteered and went into the SAFER barrier with the right-rear corner.
O’Ward held firm to P1 after two hours of running and had Penske’s Scott McLaughlin nestled behind in second with a tow-aided 227.316mph in the No. 3 Chevy and Ganassi’s Alex Palou in third with a 226.915mph in the No. 10 Honda.
Arrow McLaren’s Alexander Rossi struggled to launch from his pit stall and came to a stop next to Meyer Shank Racing’s pit boxes. The team would take his No. 7 Chevy back to Gasoline Alley and get to work on resolving an unnamed drivetrain issue.
The order of O’Ward, McLaughlin, and Palou remained unchanged as the halfway point — four hours of running — was completed.
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With the disqualification of Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden for his illegal use of push-to-pass power at St. Petersburg, Arrow McLaren has been awarded the victory with Pato O’Ward, who placed second on the road in the No. 5 Chevy. The win represents …
With the disqualification of Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden for his illegal use of push-to-pass power at St. Petersburg, Arrow McLaren has been awarded the victory with Pato O’Ward, who placed second on the road in the No. 5 Chevy.
The win represents a joyous moment for the three-car team which missed out on trips to victory lane in 2023 with O’Ward, Alexander Rossi, and former driver Felix Rosenqvist. It also marks the first IndyCar win at Arrow McLaren for Gavin Ward in the team principal role.
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With Newgarden’s demotion, the No. 2 Chevy Penske driver falls from first to 11th in the championship. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who placed third at St. Pete and was also disqualified, has dropped from 10th to 27th and last in the standings. O’Ward improves from sixth to fourth.
“It’s awesome to get a win and a real strong result for the amount of effort this team puts in,” O’Ward said. “This team is just full of an incredible group of characters and they have been grinding so hard to try and get results like this. And I think it’s the first of many hopefully for me in this role as a team principal. I was hoping to celebrate this first one for me a little bit different way in victory lane with all our team, but when you win, you win. So we will enjoy this.”
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Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin have been disqualified from the IndyCar Series race at St. Petersburg. Pato O’Ward is the new winner.
In a shocking development, there is a new winner for the NTT IndyCar Series’ opening race at St. Petersburg. On Wednesday morning, the IndyCar Series announced that Team Penske drivers [autotag] Josef Newgarden[/autotag] and Scott McLaughlin have been disqualified for violating Push-to-Pass parameters at St. Petersburg. [autotag] Pato O’Ward[/autotag] is officially deemed the new winner.
Alongside Newgarden and McLaughlin, Team Penske driver Will Power has received a 10-point penalty. IndyCar investigated Team Penske after it found that each driver had the ability to use Push to Pass on starts and restarts during the warmup session in Long Beach. Newgarden and McLaughlin used it at St. Petersburg, while Power did not.
NEWS: #INDYCAR officials announce penalties for Team Penske, including disqualifications for the Nos. 2 and 3 entries, and a 10-point deduction for the No. 12, for violating Push-to-Pass parameters at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
The shocking move has O’Ward, Power, and Colton Herta on the podium at St. Petersburg. Newgarden now sits 11th (-45), while McLaughlin sits 29th (-74) in the point standings. This has a massive impact on the point standings, as Team Penske released a statement accepting the penalties for Newgarden, McLaughlin, and Power.
The city of Long Beach received nothing but praise from the two fastest IndyCar drivers on Friday. “Turn 8. That’s the corner,” said Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist, who was fourth in the No. 60 Honda. Offseason grinding of the bump-laden …
The city of Long Beach received nothing but praise from the two fastest IndyCar drivers on Friday.
“Turn 8. That’s the corner,” said Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist, who was fourth in the No. 60 Honda. Offseason grinding of the bump-laden corner that feed onto the long back straight made the blast through Turn 8 a pleasantly fast experience as Rosenqvist and former teammate Pato O’Ward found in his No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevy.
“There used to be a bump there last year,” O’Ward said after going P1 with a lap of 1m06.6874s. “You had to wait after the hump, then come into power. Now that the hump is gone, it’s a lot quicker. That is definitely somewhere where I found quite a bit of lap time compared to last year.”
The interesting note to go with O’Ward’s comments is the nearly identical lap he delivered in 2023 of 1m06.6999s in the same Friday session. Although the improvement to Turn 8 certainly helped to shorten the elapsed time it took to get to Turn 9, the track was visibly dirty, which likely conspired to hide the circuit’s full potential.
“Turn 8 was quite a big difference,” Rosenqvist added. “You can carry a ton of speed… I think they’ve done a good job.”
Turn 5, a site of more than a few problems last year, also received some improvements by the city which pleased the Swede.
“They did a curve modification that seemed to work well for us,” he said. “So yeah, all good.”
Pato O’Ward put Arrow McLaren on top in first practice for the 49th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, heading Team Penske’s Will Power and Scott McLaughlin in a Chevrolet 1-2-3. Power was the first driver to lap the 1.968-mile 11-turn course under …
Pato O’Ward put Arrow McLaren on top in first practice for the 49th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, heading Team Penske’s Will Power and Scott McLaughlin in a Chevrolet 1-2-3.
Power was the first driver to lap the 1.968-mile 11-turn course under 68s, with 1m07.6561s which he then lowered to a 1m07.4264s on his seventh lap. Felix Rosenqvist of Meyer Shank Racing took a strong shot at top spot but fell 0.0160s short, before Colton Herta bumped Power by 0.0047s with a 1m07.4217s effort for Andretti Global.
Teammate and defending pole- and race-winner Kyle Kirkwood suffered downshift issues in his Andretti Global Honda in the early part of the session, unable to select first gear, while McLaughlin scraped the wall exiting Turn 8 on his way to fifth fastest at the time. Power would do something similar and take a trip into the Turn 9 runoff, while Newgarden moved himself up to seventh, just behind fellow two-time champion Alex Palou who was the top Chip Ganassi Racing driver at the time.
With his 12th lap, McLaughlin bounded to the top with a 1m07.3976s, just 0.0508s ahead of Herta who took a brief trip into the Turn 8 runoff, while Ganassi’s rookie Kyffin Simpson locked up and stalled in Turn 9 runoff, obliging race control to throw a red flag, just before the checkers.
As explained here, IndyCar continues to work on its format for first practice sessions on road and street courses, so after 45 minutes of all 27 cars being allowed on track, there was a five minute break. Thirteen cars were then allowed out for 10 minutes before parking, then the other 14 took to the circuit. The exception was for rookies who were allowed to participate in both 10-minute sessions. Most teams took the gap as the natural break in which to make the switch to Firestone’s alternate tires, using the guayule-sidewalled Firestones.
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Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Christian Lundgaard went fastest with 1m07.0855s before Pato O’Ward monstered his Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet around in 1m06.6874s, an average of more than 106mph.
His erstwhile teammate Rosenqvist jumped to second ahead of Lundgaard just before the checker fell, while Indy NXT champion and rookie Christian Rasmussen went fourth fastest in a very encouraging performance for Ed Carpenter Racing.
Out came the other half of the field for their 10 minutes, and Newgarden elected to run three laps on primaries at the start of the session. His teammates McLaughlin and Power delivered 1m06.8s to cement second and third fastest, albeit 0.1384 and 0.1553 off O’Ward’s benchmark, but a fraction ahead of Rosenqvist, Palou, Lundgaard and late improver Alexander Rossi (McLaren). Another red flew when Simpson needed a jumpstart from the Turn 9 runoff, but then Power made a late improvement to trim his deficit to O’Ward down to just 0.0937s. McLaughlin missed the chance to do the same when he went into Turn 1’s runoff.
Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire, substituting for the injured David Malukas, finished the session in 21st, 1.5983s off top spot, but happy that he could have done much better had he not encountered traffic while running the alternate tire compound. He turned 34 laps, more than any other driver.
Agustin Canapino excelled, clocking 11th for Juncos Hollinger Racing, while Kirkwood finally got a representative flying lap under his belt – despite a blank dashboard – and jumped to ninth spot.
Arrow McLaren No. 5 Chevy: Pato O’Ward (4th in 2023 championship) No. 6 Chevy: David Malukas (17th in 2023 championship with Dale Coyne Racing) No. 7 Chevy: Alexander Rossi (9th in 2023 championship) THINGS TO KNOW One, two, or three? Arrow McLaren …
Arrow McLaren
No. 5 Chevy: Pato O’Ward (4th in 2023 championship)
No. 6 Chevy: David Malukas (17th in 2023 championship with Dale Coyne Racing)
No. 7 Chevy: Alexander Rossi (9th in 2023 championship)
THINGS TO KNOW
One, two, or three?
Arrow McLaren doesn’t find itself in the same exact position as Andretti Global with needing to break free from its recent mediocrity, but there is a parallel in needing to break free from the vast expanse that separates it from Chip Ganassi Racing and Team Penske.
As a two-car team, Pato O’Ward was Arrow McLaren’s best and only contender to apply pressure to Ganassi and Penske from 2020-2022, but with the increase to three cars in 2023, his status as Arrow McLaren’s lone title challenger remained unchanged.
Bringing Alexander Rossi on board last year to join O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist was done with the expectation for the Indianapolis 500 winner to provide the team with a stronger presence towards the front of the field—to give O’Ward another running partner—and give Arrow McLaren at least a dual threat at every round like Ganassi has with Scott Dixon and Alex Palou and Penske has with Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin. But that didn’t happen.
That’s the main mission for the team to establish in 2024. Although O’Ward went winless last season, he lived on the podium, and through those seven top threes, he was able to shadow the two top teams. The outgoing Rosenqvist took two poles and made two trips to the podium while Rossi made one trip to the podium, which is where the disparity is most readily identified.
For Arrow McLaren to shorten or erase the gap to Ganassi and Penske, getting back to victory lane with O’Ward and dialing up the podiums for Rossi — and resuming his winning ways — is a must. At least two of its cars have to be in the hunt wherever they race if Arrow McLaren is going to bridge that championship gap because their rivals are too strong for O’Ward to get the job done without help.
For the team to truly contend, it will need most of its cars near the front, taking valuable points that would otherwise be earned by their rivals, and making it a three-way attack with the entry meant to be piloted by the injured David Malukas would be a wonderful development for Arrow McLaren as a whole.
Titles are won as a team. How will this squad fare in that unwavering challenge?
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LFGOOOOO time for Pato
The quality of Arrow McLaren’s championship competitiveness lives and dies with O’Ward. Separate from their squad goals, the 24-year-old Mexican is the team’s fastest and fiercest driver, and on an individual level, he’s also entering a crucial phase of his career.
Like his Indy Lights teammate Colton Herta, O’Ward’s been a force in the championship for most of his time in IndyCar, but small issues have kept him from breaking through to lead the standings for significant lengths of time. Streaking away from pole and building a huge lead has been impressive, but the accelerated tire wear awaiting O’Ward on the second half of a stint has turned a few too many big results into lesser ones. Looking at the task ahead, the burning motivation to prove he’s faster than everyone must be left in the past.
This is the year where he needs to find and strike the balance between attacking and conserving because that’s how IndyCar championships are won. That’s the formula all of the most recent title winners have used to such great effect, and in 2024, that’s precisely what O’Ward needs to deliver if he’s going to take that final step to reach his full potential.
With five seasons of experience to draw from — the last four at Arrow McLaren — the spotlight if firmly placed on O’Ward to take the team to the promised land, and that will only happen if he’s locked into a ‘big picture’ mindset from the first race.
Nobody would accuse Ganassi’s Alex Palou of being IndyCar’s fastest pilot, but he’s already a two-time champion who is of a similar age to O’Ward and entered the series as a full-timer in the same season. If there’s a blueprint for him to follow in this quest, it’s Palou. (And we’ll leave the topic of Palou almost becoming his teammate alone for now…)
One can’t say O’Ward’s eyes aren’t on the prize, but he’s Arrow McLaren’s longest-serving driver and that brings with it a level of pressure most others won’t have. Motorsport Images
It’s a lot to ask of any driver, but he and the team can’t afford to stay in that second-best category any longer. A new contract extension speaks to the faith Arrow McLaren has in O’Ward, and no team spends more on its program—including its engineering resources—than this one. The weight of expectations on its lead driver cannot be underestimated.
The old line about extreme pressure either bursting pipes or making diamonds comes to mind here for O’Ward. If he’s fortunate, Rossi and Malukas will take away some of that pressure by joining him in the thick of the action.
The days of Arrow McLaren being happy with coming close to the championship heavyweights are officially over and IndyCar’s most popular driver is the one carrying all of the team’s hopes to deliver.
Engineering shuffle
Arrow McLaren lost one of its greatest engineering minds in Craig Hampson shortly after the last season concluded. He was specifically targeted by Rossi as the engineer he wanted to work with upon joining the team, but it only lasted one year when Hampson decided he needed a break from the sport.
In his place, team veteran Chris Lawrence, Rosenqvist’s race engineer from 2023, has been moved from the No. 6 car to Rossi’s No. 7, and based on how Rosenqvist raved about all aspects of Lawrence’s capabilities, Rossi is in good hands and should be able to take another leap forward with the team.
With Lawrence’s absence creating a vacancy in the No. 6, Arrow McLaren has surfaced a team veteran in Blair Perschbacher, who was Robert Wickens’ race engineer when he blitzed the series as a rookie in 2018, and assigned him to engineer Malukas (and his stand-in) this year. It’s a strong choice, and for Malukas, a calm, process-driven presence on the timing stand should help in his technical development.
New dynamic
O’Ward spent the last few years racing with his best IndyCar friend in Felix Rosenqvist alongside him in the team. They were a great twosome, didn’t let their inner competitiveness get in the way of being each other’s support system, and fit perfectly together within Arrow McLaren, with the Swede being the older and more mature driver in that dynamic.
That level of comfort and camaraderie won’t be the same with Rosenqvist gone to Meyer Shank Racing, but that might be a good thing for O’Ward. Rossi and Malukas are great to have at teammates, and Rossi’s maturity and business-like approach is beloved within the program, but if O’Ward’s going to grow into the true team-wide leader that he needs to be, it’s time—despite his relative youth—to take the reins, fill Rosenqvist’s void, and lead all aspects of the program among Arrow McLaren’s drivers.
It’s another big piece of his development puzzle. O’Ward’s been the de facto leader due to his team-leading speed and results, but that’s altogether different than stepping up to lead from the inside and shape the program in all the ways it needs.
Rossi in a prove-it year
It’s time for Rossi to really show the rest of the field this view. His future depends on it. Josh Tons/Motorsport Images
It wasn’t the easiest year for Rossi as he learned to work with a new team, new teammates, and a new engine partner after spending 2016-2022 with Honda, but on debut, he did match his ninth-place championship run from his final season with Andretti Global. But ninth isn’t what he wanted, nor is it what Arrow McLaren needed because it already had something similar from Rosenqvist.
Beyond all of the points raised so far about the team being under the gun to displace Ganassi and/or Penske in the standings, and for Rossi needing to become a big player in that initiative by shadowing or beating O’Ward on a regular basis, we have the most pressing personal need for Rossi to handle, and that’s to earn a contract extension.
Entering the second of a two-year deal, the last thing Rossi can afford is to find himself four or five positions behind O’Ward after the Indy 500. If, like in 2023, the separation between them is hard to ignore, McLaren won’t be waiting to see how the rest of the season goes before opening talks with potential replacements.
This is a full and undeniable prove-it year for Rossi at Arrow McLaren, and every person within the team is rooting for him to succeed and receive another multi-year contract because he’s loved within the organization for all he brings. Rossi’s contributions in engineering debriefs, to the engine techs at Chevy, to the commercial and marketing side, and for always being an ultra-professional leader within the program are continually hailed as factors that have made him indispensable in just one season.
And with that deep foundation established, all Rossi needs to do is deliver in the same way he did when he placed second and third for Andretti in 2018-2019, respectively. For Rossi, 2024 is going to be a turning point in his career. It’s another instance of busting pipes or making diamonds. Once the season is over, he’ll either be staying with Arrow McLaren and prospering or hunting for a new team home.
Grace
One of the rising mechanical stars within Arrow McLaren is Grace Hackenberg. She’s still somewhat new to IndyCar, but Hackenberg has become a valued member of the pit crew, and this year, she’ll add to the growing ranks of women who go over the pit wall in all the races. Look for Hackenberg changing Rossi’s inside front tire at every round, which is a first for her.
A Malukas mystery to solve
Will the signing of David Malukas turn out to be the smartest out-of-left-field move in Arrow McLaren’s history? He wasn’t on their radar until some of the more established veterans on the free agent market became unavailable, so in the last month of the season, the team took a no-risk decision by bringing in the 22-year-old from Illinois on a prove-it deal of his own.
Malukas dealt with constant change over his two seasons at Dale Coyne Racing, which stunted his development. Even so, he managed to impress on a number of occasions, and especially on the ovals, which is what caught his new team’s attention. At Arrow McLaren, he has all of the personal and professional tools a young driver could want, and it’s here where Malukas can turn those occasional shining moments into more frequent appearances at the sharp end of the field.
In contrast to his teammates who are proven commodities, we just don’t know how high Malukas can rise because he’s entering his first opportunity to fight among the top two or three teams and show everyone what he’s made of. The question to answer is quite basic: What kind of talent does Malukas possess? Pitted against O’Ward, he’ll get an answer, and swiftly. The same goes with Rossi.
Once he’s able to start his season and he’s given a few races to settle in and get a feel for Arrow McLaren’s approach to chassis setup and Chevy’s approach to engine tuning, we’ll know if Malukas has a future with the team.
Based on his time at Coyne, he’s worthy of the chance to complement O’Ward and Rossi, but the same note about Rossi applies here. He wasn’t brought in to finish behind his teammates, and with a couple of really strong free agents for the team to consider for 2025, Malukas does need to stake his claim in the No. 6 or risk being one-and-done with Arrow McLaren.
Ilott looming?
Callum Ilott, who tested in place of Malukas in February, is expected to get the nod to drive the No. 6 at St. Petersburg and possibly more—the Thermal Club event is two weeks later, and there’s a group test at Barber in Alabama right after—that could be questionable for Malukas if he needs more time to heal after wrist surgery.
Make no mistake about Ilott and McLaren; the team is beyond curious to see how he integrates into the program and how he performs alongside its returning drivers. Ilott’s signed to do the full eight-race FIA World Endurance Championship calendar in the Hypercar class, so he does have a few date conflicts with IndyCar, but could be pressed into service by this team or others for more than half of the season if desired.
Only O’Ward is guaranteed to be with Arrow McLaren next year, so getting an early look at Ilott would go a long way to deciding whether he’d get an offer to come back as a full-timer if Rossi or Malukas aren’t kept. Among the other young IndyCar chargers, Rinus VeeKay and Christian Lundgaard are headed towards free agency at the end of the season (if they don’t sign extensions beforehand with their existing teams).
Put it all together and McLaren CEO Zak Brown, sporting director Tony Kanaan, and team principal Gavin Ward have some promising talent to pursue if the No. 6 or No. 7 would benefit from a competitive upgrade.
Pressure: It’s the common influence that links Arrow McLaren’s driving trio in big and vastly different ways in 2024.
Honoring Gil
Arrow McLaren will honor their late and beloved colleague Gil de Ferran on their cars and crew this season. It’s a classy move; along with logos placed on the three cars, look for pit crew members to sport de Ferran stickers on their helmets to pay tribute to the CART champion and Indy 500 winner who helped shape McLaren’s IndyCar and Formula 1 programs before his untimely death in December.
Next week’s two-day test for the entire 27-car NTT IndyCar Series field at Sebring will feature a revised run plan for Arrow McLaren’s drivers and entries. In light of the injury and sidelining of David Malukas with the No. 6 Chevy through at least …
Next week’s two-day test for the entire 27-car NTT IndyCar Series field at Sebring will feature a revised run plan for Arrow McLaren’s drivers and entries.
In light of the injury and sidelining of David Malukas with the No. 6 Chevy through at least the opening race of the season, Arrow McLaren will head to the Monday-Tuesday test with three cars and two drivers.
Although the team procured free agent Callum Ilott to handle hybrid testing duties on Wednesday to fill the spot reserved for Malukas, the former Juncos Hollinger Racing driver is unable to test for Arrow McLaren at Sebring due to conflicts with his FIA World Endurance Championship responsibilities with Hertz Team Jota in Qatar.
As such, the team has elected to send the Nos. 5, 6, and 7 Chevys to Sebring and put Pato O’Ward to work shaking down his No. 5 car and then switch over to the No. 6 which will be raced by whomever Arrow McLaren nominates for the March 8-10 event at St. Petersburg.
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The full-field test is an important one for all of IndyCar’s 10 season-long teams as it will represent the first outing for many drivers in cars that are outfitted with all of the 2024 hybrid-specification components, which include a number of lightweight drive train items, but not the energy recovery system itself.
Minus the ERS package—the motor generator unit and the supercapacitor energy storage system—the early-season chassis configuration weighs approximately 30 pounds less than the cars which contested the final race of 2023. Although the 10 teams were allowed to run one car in 2024 specifications at a Homestead-Miami test in January, and most teams cycled their drivers through those single cars over the three-day test, the Sebring test will give plenty of drivers the first opportunity to pilot their own car and with their full-season crew in charge of the vehicle.
“I’m looking forward to getting the season started, and this is the last chance we have to kind of get back in the groove – drivers, engineers, mechanics,” O’Ward said. “Getting the team flowing again is the most important thing. We get to test out a few more of the bits and pieces we’ve developed over the offseason to see what works and what doesn’t. Then we’ll try to arrive to St. Pete with the best package possible and roll off strong. I haven’t been to Sebring in a bit, but I’m excited to go back.”
Unrelated to Arrow McLaren, the identities of 25 of the 27 drivers who will run at Sebring are known, leaving only Dale Coyne Racing, which is participating in the test, to name its drivers for the last pre-season test of the year and for the following week’s curtain raiser in St. Petersburg.
The Arrow McLaren completed its reveal of liveries for its NTT IndyCar Series entries with today’s look at the 2024 No. 5 Chevrolet driven by Pato O’Ward. This year’s incarnation features more prominent black highlights alongside the McLaren papaya …
The Arrow McLaren completed its reveal of liveries for its NTT IndyCar Series entries with today’s look at the 2024 No. 5 Chevrolet driven by Pato O’Ward. This year’s incarnation features more prominent black highlights alongside the McLaren papaya orange.
