With Arrow McLaren expanding to three full-time entries for 2023, Rossi arrives at the team with seven years of experience at Andretti Autosport. And while O’Ward is not expecting favors from his new teammate, he firmly believes that Rossi will be a big help in developing Arrow McLaren’s setups.
“At the end of the day, as much as teammates will help in order to gather data, it doesn't mean they're going to specifically help you in what you need,” said O’Ward, “because it's a series where you can really tailor the car to what you want, rather than like, for example, in Formula 1 – ‘This is the car, you need to learn how to drive this certain car.’ In IndyCar it's very different where you can really tailor and customize it to what you want it to feel like or drive like.
