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IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin takes pole in Penske 1-2

McLaughlin set an early benchmark in the Fast Six pole shootout on alternates at 1m06.329s and ran a second lap on this set – but made a tiny error at Turn 5 – before switching to his second set.

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IndyCar Long Beach: O’Ward leads Power in opening practice

The Mexican delivered a quick run of 1m06.6874s in Group 1 running on a set of softer alternate tires to set the day’s best time.

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Another year, another IndyCar St. Pete runner-up for Pato O’Ward

Although no one appeared to have the pace to keep up with Josef Newgarden, who led 92 of 100 laps en route to a Team Penske 1-3-4, O’Ward’s No. 5 Arrow McLaren was lurking for the majority of the race before fading late to finish 7.9121s at the checkered flag.

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Pato O’Ward signs multi-year contract extension with McLaren

Entering his fifth full-time campaign in North America’s premier open-wheel championship, O’Ward has routinely been among the frontrunners each and every weekend.

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O’Ward had “year of personal growth” in 2023 – Arrow McLaren boss Ward

Although O’Ward, 24, failed to win last season, he still managed to capture a career-high seven podiums on the year, along with 14 top 10s through 17 rounds to finish fourth in the championship standings. It marked the third consecutive season he was the highest ranked driver not affiliated with…

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Pato O’Ward had “year of personal growth” in 2023 – Arrow McLaren boss Gavin Ward

Although O’Ward, 24, failed to put his No. 5 Chevrolet in Victory Lane, he still managed to capture a career-high seven podiums on the year, along with 14 top 10s through 17 rounds to finish fourth in the championship standings. It marked the third consecutive season he was the highest…

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O'Ward added to McLaren's F1 reserve driver pool

O’Ward will contest FP1 at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale in place of Lando Norris, with McLaren complying with FIA regulations by running a rookie driver in both of its cars.

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IndyCar St Louis: Dixon wins, Newgarden hits the wall

After his sublime spin and win victory at Indianapolis a fortnight ago, Dixon put on another fuel-saving masterclass to win the race – despite a nine-place grid penalty that meant he started 16th – by 22s from Pato O’Ward (Arrow McLaren) and David Malukas (Dale Coyne Racing).

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IndyCar Nashville: Kirkwood wins by 0.7s after late red flag

Kirkwood finished 0.7633s ahead of Team Penske’s polewinner Scott McLaughlin and series dominator Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing). The race was red-flagged in the closing stages for a multi-car pileup, but Kirkwood kept his cool for his second win of the season.

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Arrow McLaren drivers mystified by Iowa IndyCar pace variation

O’Ward finished third in Saturday’s opening race at the 7/8-mile short oval, having been the only McLaren driver to qualify in the top 10 for either race.

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Dixon: "Time and a place" for O’Ward IndyCar revenge

Dixon finished just two-tenths of a second behind Arrow McLaren’s O’Ward, who punted him out of the Long Beach Grand Prix in April.

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O’Ward on Ericsson Indy 500 clash: “I won’t forget that one”

O’Ward led the most laps in Sunday’s 107th running of America’s premier open-wheel race, and was at the front at a restart with eight laps to go.

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Team Penske cars will join Indy 500 “dogfight”, says O’Ward

Qualifying for the race last weekend was a battle for pole between Chip Ganassi Racing, McLaren and Ed Carpenter Racing – with cars from each team filling the front row on Sunday.

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O’Ward, Rossi impressed by McLaren’s “massive step forward”

O’Ward and Rossi finished second and third while their teammate Felix Rosenqvist was fifth. For O’Ward it was a third runner-up finish in five races, while for Rossi it was the first podium finish since switching from Andretti Autosport at the end of last year.

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O’Ward “on wrong strategy… That’s the roll of the dice”

The Arrow McLaren driver passed Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou on the opening lap before falling back behind him a few corners later, and then he concentrated on conserving fuel. He stopped a lap before Palou, a fellow two-stopper, and got ahead of him but he couldn’t find a way…

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Ericsson takes IndyCar point lead despite O’Ward Long Beach near miss

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver moved to the top of the standings by finishing third behind first-time winner Kyle Kirkwood and his Andretti Autosport team-mate Romain Grosjean.

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Ericsson on Long Beach: “I think we had the pace to win”

Ericsson, who started on the front row for a street course for the first time, lost out to Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in the pits when the majority of the field pitted under yellow, and then on the Lap 25 restart, he was passed by O’Ward between Turns 7 and…

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Texas IndyCar winner Newgarden admits he felt race "slipping away"

Newgarden dominated the first half of the 250-lap race around the 1.5-mile track, but following the second round of pitstops, O’Ward got around the #2 Penske and pulled away to a seven second lead, lapping everyone up to and including third-placed Romain Grosjean of Andretti Autosport.

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Texas winner Newgarden admits he felt race “slipping away”

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O’Ward, Palou excited by Texas race despite missing win

O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren was a consistent frontrunner throughout the race, the only driver able to keep fellow-Chevrolet runner Team Penske’s Newgarden in sight. Through the middle of the portion of the 250-lap race, O’Ward gained preeminence as Newgarden confessed to calling for setup changes that didn’t work as the track…

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Chevy sorry for “freak” issue that cost O’Ward St. Pete win

O’Ward qualified third for IndyCar’s season-opener and held station there for most of the race, behind Andretti Autosport’s Romain Grosjean and Colton Herta in the first stint, then behind Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin and again Grosjean in the middle stint. The Mexican ace was therefore in prime position to inherit…

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O’Ward on St. Pete heartache: “Very annoying to give it away”

Pato O’Ward found the positives in IndyCar’s Firestone GP of St. Petersburg but feels that the temporary engine issue that caused him to lose the lead to Marcus Ericsson with four laps to go had “thrown away” 10 points.

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Ericsson shuns idea that St. Petersburg win wasn’t deserved

Following a poor final restart, Ericsson was applying pressure to leader O’Ward in the closing stages of Sunday's race when the Mexican ace suffered what was described as a “plenum event” that briefly zapped the car’s power under acceleration from the final turn.

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Ericsson shuns idea that St. Pete win wasn’t deserved

Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg winner Marcus Ericsson says his Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda had the speed to beat Pato O’Ward to victory in St. Petersburg, even if without the Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet’s engine issue.

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Ganassi, McLaren drivers frustrated by St. Pete qualifying

While Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren and Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing starred in qualifying for the IndyCar season-opener at St. Petersburg, their team-mates were left irritated at being unable to show their true pace.

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