Arrow McLaren driver Pato O’Ward not too long ago spoke about his race at Iowa. He received the race after holding off Workforce Penske’s Josef Newgarden.
The Mexican drives the #5 Arrow McLaren automobile powered by Chevrolet. Through the race at Iowa, the 26-year-old took victory after holding off Josef Newgarden, who has a report of successful six consecutive instances at Iowa. It additionally marked the #5 automobile driver’s one centesimal profession race begin and his eighth profession win.
Whereas speaking to IndyCar post-race, O’Ward was questioned about how he felt about successful at his one centesimal race begin. He replied (through IndyCar on X),
“Nice job by all my McLaren boys and gals and the Chevy-powered machine. I feel it is 1-2-3, proper, Chevy podium? It is about time. I am tremendous glad I am the Chevy man that gave them their first win this 12 months, and I imply, Josef’s the grasp at these races; he guidelines round right here, so I knew that we needed to be so exact to beat him at his personal sport. So yeah, that is superior.”
Pato O’Ward had beforehand taken his maiden win on the observe throughout his fiftieth profession race begin in 2022. This victory additionally marked the first Chevrolet powered automobile victory for the 2025 season.
The Mexican driver has had an honest 2025 season. He clinched pole place on the second race of the season on the Thermal Membership Grand Prix held on March twenty third and completed the race in second place. Through the not too long ago held Bommarito Automotive Group 500, O’Ward completed the race in second place after beginning the race in third place.
Pato O’Ward speaks about his St.Louis battle with Conor Daly
Pato O’Ward not too long ago spoke about his race at St. Louis. He in contrast the battle that he had with Juncos Hollinger Racing driver Conor Daly to his battle with Josef Newgarden in the course of the 2023 Texas race.
Daly and O’Ward went head-to-head on lap 149 of the race for the battle for the lead. Whereas speaking on the podcast SpeedStreet hosted by Conor Daly and Chase Holden, the 26-year-old spoke in regards to the battle with Daly. He stated,
“Actually good race. And I’ve to say it has been some time since I’ve had such good battles like that. It jogged my memory of Josef and I in Texas 2023. Like, you recognize, such as you and I going facet by facet, by simply pure racing, pure, like, you recognize, simply getting after it like simply getting on the restrict.” (1:05:15 onwards)
“Yeah, sure, proper on the restrict, giving one another precisely what you want so as to have the ability to do this, like that. That’s what individuals wish to see, like. If I had a baby, I might have instructed him that is the ending to the Indy 500. Yeah, you recognize, I believed that was phenomenal, and it was simply wonderful to be part of it,” he added
Pato O’Ward at the moment sits in second place within the drivers’ championship with 356 factors to his identify.
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Edited by Tushhita Barua