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Arrow McLAREN Indianapolis 500 Practice Report Day 4

"All the cars are quick. The pace is there"

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With Day 4 of Indianapolis 500 practice now complete, the focus turns to qualifying on Saturday and Sunday.

Arrow McLaren took 123 circuits around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval today. All focused on improving their qualifying speed ahead of the weekend.

Next up is two days of qualifications for May 28's Indy 500. Saturday, all teams will make at least one attempt to qualify into the Firestone Fast 12, for a shot to go for pole on Sunday.

Pato O'Ward, Felix Rosenqvist, Alexander Rossi, Tony Kanaan and Racing Director Gavin Ward share what happened during Friday's six-hour practice session.

Race Date Sunday, May 28
Round 6 of 17
Total Laps 200 Laps
Total Race Distance 500 miles / 804.67 km
Length 2.5 miles / 4.02 km
Number of Turns 4

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"Happy Fast Friday for us today. We did three outings, and every outing we just got better and better. I think we're in a good spot in terms of balance. Tomorrow we'll be ready to go out into qualifying, have a solid first run and hopefully that's all we need to do. If not, we'll go back out and make sure we get this thing into the top 12 to fight it out on Sunday."

Indianapolis 500 Practice 5th 233.796 mph
Total Laps 26 laps  

Felix Rosenqvist, Driver, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"Fast Friday done. I felt pretty sporty, I have to say. The last run we did we got everything together with the balance and we made some good changes. We had some minor issues before noon today that we kind of solved, so it was nice to get a clean run before qualifying. It looked pretty quick, as well. I think we're third-quickest on the four-lap average, so we'll take that. It's probably better than we thought we would be. So far, I'm happy."

Indianapolis 500 Practice 11th 233.458 mph
Total Laps 26 laps  

Alexander Rossi, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"A very solid day. I think we’re somewhere in the top five on the four-lap average. This is always a weird place because you can end happy and then the conditions are going to change tomorrow, so you don’t really know. The car is good. The car has been good all week, so we just have to keep staying on top of the changing conditions. Hopefully we get a good draw tonight, and that will make our lives easier tomorrow morning."

Indianapolis 500 Practice 16th 233.134 mph
Total Laps 42 laps  

Tony Kanaan, Driver, No. 66 SmartStop Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"This day is always hectic. You always think about what you got and what you didn’t get, but I think we’re OK. Tomorrow is really going to be about the drawing, the wind and everything else, but I think we have a pretty good car. All four cars are pretty similar. I’ll have some teammates going out before we do. We’ll see what’s going to happen."

Indianapolis 500 Practice 17th 233.097 mph
Total Laps 29 laps  

Gavin Ward, Racing Director, Arrow McLaren, said:

"Good day for the team, really. We came here and worked through our program. All the cars are quick. I think the pace is there. There’s no reason why we can’t get them all up there into the top 12, so I’m happy with the day. Very pleased."

Session Times

Indianapolis 500 Practice Saturday, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. ET
Qualifying Saturday, 11:00 - 5:50 p.m. ET
Indianapolis 500 Practice Sunday, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET
Qualifying Sunday, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
Indianapolis 500 Practice Monday, May 22, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. ET
Indianapolis 500 Practice Friday, May 26, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Tune In Sunday, May 28, 11:00 a.m. ET on NBC
Green Flag Sunday, May 28, 12:45 p.m. ET