Arrow McLaren Indianapolis 500 Practice Report - May 22

One day closer to Sunday's Indianapolis 500-mile race.

Monday's two-hour practice session led to 265 laps turned by the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team between Tony Kanaan, Pato O'Ward, Alexander Rossi and Felix Rosenqvist.

The next time the cars are on track will be Friday, May 26 during Carb Day.

With one more day of practice remaining, hear from the four drivers and Racing Director Gavin Ward.

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

"All in all a good day. We worked on race stuff all day long. We made big changes, so I think the team is happy. Now we go back and get ready for qualifying. We had to stop a little early because we want to be ready for tomorrow. There's a little bit of a chance of rain in the afternoon, so we want to be ready to go right at noon. I'm happy."

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

"First day back on race running. We need to analyze the results to see what we can find on why we're having such differences from one run to the other."

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

"It's funny. You're here for a really long time, but you start to feel like you're running out of time. It was a productive day. I think we've got a strong car; we're just trying to obviously be the best, and it's tough. It changes everyday. I think we're in a really good spot. We just need to stay on top of the conditions, and we have one more shot at it on Carb Day on Friday."

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

"We learned a lot today. It was good to get back in race trim. We weren't super happy. We think we're competitive and the car is quick, but we just didn't nail the window today. We have time to get back, we just have to go back on a couple of things and revert to our happy car. It gets tight, even now. The pack running is pretty intense; no one really wants to lead, so it gets pretty crazy out there, but that is what we want to practice. We want to be in that storm of cars and make the car as good as possible."

Gavin Ward, Racing Director, Arrow McLaren, said:

"Another strong day. The whole month of May is a process building up to race day and adjusting to track conditions. Today it was pretty hot out there, and a lot of cars were complaining about rear grip. Tuning and learning how to make a car work in that situation is key. Speed was there, so we're happy."

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