
Arrow McLAREN Indy Toronto: Race Report
"We know we’ve got to be better. That’s what we’re going to focus on"

85 laps on the streets of Toronto are complete.
The Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team heads back to the United States after its weekend in Toronto to race at Iowa Speedway in less than a week's time.
On the streets of Toronto, Pato O'Ward and Felix Rosenqvist started inside the top five, ultimately finishing the race in eight and 10th, respectively. Alexander Rossi was involved in the multi-car pileup in the first lap, sustained minor damage, went down a lap and finished 16th.
Read what the drivers and Racing Director Gavin Ward said after the race.
Race Date | Sunday, July 16 |
Round | 10 of 17 |
Total Laps | 85Â laps |
Total Race Distance | 151.81Â miles / 244.31Â km |
Length | 1.79 miles / 2.87Â km |
Number of Turns | 11 |
Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:
"It was a tough day for us. We just keep making the same mistakes that don’t help our races go forward. We need to look into what the issues have been and fix those because they’re obviously valuable points that we’re just throwing away. But Iowa is coming next, and we’re usually pretty strong there."
Starting Position | 3rd | Â |
Finishing Position | 8th | Â |
Championship Standings | 5th | 274 points |
Felix Rosenqvist, Driver, No. 6 SmartStop Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:
"It was a bit of a tough day for us. We were fighting tire degradation quite a bit. We kind of ended up on a strategy to save a bunch of fuel, and even with the fuel-save we were degging pretty hard. We lacked a bit of straight-line speed, which we’d done all weekend, but it seemed even worse in the race. We have to take a look at that and analyze it. The car didn't have much pace, and I feel a top 10 was still pretty decent, but I'm not super stoked with the result."
Starting Position | 5th | Â |
Finishing Position | 10th | Â |
Championship Standings | 12th | 183 points |
Alexander Rossi, Driver, No. 7 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:
"We got a good start, and then there was a track blockage in Turn 1. I kept the engine running, but by the time the safety car got there and got everyone cleared out of the way, we went a lap down. Then we were a lap down the whole day, trying to get our lap back, but it never came. You’re always subject to that kind of thing when you start in the back. From there, it was just a day of attrition, and we couldn’t really do anything. It’s unfortunate, and it feels like a lost weekend, for sure."
Starting Position | 26th | Â |
Finishing Position | 16th | Â |
Championship Standings | 10th | 230 points |
Gavin Ward, Racing Director, Arrow McLaren, said:
"Overall a pretty disappointing day. It could have been a lot worse. The fueling issue on Pato’s car that we need to dig into to understand compromised his race. In the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, you need to be bulletproof, but you can’t change the past. All you can do is go from here. We are where we are, and we know we’ve got to be better. That’s what we’re going to focus on."