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Arrow McLAREN 2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Report

"I'm just proud of the team"

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The Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team finished off the weekend in Long Beach with another podium finish. Christian and the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet took advantage of starting on an alternate strategy, and a late push with extra push-to-pass catapulted him onto the podium for a second straight race.

Pato and No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet battled for a P13 result, while Nolan gave a strong effort despite not being at full strength and ultimately finished P20. 

The next race is Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix on May 4 on FOX.

Location Long Beach, Calif.
Race Date April 13
Round 3 out of 17
Total Laps 90 laps
Total Race Distance 177.12 miles / 285.05 km
Length 1.97 miles / 3.17 km
Number of Turns 11
Christian Lundgaard

Christian Lundgaard, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Starting Position   12th
Finishing Position   3rd
Championship Standings 96 points 3rd

"This one is dedicated to the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew as we had to rebuild the car yesterday. I tubbed the car in Qualifying and this is to them, as well as Jon Edwards, who was close to Kyle Larson and with us during the month of May. I was on Lap 42 and saw that I had 109 seconds left of overtake. Then, I forgot about it, and then it ended up paying dividends at the end. Felix Rosenqvist was being nice in Turn 1 but I'm just proud of the team. With the work they all put in yesterday, I told them that I'll get them a couple of beers when we got home next week, but getting them a trophy is good, too."

Pato O'Ward

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

Starting Position   9th
Finishing Position   13th
Championship Standings 80 points 6th

"The highlight of the weekend remains being the fans. Everybody came out to support us and cheer for me and the team. It was just a very dissapointing race for us."

Nolan Siegel

Nolan Siegel, Driver, No. 6 onsemi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Starting Position   11th
Finishing Position   20th
Championship Standings 26 points 23rd

"Obviously, I wasn't 100% today, but I'm proud that I gave it my all. Even still, I am a bit disappointed that we aren't coming away from this weekend with a better result. The No. 6 onsemi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet had good pace, but it wasn't a totally clean day and we left some points on the table. I'm grateful for the care I've gotten from the INDYCAR Medical Team and the support from Arrow McLaren today, and hopefully we can build on this heading into the biggest month of the year."

Tony Kanaan, Team Principal, Arrow McLaren

"It was an up and down weekend, but big props to the team. We had a few mishaps yesterday but as a team, we survived a tough Saturday after we had a gearbox issue on Pato's car and Christian's car was tubbed. While we may have missed a bit on strategy in some ways today, Christian brought home a podium. We raced for Jon Edwards today, a dear friend, and hopefully we can continue to keep improving going forward.