Arrow McLaren Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: Friday Report

The first green flag session of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season took place on Friday at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team was on track for one session with Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel and Christian Lundgaard.

After Practice 1, Pato was fifth quickest, Nolan in 15th and Christian in 16th.

Saturday brings a practice session and qualifying for Sunday's 100-lap race on the streets of St. Pete.

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

"First session of 2025, and I would say that we’ve got some work to do. But I’m confident in the men and women that we can make those changes and see how we stack up in Practice 2, and then get ready for Qualifying."

Nolan Siegel, Driver, No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

"Overall, I think it was a positive start and our pace on new Firestone Alternate tires was pretty strong. We know what we need to work on. We have a lot of understeer that we’ll need to sort out but it’s comfortable. It’s my first time racing in St. Pete in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and this is one of my favorite tracks and I’m very excited for the weekend. Off to a strong and positive start and I think we’ll get better from here and be in good shape for Qualifying."

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

"For our first go, I think we're okay. We're obviously building up to it. We don't really know what the track condition is compared to last year since St. Pete was a bit under water last fall. I think we've identified a few things that we were concerned about leaving Sebring. Some of them translated, some of them didn't. We still have some work to do, but overall it was a good first run. I'm looking forward to hearing what the others have to say in terms of where we are from an overall balance and overall performance perspective. It's good to get running."

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