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Arrow McLAREN 2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Race Report

"This is everything we could have hoped for and much better"

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The Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team finished the weekend strong at Barber Motorsports Park as all three cars finished in the top 10, including another podium finish. 

Christian Lundgaard and the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet team registered their third straight podium, and the P2 result was their best finish of the season. They enter the Month of May second in the championship.

Pato and No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet fought for a quality P6 result, while Nolan's P9 finish was his first top 10 of the season. 

The next race is the Sonsio Grand Prix on May 10 on FOX.

Location Birmingham, Ala.
Race Date May 4
Round 4 out of 17
Total Laps 90 laps
Total Race Distance 207.0 miles / 333.13 km
Length 2.3 miles / 3.7 km
Number of Turns 17
Christian Lundgaard

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

Starting Position   7th
Finishing Position   2nd
Championship Standings 136 points 2nd

"This is everything we could have hoped for and much better. It was an awesome job by the No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet crew. We knew we could go aggressive today. After Warm-Up this morning, we knew the car was good enough to move forward. We had an awesome strategy, and we proved it again that we do have pace."

Pato O'Ward

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

Starting Position   8th
Finishing Position   6th
Championship Standings 108 points 4th

"It was a very strong points day for all of us. It was great to see all three cars in the top 10. It was a pretty boring race I would say. The highlight was seeing Christian go through the Penske's while I was struggling. But great job to Christian and Nolan. From the our side, I felt like we were behind playing catch-up and we kept making things better and better but for the race, that was the most I could get out of it. We recovered some good points for the championship, and I'm excited to go to the Indy Road Course and the Indy 500, which is just an amazing event to be a part of."

Nolan Siegel

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

Starting Position   6th
Finishing Position   9th
Championship Standings 48 points 20th

"It was good to get a solid result on the board. Everyone did a really good job this weekend. I'm happy with how the weekend went and it was just smooth the entire time. That was a solid result and we can build from there. There was opportunity for more, and it always sucks to have a good result that doesn't feel good because you think there was more in it. But that's ultimately a good thing, and we'll push for more in Indy."

Tony Kanaan, Team Principal, Arrow McLaren

"It was a positive weekend with three cars in the top 10. Obviously, the lapped traffic at the end there didn't really help us. But as a team, P2 in the championship and a third straight podium for Christian, we're doing what we need to do. If we can't win, we've got to keep it close. Our turn will come, but an awesome team effort and we've got to keep pushing. The next one is Indy Road Course, which Pato and Christian are pretty good at, so we'll see what will happen."