
Arrow McLAREN 2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Practice Report
"We’ll go to work tomorrow morning, and I know we have a bit more pace to find to be up there with the front-runners""
Arrow McLaren kicked off the weekend with a solid session at Barber Motorsports Park. The first on-track session provided plenty of key learnings ahead of tomorrow's Qualifying session, which could feature inclement weather.
After Practice 1, Nolan was ninth-quickest, followed by Christian in 13th and Pato in 14th.
Location | Birmingham, Ala. |
Practice Date | May 2 |
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 | 11 |

Nolan Siegel, Driver, No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
Practice 1 | 1:08.0823 | 9th |
Total Laps | 24Â laps | Â |
"We had a smooth Practice 1. Everything went to plan, but I think we’re still missing a little bit. We made a lot of changes and learned a bit but didn’t quite fix the problems we needed to fix. We’ll go to work tomorrow morning, and I know we have a bit more pace to find to be up there with the front-runners."

Christian Lundgaard, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
Practice 1 | 1:08.1954 | 13th |
Total Laps | 22 laps | Â |
"It’s great to be back on track here at Barber. The car feels good but we still have a bit of work to do, so we’ll work overnight to get in the right window and come out tomorrow ready to fight for pole."

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
Practice 1 | 1:08.2134 | 14th |
Total Laps | 26 laps | Â |
"I love Barber. It’s high commitment and obviously a stunning facility. I have a lot of good memories coming back here. We tested here a couple of weeks ago but today was a bit different. We’re just working through that but I think we’ll be alright. We just need to look at things and go again tomorrow."
Remaining Session Times
Practice 2 | Saturday, 10:30-11:30Â a.m. CST | FS1 |
Qualifying | Saturday, 1:35Â p.m.-3:00 p.m. CST | FS1 |
Warmup | Sunday, 9:02-9:27Â a.m. CST | FS1 |
Race Tune In | Sunday, 12:30 p.m. CST | FOX |
Green Flag | Sunday, 12:47Â p.m. CST | FOX |