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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

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

Practice 1 1:08.0823 9th
Total Laps 24 laps  

"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

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

Practice 1 1:08.1954 13th
Total Laps 22 laps  

"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

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

Practice 1 1:08.2134 14th
Total Laps 26 laps  

"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, 10:30-11:30 a.m. CST FS1
Qualifying Saturday, 1:35 p.m.-3:00 p.m. CST FS1
Warmup Sunday, 9:02-9:27 a.m. CST FS1
Race Tune In Sunday, 12:30 p.m. CST FOX
Green Flag Sunday, 12:47 p.m. CST FOX