After two years of not racing in Toronto, the Arrow McLaren SP team returned for it's Friday practice session to kick off the race weekend.

In Practice 1, Felix Rosenqvist ended the session sixth, and Pato O'Ward finished 20th after a lock up on the Firestone red tires. Tomorrow, both cars will have a practice session and qualifying.

See what the Arrow McLaren SP drivers Felix and Pato had to say, as well as President Taylor Kiel after Practice 1. Tune in for the race on Peacock this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET.

Key info

Round	10/17
Where	Streets of Toronto at Exhibition Place
When	Sunday, July 17
Race laps	85
Total race distance	151.81 miles / 244.31 km
Length	1.78 miles / 2.87 km
Number of turns	11
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Practice 1

1:00.7936

23 laps

6th

"I thought we rolled out pretty good. It's a busy course and it's not easy for anyone. I don't think anyone is out there feeling they're on rails, so you have to be alert and improvise as the track grips up. 

"We struggled a bit on the Firestone reds compared to the blacks. The black tires felt really good; for reds, there's something more to work on, but it's a good start."

Practice 1

1:01.6906

26 laps

20th

"It wasn’t the best day for us. We had a really messy session and didn’t get any laps on the red Firestones. That will make qualifying a lot more difficult. I got a decent enough feeling to know what we need to work on for Practice 2, and what we need to do to make the car a little bit better.”

"The track is very similar to what it was last time we were here in 2019. It is still really bumpy, and a street course like this evolved throughout the session. Certainly, the track got a lot quicker, the car balance changed and that affected the car a lot. We made a mistake on our red tire run on the No. 5 car, which didn’t allow us to put down a good time, but we felt good on the black Firestones. Felix put up a good lap, so we have some good data to look at overnight and make improvements tomorrow.”

Session times

Practice 2	Saturday, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. ET
Qualifying	Saturday, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. ET
Warmup	Sunday, 10:45 - 11:25 a.m. ET
Green Flag	Sunday, 3:15 p.m. ET on Peacock

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