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Arrow McLAREN SP Race Report: 2022 Grand Prix at Road America

"It was great to see Felix move forward on an alternate strategy"

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After 55 laps at Road America, Arrow McLaren SP leaves Elkhart Lake with one top-10 result.

Pato O'Ward and Felix Rosenqvist started the race from the fifth and seventh positions, respectively. Both cars held similar positions through the opening laps, before Felix made his first pit stop following three cautions in the opening eight laps.

As multiple strategies came into play, Felix found himself P3 on course, battling for second. By the end of the event, he crossed the finish line in P6 for his fourth-straight top-10 finish. Pato O'Ward fought inside the top-10 for most of the afternoon before a failure ended his day and finished P26.

After the race, see what Arrow McLaren SP drivers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist, as well as President Taylor Kiel said. The next race on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule is Sunday, July 3 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course televised on NBC.

Key info

Round 8/17
Where Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
When Sunday, June 12
Race laps 55
Total race distance 220.55 miles / 354.94 km
Length 4.04 miles / 6.5 km
Number of turns 14
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Starting Position   7th
Finishing Position   6th
Championship Standing 203 points 8th

"Pretty interesting race. We were a bit weak on the start and on the restarts, especially on the reds. We just couldn't really make anything happen. We pitted early and then it kind of became a fuel race. We needed to save a lot on every stint after pitting so early. We ended up getting pretty good track position and our pace was better than expected while making our fuel number. We were able to lead the race but didn't really have anything for the lead drivers at the end. We did the best we could. The No. 7 team did a great job on pit stops and we have moved higher in the championship."

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Starting Position   5th
Finishing Position   26th
Championship Standing 248 points 4th

"We had a failure, which will put an end to anyone's race. We weren't having the smoothest of days anyway. We made some mistakes in the pits that cost us positions and we didn't really have much pace to attack. Just not our day today."

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"Today was a solid result for Felix. It was great to see him move forward on an alternate strategy, which is always a bit of a gamble, but they executed very well.

"The race was a struggle on the No. 5 side. We struggled in the pit lane, we struggled for pace and then, ultimately, had a failure. We are not quite sure what it is yet but we will dig into it. It put us out of the race. It was a bad day for points for the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet but there is still a lot of race weekends to go. We are only at the halfway point here so there is a lot of racing still to go."

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