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Arrow McLAREN SP Qualifying Report: 2022 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

"The car is good so tomorrow will be important to see what we can do on a long stint"

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The field is set for Sunday's race on the streets of Belle Isle.

North of Detroit, the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix will take the green flag at 3:45 p.m. ET. Pato O'Ward will start the race from the fifth position, while Felix Rosenqvist incurred a penalty in Round 1 of qualifying and ended his qualifying effort in 26th.

Hear from Arrow McLaren SP drivers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist, as well as President Taylor Kiel after qualifying. The race is Sunday, June 5 on USA Network.

Key info

Round  7/17
Where  Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle
When Sunday, June 5
Race laps 70
Total race distance  164.5 miles / 264.7 km
Length 2.35 miles / 3.78 km
Number of turns 13
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Practice 2 1:16.9952 16 laps 12th
Qualifying - Round 1 - Group 1 1:15.5973 5 laps 2nd
Qualifying - Fast 12 1:14.6681 6 laps 1st
Qualifying - Fast Six 1:16.3301 2 laps 5th
Starting Position     5th

"We had a really solid day. The car was really good on one lap, but we slightly missed the window. I don't think we made the right call on the tire choice and which red to take for Q3, so we hit a cliff and the tires never really went into the peak. Fifth is good around here, we can work from there. The car is good so tomorrow will be important to see what we can do on a long stint for us to basically help ourselves during the race.

"I love this place. It's a long race, it's a physical race. A lot can happen because there's usually a lot of people making mistakes, so I think the first priority is 'don't make a mistake’ and second priority is just 'try to make your way forward as you can and get a good solid points day.'"

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Practice 2 1:16.2628 15 laps 7th
Qualifying - Round 1 - Group 2 1:18.6291 5 laps 13th
Starting Position     26th

"It was a communication mistake on our side coming out of the pits in qualifying. I came out in front of Jimmie [Johnson]. It was our mistake, not really much to say beyond that. It's unfortunate, but I don't think we would have made it to the Fast 12 anyway. We have some things to look at tonight. We probably should have waited one more lap to do our fast lap. We will work from the back tomorrow and see what we can do."

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"We knew we had good pace across both Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolets heading into qualifying. Obviously super disappointed with what happened with Felix, that’s a big mistake on our part and ultimately cost him a lot of positions here to start. The beauty of that here is there are a lot of strategies at play tomorrow with the way the tires deg, so I have no doubts we can get him up to the front to race where he belongs.

“Pato had a really good run, the car was solid through qualifying; advanced all the way to the Firestone Fast Six and ultimately ended fifth. I don’t think we had what it took for the pole today. Josef [Newgarden] did a great lap but certainly happy to make the Fast Six and put ourselves in a position to win tomorrow in Chevrolet’s backyard here in Detroit. All things look good."

Session times

Warm-Up Sunday, 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. ET
Green Flag Sunday, 3:45 p.m. ET on USA Network

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