Grand Prix of Long Beach | April 10, 2022

The weekend at the Grand Prix of Long Beach has come to a close with one car from Arrow McLaren SP leaving with a top-five result.

The 85-lap event in Long Beach, California began at 3:30 p.m. ET with Felix Rosenqvist starting in 4th and Pato O'Ward in 11th. After a hard-fought race, Pato ended in fifth position with Felix finishing 11th.

Hear from Pato O'Ward, Felix Rosenqvist and President Taylor Kiel following Long Beach.

The next race on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule is Barber Motorsports Park on April 29-May 1.

Key info

Round	3/17
Where	Grand Prix of Long Beach
When	Sunday, April 10
Race laps	85
Total race distance	167.28 miles / 296.21 km
Length	1.96 miles / 3.16 km
Number of turns	11
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Starting Position	11th
Finishing Position	5th
Championship Standing	9th

"After the first two races of the season, I’ll take finishing fifth. This is a good, solid foundation to build on for the rest of the year. We can work from here. We threw things at the car today that we normally wouldn’t going into the warm-up session and the race. It ended up paying off, and I think we learned some great things today. What we learned should help us when we come back and when we go to another street course.

“I think this is a very solid start to our charge for a championship. I know it’s the third race, but this is what we needed. Barber is next and I love that place."

Starting Position	4th
Finishing Position	11th
Championship Standing	17th

"After a horrible first stint, with a lot of tire degradation, I had no rubber left on the tires. It’s a familiar thing at this point with the last event being the same deal. That’s something we really need to solve. I’m not sure if it is driving related, setup related or maybe a little bit of both? It’s something we have to fix, because we can’t afford to miss opportunities like today where we had a potential top-five result in the bag.

“It all started slipping away and we were trying to survive out there with massive degradation. It’s a shame to come home 11th, but there are some positives to take away. We had good speed this weekend and we were excited and ready to go. We all want to capitalize on a good finish, and right now that would be good for all of us.”

Taylor Kiel, President, Arrow McLaren SP

"Overall it was a solid day for Arrow McLaren SP, especially given how chaotic the weekend was on track. Pato did a great job of letting the race come to him and slowly working his way toward the front. He drove a smart race, avoided some incidents in front of him and finished fifth. 

"Felix started fourth and was keeping pace with the leaders but unfortunately his tires started to fall off sooner than we would have liked during the first stints. He dropped quite a few places but was eventually able to make his way up and finish 11th.

“I can't say enough about how strong both Arrow McLaren SP crews were today, the pit stops were flawless. I'm proud of the hard work that everybody put in all week and hopefully this is a turning point as we head to Barber in a few weeks."

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