
Arrow McLAREN SP Race Report: 2022 Grand Prix of Portland
"Pato ended with a P4; not what we wanted, but still a great result"

One race remains for Arrow McLaren SP in the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.
Both Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolets started the race fifth and sixth, starting on alternate tire strategies with Pato O'Ward on the red alternates Firestones and Felix Rosenqvist on the black primaries.
The race went green for the first 84 laps of the event, finding both Pato in third and Felix in 14th. At the checkered flag, the No. 5 finished fourth and the No. 7 in 10th.
The schedule's season finale is next week at the Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. See what Pato, Felix and President Taylor Kiel had to say following today's 110-lap event at Portland International Raceway. Next week's race is live on NBC at 3 p.m. ET.
Key info
Round | 16/17 |
Where | Portland International Raceway |
When | Sunday, September 4 |
Race laps | 110 |
Total race distance | 216.04 miles / 347.68 km |
Length | 1.96 miles / 3.16 km |
Number of turns | 12 |
Follow | @ArrowMcLarenSP on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube |

Starting Position | 5th | |
Finishing Position | 4th | |
Championship Standing | 456 points | 7th |
"We had to come out of the race with a win today to truly have a decent shot at the championship at Laguna Seca. But, I didn’t have enough for the Team Penske drivers. All weekend, they dominated everybody. I tried to make the pass around Will (Power) and we had damage on the left side for the rest of the race, so I had to nurse it from there.
"Graham (Rahal) was coming behind us really quick, and I had to let Dixon by because apparently we blocked him. I expect INDYCAR to make the same call going forward.”

Starting Position | 6th | |
Finishing Position | 10th | |
Championship Standing | 360 points | 10th |
"We started the race really good but had a tough second stint on the primary black Firestones because we couldn’t get the tires to warm up and get going. Ultimately, we were probably on the worst strategy of the race. I think one driver did better on that strategy than us, but everyone just ate us up, track position-wise, on that second stint.
"We came back and finished P10 - which was decent - but a bit disappointed in that result."

"We came in here looking for a race win, and the way things played out, we didn't really get an opportunity to go off-strategy at any one point, and we were just a tick off the Penskes all day. I thought we had a really good race pace for most of the stint, certainly for the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet. Starting on Firestone blacks was a huge advantage it turns out.
"The primary tire didn't respond so well in the middle to the end of the race. Felix was a victim of that. He struggled quite a bit on his primary tire stint but nonetheless battled back, both cars in the top ten. Pato with a P4, not what we wanted but still a great result, a great team day. Everybody did a great job in pit lane, on the timing stands, and our drivers did what they had to do. There’s a lot to be proud of."




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