Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward in the No.5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet says that the race in Detroit today was probably his worst performance in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.
Starting the race from 18th place he came through the field to finish the race in seventh.
This was maybe the worst performance weekend I’ve probably had in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. We legit qualified 18th just on pure pace. We’ve had other times where we’ve been back there, but it’s always been because there was an issue or I made a mistake. This one, that’s where we deserved to be. It’s been a very frustrating weekend and it’s been very challenging here. I’m glad we had a good points weekend, and we can move on from this place. I love World Wide Technology Raceway, so I’m looking forward to that.”
Christian Lundgaard Lundgaard in the No.7 VELO Chevrolet started the race from fourth and came home in eighth.
Speaking following the action he said:
I’m glad to finally finish the race. I woke up this morning feeling really good and confident because I knew we had a good car. It just didn’t seem to translate in the race from any of our other sessions. It was very frustrating from that aspect. At the end of the day, we got some good points with Pato in seventh and me in eighth. It’s unfortunate that Kirkwood won just because he’s so strong in the championship. Maybe the luck has run out for the 10 car, so we need to capitalize and score good points from here on out. We’re now off for a weekend after the busy month, so we can go home, rest and come back stronger next time.”
Nolan Siegel started 27th and came home in 19th and speaking following the action he said:
That was probably one of the most miserable days of my racing career. We started at the back because of an issue that wasn’t anyone on our team’s fault yesterday. Today, we saved a bunch of fuel at the beginning, and that strategy ended up working out because it was the same as one of the cars on the podium. We did a good job at the beginning as a group, but then on the restart, I got destroyed. There was nothing I can do about that. That broke the car, we got two laps down, had to let people by all race. It was just a miserable time.”
Arrow McLaren Team Principal Tony Kanaan said:
“At the end of the day, you’re rolling the dice with the strategy at this place. I think Pato drove a good race, and he ended up benefitting from their strategy call and Christian didn’t. That’s the way it goes. There’s really not a lot else to say, other than we gained some points in the championship to Palou. Unfortunately for Nolan, he got hit from behind and his day was done before it could get started. Frustrating day, but that’s racing. We’ll learn from it. Coming off a big stretch, I think everyone will have a well-deserved weekend off and we’ll start again.