Arrow McLaren 2024 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America Practice Report
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Road America
Practice date: Friday, June 7th
Round: 7/18
Total laps: 55
Total race distance: 220.55mi/354.94 km
Length: 4.0 mi/6.44 km
Number of turns: 14
Session start times:
- Practice 2: Saturday, 10:10 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. CST
- Qualifying: Saturday, 2:25 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. CST
- Warm-up: Sunday, 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. CST
- Green flag: Sunday, 2:45 p.m. CST
TUNE IN: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. CST on NBC
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Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
Practice 1: P9, 01:43.6815
Total laps: 14
“I love coming here, especially after the repave. It’s a track that I really enjoy. However, we have some work to do after Practice 1. I don’t think we rolled off as strong this year as we did last year. We’ll be looking at what we need to improve on for tomorrow and get ready for qualifying.”
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Alexander Rossi, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
Practice 1: P15, 01:43.9887
Total laps: 15
“The No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet was good today, but there are still some issues that need to be sorted out. Hopefully, we can get closer to finding those solutions tomorrow.”
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Théo Pourchaire, No. 6 onsemi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
Practice 1: P18, 01:44.2568
Total laps: 23
“We gained a lot from that session. We kept the No. 6 onsemi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet clean, which is a positive. It was a windy day today, which made it tough to drive the car. I enjoy this track, though; it’s really nice but tough. It’s a track that suits the NTT INDYCAR SERIES perfectly. We need to find a little bit more performance, but it’s a good baseline that we can build off of.”
Gavin Ward, Team Principal
“This is a very different track compared to a year ago. We had some slower lap times and it was a pretty windy day here. We have some work to do to get our Arrow McLaren Chevrolets in a better spot for tomorrow.”