The Mexican pilot Patricio O’Ward He achieved sixth position in the only training session ahead of the weekend race at the Laguna Seca circuit in California.
Pato O’Ward set a best time of 1m08.0090s to be 0.3700 behind what was done by Scott McLaughlina member of the Penske team that took the best time with a lap of 1m07.6325s.
O’Ward caused a red flag during the shootout but without damaging the McLaren car marked with the number 5. The rescue team removed the Monterrey’s car after it was stopped in the sand trap.
“It’s the first time I’ve run here in the middle of summer, but honestly it’s not as much of a change as I thought,” said the Mexican at the end of Friday’s session.
“We have worked on some things in training and we have improved the car. We still have work to do, but we are in a better position than when we started in the first session, so we will see what we have tomorrow,” he indicated.
American Colton Herta had the second fastest time while Spaniard Alex Palou took his Chip Ganassi team car to third place followed by Josef Newgarden and Pietro Fittipaldi.
Newcomer Nolan Siegel, who takes over the number 6 McLaren car following the departure of Theo Pourchaire, placed 27th.
For this Saturday the teams will have a second practice at 11 a.m. central Mexico time, while the classification will take place at 3:15 p.m.
O’Ward is in fourth position in the championship with 184 points against 236 for Australian Will Power, who is the leader. Alex Palou is second with 231 points.
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2024-06-22 08:49:52