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IndyCar: Pato O’Ward on pole in heated Thermal Membership qualifying
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IndyCar: Pato O’Ward on pole in heated Thermal Membership qualifying

Motorsports March 23, 2025
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Pato O’Ward spent the St. Petersburg season-opener combating to get well from a dreadful Twenty third-place qualifying effort. Three weeks later, the Mexican star finds himself on the different finish of the grid.

O’Ward laid down a flying 1:39.9567s lap within the Quick 6 to assert pole for The Thermal Membership IndyCar Grand Prix.

The result’s his sixth-career pole and first since IndyCar’s 2022 journey to Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course –  a outcome that O’Ward knew he was able to, even when it served as a shock to the remainder of the sector.

“I knew if we might get the automotive to my liking I might get it achieved,” O’Ward mentioned. “I’ve gotta thank the blokes. We’ve been working onerous coming again right here. We haven’t had the very best of weekends previously, however we turned it round. We dialed it in after Q1, as a result of I used to be considerably proud of it, however (it was) not good. 

“We simply made a little bit little bit of an adjustment. As quickly as we went out in Q2, I mentioned ‘I’ve obtained this.’” 

It’ll be an all-Arrow McLaren entrance row on the Thermal Membership. Christian Lundgaard capped off a robust qualifying session general with second, coming .1678s wanting his teammate in second.

Final yr’s $1 Million Problem race winner, Alex Palou, dominated his previous qualifying periods. However the two-time defending champion needed to accept third in the important thing session with a time of 1:40.3092. Colton Herta, Marcus Ericsson and Alexander Rossi accomplished the Quick 6.

Colton Herta, Andretti International

Photograph by: Penske Leisure

4 organizations noticed no less than one automotive advance to the Quick 6, with solely Andretti Autosport and Arrow McLaren fielding a number of pole contenders. Palou was nicely away from the sector superior comfortably with Lundgaard. O’Ward and Ericsson surged into advancing positions within the remaining seconds, with Rossi and Herta surviving within the remaining switch spots.

Marcus Armstrong and Kyle Kirkwood have been knocked out within the session’s waning moments. Additionally eradicated have been Felix Rosenqvist, Louis Foster, Scott Dixon and David Malukas. Foster made the Quick 12 for the primary time in his younger IndyCar profession, a great bounce again after he was knocked out within the opening corners of his St. Pete debut.

Robert Schwartzman was slowest amongst all opponents for Prema Racing, sitting almost two seconds additional again with a time of 1:43.0781. However his No. 83 was lucky to see the observe. Schwartzman’s Prema group labored into the early morning hours after his automotive suffered a hearth throughout opening follow, leaving the IndyCar newcomer scrambling to arrange an entry for time trials. 

Palou paced the opening group, main Rosenqvist, Dixon, Armstrong, Malukas and Kirkwood into the Quick 12. Lundgaard went prime of the board within the second group, advancing alongside Herta, O’Ward, Rossi, Foster and Ericsson. 

Sunday’s race will go stay on FOX at 3:00 p.m. ET. Learn our story about when and tips on how to watch the race right here.

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