IndyCar Long Beach: O’Ward’s McLaren fastest from Dixon in FP1

Pato O’Ward's Chevrolet-powered Arrow McLaren set the fastest time in opening IndyCar practice at Long Beach on Friday, lapping 0.265s clear of Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon ⏱️ Full report ⬇️

Pato O’Ward's Chevrolet-powered Arrow McLaren set the fastest time in opening IndyCar practice at Long Beach on Friday, lapping 0.265s clear of Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon.The Andretti Autosport cars set the early pace, with Romain Grosjean and then Colton Herta taking turns at the top, before Ganassi's 2021 champion Alex Palou deposed Herta to claim top spot with 1m07.2416s.

Graham Rahal also had a spin at Turn 5 but touched the wall only with his rear wing endfence and returned to action. O’Ward went up the Turn 9 escape road with 18 minutes to go, after locking his right front wheel over the bumps while Newgarden, with a taped up floor, returned to the track and jumped into sixth.

Herta also clambered past Ericsson before then claiming top spot, chipping 0.124s from Grosjean’s former benchmark.

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