. PatricioOWard: Changes during pitstops helped 5 ArrowMcLarenSP nail runner-up finish in Iowa Race 1... Can he contend for the win tomorrow?
The Mexican ace started fourth and passed Conor Daly for third on Lap 16, just before the first caution of the day, and although he would lose this spot to a charging off-sequence Colton Herta, he pitted on Lap 59, two laps before Power, and his fast laps on fresh rubber were enough to see him easily emerge ahead of the polesitter’s car and start challenging Newgarden.
However, the Iowa dominator was more decisive through traffic and had pulled a six second gap on the AMSP driver by the checkered flag. “It was all about what can we do different to them to be able to just have a shot at getting by them. I had to use my tires a bit much. I think Will was on the same train battling with me and Palou, Marcus. So I think we used up our tires a little bit more than what Josef did. He had a little bit more to give in the end.”
Part of O’Ward’s trouble, that allowed Newgarden to make a break on restarts, was that “Josef had different gearing to us,” said O’Ward. “I'm pretty sure he was aware of that.
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