Inside the IndyCar circuit, Patrick Owardknown as ward duck, managed to put Mexico on top of the podium. pilot Arrow McLaren Finished in first place Honda Indy Grand Prix in Alabama Barber’s Circuit with an outstanding performance as he took the first podium of the season, so the celebration at the top of the podium was special.
But outside the Indy series, there has been a team of Formula 1 Joining the Monterrey native’s celebration and also recognizing the talent of the Mexican pilot, he was McLaren F1 Team; The British team congratulated Pato Award on achieving his first podium in the racing category.
It was through Twitter where the car team was Recognize the talent of the Mexican. Verified account McLaren Watch the O’Ward Contest all the way to the finish line; Once the Monterrey native crossed the checkered flag and established himself in first place, the Lando Norris team wrote the following message:
“What a way to start May! The tweet included an amazing performance from the @ArrowMcLarenSP team. ”
In a second message, when O’Ward took the stage and celebrated Alex Balloufrom Chip Ganassi Racing, and Rinus Vikai From DragonSpeed USA, the team praised the Mexican’s work and wrote the following message: “Win #1 of the season! Love seeing it, @ArrowMcLarenSP and @PatricioOward!”
It should be noted that This will not be the first approach of a Formula 1 team with Patricio also in October 2021 They both had a training session in which the Mexican participated Engines tested That there was a speed limit circuit and the idea suggested to him that he should be the second Mexican to compete in it.
Later, in December of the same year, The Aztec Driver was part of a test of talent that could be the team’s future drivers.
a duck The race started with good pace and determination as he quickly positioned himself among the top spots in the competition. Despite the possibility of rain for competition, O’Ward knew how to stay focused And take advantage of space to enhance positions.
It wasn’t until lap 10 when he fell behind Rinus VikaiEd Carpenter, driver, when he was a second and a half short of first place in the race. Although there were still nearly ninety laps left, the 22-year-old didn’t slow down and pressed for the lead.
on lap 30 Duck O’Ward had to stop And filling with fuel, in addition to adjusting the tires. This stop was key to not losing from the top positions and thus getting closer to his first win of the year.
Final positions are decided after lap 63 when Alex Ballou outplayed O’Ward and started a battle for first place. Later, a two-second gap was opened over the Spaniard so that the Mexican could trim the position and thus slip into first place because he He was up to 1.7 seconds ahead.
Born Patricio Award on May 6, 1999 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, he has been a pilot since he was six, when he got involved in karting in Mexico and the United States. Between 2012 and 2016 he competed in Formula Latam 2000, Formula Renault 1.6 Northern Europe and Formula 2000 Pacific. He also competed in Formula 4 races in France She even beat the historic racetrack Paul Ricard from Le Castellet.
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