Arrow McLaren trying to shake INDYCAR underdog status, mimic F1 surge

Thermal, California – After sweeping the front row stains for the second Indycar This season race, Arrow McLaren driver Christian Lundgard Mocked: “We are just trying to copy what they are doing Formula 1.

People laughed. However, seriously, after what the team did in Thermal, it could be an actual conversation sooner than some might think, especially after last season.

The McLaren Formula 1 team opened with what could have been a historic day for McLaren by going to one and two in China like Oscar Pasri Win Lando Norris The completion of the second.

You can lundgaard or Pato Outward Turn the starting points in the front row into a victory and complete the F1-Enycar wiping process and may go one and two? The last time McLaren achieved that this work became in May 1976 when Johnny Radford won the USAC Motor Race in Trenton and James Hunt won the F1 race in Madrid.

The fact that McLaren had a late increase in 2024 allowed the team to capture the title of the F1 manufacturer and then opened the F1 season with a few wins that were not lost on Indycar drivers.

“We are familiar with a man,” said Outward, who won three Indycar races last year. “We want to do what F1 is currently doing. The battle here in Indycar is different. Certainly different.

“I think McLaren is currently leading the way in their position, and we are still chasing. We are still chasing to be the best … We will get there.”

Augard can say this with confidence.

He led 51 out of 65 rolls on Sunday by Alex PaloWith another wonderful car, it fell to the right tire strategy represented at the time of getting softer and faster tires and passed with 11 rolls of victory.

Last year, when Thermal was a race in all stars, Augrad did not reach the main event in Thermal. This year, victory challenged.

In 2024, Outward ranked fifth in the ranking. Alexander Rossi The tenth place was driving his car McLaren and Windgard, who replaced Russian, in 11th place in the Rahal Litrman Lanege race.

“In order to be fair, this may have been one of the paths in which I felt that we had no opportunity to fight,” said Outward. “We put two cars on the front row … It seems that every time someone wins, it’s always Balu.

“Obviously, he discovered it. He got a great team behind. We just need to continue paying. There is no other way.”

The payment will come in some respects from Lundgaard, which was the best qualified McLaren car in the opening match a few weeks ago in Saint Petersburg.

“If you told me six months ago, I will become the best qualified McLaren and the highest car, I would be very happy,” Lundgard said about the opening weekend.

“Seeing how we did this made me happier because we did it at an explicit pace.”

Nobody likes to see a victory that escapes from winning, and McLaren chose the wrong strategy as much as he puts a second group of sofa. But it was not as if the Palou team knew that they had the right strategy until they saw Outwards setting touches, more durable but slower, for the final operation.

“It is clear that when you see drivers from the same team there they are fighting every one session, and this means that they have a good car and that they are closer to you,” Palo said. “Let’s say, like St. Pitt for us, I think we have an amazing package and we may have been superior to anyone else.

“Here I would like to say that McLaren has really approached, especially with the amount of their struggle [here] last year. “

Palou also could not avoid what was clear. While Palou won three of the last four titles and opened this year with two concentrations, Owward has the biggest fans.

“I think it’s good to the tournament,” Palo said about the increase in McLaren. “It’s a good thing for competition. It is a good thing for Pato’s fans, so they continue to come to races.

“It is good for us too.”

It is definitely a good thing for the new team manager Tony Kanan, the former famous driver who is now leading the Foundation’s daily Indycar program.

“It was clear that it was disappointing not to win,” Kanan said. “But a year ago, this was one of the paths that fought us more than others. So for us to come here this year and control the last hole sequence, I will take it on any day.”

McLaren rising Nolan will get He struggled at the age of sixteen, but he must be able to rely on his teammates – a group that will include Nascar Kyle Larson For Indy 500. Larson won the Naskar Cup on Sunday in Homstead.

This is the organization that has 16 victories over the past five seasons. But to see them represent a week after week, it will be a major step.

“We need the team’s cars to be at the forefront,” Aidard said. “We can not only have one fighting there. All three human beings are always fighting at the forefront. All four Gannasians are always at the forefront. I know that there are now two Janasians who are usually at the forefront, but [alliance cars at] The number of context.

“This is what we need in Indycar. … We are pushing forward. We want to overcome the big players. We are still weak.”

Bob Pockrass Nascar and Indycar cover for Fox SPORTS. He spent contracts for motorsport coverage, including more than 30 Ditona 500, with a difference in ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR SCENE and (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow it on Twitter @Bobukras.

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