Mexican Patricio O’Ward was very close to the podium this Sunday after starting from third place at the Alabama Grand Prix, however, he finished fourth. Scott McLaughlin wins his first of the year, Romain Grosjean finished second and Will Power closed out the podium in third.
In the Kids of Alabama Indy Grand Prix, the fourth date of the IndyCar Series, Patricio O’Ward started from third place At the Barber Motorsports Park circuit in Birmingham, behind Romain Grosjean and Alex Pallo.
The first three positions held on until lap 13, when Newgarden, McLaughlin, Will Power, Helio Castroneves, and Felix Rosenqvist started with a pit stop.
‘Pato’ O’Ward He is fully involved in the battle for the championship Arrows was emerging as one of the favorites to win with the McLaren team and in Alabama after the first two races in which victory did not find him in the final meters. O’Ward won at the same circuit in 2022, although he was not so lucky this time.
This morning, the driver from Monterrey congratulated his compatriot Sergio Pérez, who dominated the Baku street circuit at the Azerbaijan GP and scored another win in his Formula One career: “Good choo. King of the roads,” he tweeted wrote.
https://twitter.com/PatricioOWard/status/1652470696704897024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
How’s the 2023 IndyCar Championship going?
Pato maintains his second place at O’Ward IndyCar Championship with 127 pointsAlthough he hasn’t taken any wins so far, he has been in the top five 3 times. Marcus Ericsson holds the lead.
- Marcus Ericsson – 130 pts.
- Patrick O’Ward – 127 points
- Alex Pallo – 121 points
- Scott McLaughlin – 118 points
- Romain Grosjean – 111 Punto
- Josef Newgarden – 104 points
- Will Power – 103 points
- Scott Dixon – 98 points
- Kyle Kirkwood – 92 points
- Colton Herta – 85 points
