Pato O’Ward withstood fierce strain from Alex Palou over the ultimate stint of the Mid-Ohio 200 to win by lower than half a second.
McLaren snatched the win away from Ganassi after Palou led the opening stints of the race. A speedy remaining pit cease for O’Ward, mixed with fast laps both aspect of his cease, obtained him forward of the driving force who beat him to pole place by mere thousandths the day earlier than.
Palou was unrelenting in his pursuit of O’Ward over the race’s remaining laps. The automotive virtually snapped away from him at flip 13 with 13 laps remaining, giving O’Ward temporary respite, however inside half-a-dozen laps the Ganassi driver was sat on his rear wing as soon as once more.
O’Ward’s scenario was made extra precarious as he bore down on the lapped Kyffin Simpson, Palou’s workforce mate, who was unwilling to go a lap down. With Agustin Canapino forward backing off to avoid wasting gas – and ultimately operating out on the ultimate lap – and his workforce mate Romain Grosjean rejoining the observe because the queue of backmarkers arrived, O’Ward had no alternative to loosen up as they sprinted to the flag.
He by no means put a wheel flawed till the ultimate nook, the place he fishtailed dramatically as he accelerated in direction of the road. Palou fell narrowly quick as Chevrolet beat Honda to the primary win of IndyCar’s hybrid period.
O’Ward scored his second victory of the yr, the opposite coming after Josef Newgarden was disqualified from the season-opener weeks after its conclusion. “I do know we received St Pete however it is a correct win,” enthused O’Ward afterwards.
Scott McLaughlin – the one Penske driver to complete within the prime 10 – joined them on the rostrum, adopted by Andretti’s Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson. Alexander Rossi took sixth forward of Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Kirkwood, Christian Rasmussen and Santino Ferrucci.
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Having certified a powerful third in his second look for Meyer Shank, David Malukas fell to twelfth behind Will Energy on the flag. The opposite Penske of Newgarden got here twenty fifth after serving two pit lane rushing penalties, the second of which was incurred whereas serving the primary. Scott Dixon was the one hybrid-related retirement, the remaining 26 automobiles all operating on the end.
Race outcome
| P. | No. | Driver | Group | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 2 | 10 | Alex Palou | Ganassi | Honda |
| 3 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 4 | 21 | Colton Herta | Andretti/Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 5 | 23 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti | Honda |
| 6 | 7 | Alexander Rossi | McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 7 | 27 | Christian Lundgaard | RLL | Honda |
| 8 | 22 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti | Honda |
| 9 | 25 | Christian Rasmussen | Carpenter | Chevrolet |
| 10 | 13 | Santino Ferrucci | Foyt | Chevrolet |
| 11 | 12 | Will Energy | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 12 | 30 | David Malukas | Meyer Shank | Honda |
| 13 | 28 | Toby Sowery | Coyne/WR | Honda |
| 14 | 29 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank | Honda |
| 15 | 8 | Linus Lundqvist | Ganassi | Honda |
| 16 | 26 | Sting Ray Robb | Foyt | Chevrolet |
| 17 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong | Ganassi | Honda |
| 18 | 14 | Graham Rahal | RLL | Honda |
| 19 | 18 | Rinus VeeKay | Carpenter | Chevrolet |
| 20 | 6 | Nolan Siegel | McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 21 | 4 | Kyffin Simpson | Ganassi | Honda |
| 22 | 33 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger | Chevrolet |
| 23 | 32 | Romain Grosjean | Juncos Hollinger | Chevrolet |
| 24 | 24 | Pietro Fittipaldi | RLL | Honda |
| 25 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 26 | 16 | Jack Harvey | Coyne | Honda |
| 27 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Ganassi | Honda |
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