The lead within the Indy Automobile Championship has modified palms after Pato O’Ward had a nasty time on the Lengthy Seaside GP in California.
Swedish former Formulation 1 driver Marcus Ericsson is now on the prime of the standings after O’Ward might solely end in seventeenth place in what was the third spherical of the sequence.
Ericsson didn’t win the race although, that honour belonged to Andretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood. With this outcome, O’Ward was relegated to second place within the championship with 95 factors, simply 15 factors behind Marcus Ericsson, the present chief.
O’Ward stated he was “upset” with himself
On his Twitter account, the Arrow McLaren driver stated he was upset with the outcome and apologised to his followers for not with the ability to ship a greater outcome.
“At the moment’s on me. Disillusioned in myself. Not far more to say. Sorry to the good crowd that got here to look at the occasion and so sorry to my workforce who gave me an incredible automobile all weekend,” he stated.
After spherical three, the IndyCar championship standings are very tight, with a number of drivers within the combat for the championship, as Alex Palou is chasing carefully behind O’Ward, as is Josef Newgarden.
The following spherical at Alabama on April 30 guarantees to be an thrilling one as drivers look to attain necessary factors to shut in on the championship lead.
