Patricio O'Ward

Patricio "Pato" O'Ward (born 6 May 1999) is a Mexican race car driver and 2018 Indy Lights champion.

Patricio O'Ward
O'Ward after winning the 2018 Indy Lights championship at Portland.
Nationality Mexican
Born (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999
Monterrey, Mexico
IndyCar Series career
22 races run over 3 years
Team(s)No. 5 (Arrow McLaren SP)
Best finish4th (2020)
First race2018 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)
Last race2020 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 4 1
Statistics current as of 22 November 2020
Previous series
2019
2017-18
2017

2016
2016
2015-16
2015-16
2014
2013
2013
2013
Super Formula
Indy Lights
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Pro Mazda Championship
IMSA Mazda Prototype Lites - L1
NACAM Formula 4 Championship
Pro Mazda Championship
French F4 Championship
Latam Fórmula 2000
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC
Pacific Formula F2000
Championship titles
2018
2017
Indy Lights
WTSC PC
Awards
2020Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
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Junior and sports car career

O'Ward exiting the pits during qualifying at Sonoma in 2018, where he qualified fifth in his IndyCar debut.

He began his racing career in karting at the end of 2005 and remained in karting until 2012. During 2013, O'Ward competed in open-wheel racing, in Latam Fórmula 2000, Formula Renault 1.6 NEC and Pacific Formula F2000. In 2014, O'Ward competed in French F4 Championship.

In 2015, O'Ward débuted in the Pro Mazda Championship with Team Pelfrey. Once again in 2016, O'Ward competed in the Pro Mazda Championship with Team Pelfrey. In 2017, O'Ward competed in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Performance Tech Motorsports in the PC class. O'Ward and his co-drivers won the 2017 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in the PC class, making him the youngest driver to ever win both races at 17 years old. O'Ward and his team went on to win the 2017 Championship and North American Endurance Cup (NAEC)

In 2018, O'Ward signed with Andretti Autosport to compete in the Indy Lights Championship. He won nine of the 17 races, was named Rookie of the Year and easily captured the drivers championship.

In May 2019, O'Ward was signed to the Red Bull Junior Team and the following month, was placed on a one-event deal to compete at the Red Bull Ring Formula 2 round, substituting for the banned Mahaveer Raghunathan, and was announced as Dan Ticktum's replacement in the Super Formula Championship.[1][2][3]

Due to a decision by the FIA to award fewer Superlicense points for O'Ward's Indy Lights Series championship, O'Ward would be unable to attain the required points to be able to race Formula One in 2020, and thus would not be retained by Red Bull past 2019. With IndyCar series rides available, Dr. Helmut Marko granted O'Ward an early release from his contract after three Super Formula rounds.[4]

IndyCar Series

2018

Two weeks after clinching the Indy Lights title, O'Ward made his IndyCar Series debut at Sonoma Raceway in a second Harding Racing entry, where he qualified fifth and finished ninth. This ties him with David Martínez for the best finish on debut by a Mexican driver in American open-wheel racing.[5]

2019

For 2019, O'Ward was scheduled to move up to the IndyCar Series full-time, piloting the #8 entry for Harding Steinbrenner Racing.[6] However, sponsorship issues led to O'Ward being granted his release from the team on February 11, 2019.[7]

On March 7, O'Ward joined Carlin on a part-time deal that will see him drive in 13 races in the 2019 IndyCar season. O'Ward will drive Carlin's second entry for 12 races and will also drive Carlin's third entry for the Indianapolis 500.[8] O'Ward would fail to qualify for the Indy 500 along with Carlin teammate Charlie Kimball and the Carlin-prepared car of McLaren Racing's Fernando Alonso. O'Wards Red Bull deal signed in the Month of May also saw him only compete in 8 of the 13 events he originally signed for. He would be credited with 26th in the final points standings, with a best finish of 8th, at Circuit of the Americas.

On October 30, it was announced that O'Ward had returned to IndyCar by signing a deal with Arrow McLaren SP for the 2020 season.[9]

2020

O’Ward would have a strong start to 2020, posting finishes of 2nd at Road America race II, and 4th at Iowa race I. He held 4th in the overall points standings heading into the Indy 500 (held in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic). O'Ward would go on to finish 6th in his first Indianapolis 500 start and won the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award for his performance.[10] O'Ward would follow that up with consecutive podium finishes in the doubleheader at World Wide Technology Raceway.[11] O'Ward held as high as 3rd in the standings before finishes of 9th and 11th at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and 22nd at Harvest GP race I dropped him to 5th. After signing a new deal with AMSP,[12] O'Ward would finish 2nd in the season finale at St. Petersburg and take 4th in the final championship standings.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 Pacific Formula F2000 Dave Freitas Racing 5 4 2 5 5 165 5th
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Provily Racing 6 0 0 0 0 117 7th
Latam Fórmula 2000 Paradise Racing 6 0 0 0 0 44 12th
2014 French F4 Championship Auto Sport Academy 15 1 0 0 2 143 7th
2015 Pro Mazda Championship Team Pelfrey 16 0 0 1 3 250 6th
2015-16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship Martiga EG 12 6 2 5 11 247 3rd
2016 Pro Mazda Championship Team Pelfrey 16 7 5 8 9 393 2nd
Mazda Prototype Lites Performance Tech Motorsports 2 0 0 0 1 32 16th
2017 Indy Lights Team Pelfrey 4 0 0 0 1 58 15th
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - PC Performance Tech Motorsports 8 7 0 8 8 283 1st
North American Endurance Cup - PC 4 3 0 4 4 56 1st
2018 Indy Lights Andretti Autosport 17 9 9 4 13 491 1st
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Performance Tech Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 41 41st
IndyCar Series Harding Racing 1 0 0 0 0 44 31st
2019 IndyCar Series Carlin 7 0 0 1 0 115 26th
Super Formula Team Mugen 3 0 0 0 0 3 18th
FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2020 IndyCar Series Arrow McLaren SP 14 0 1 1 4 416 4th

Motorsports career results

Pro Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2015 Team Pelfrey STP
4
STP
14
LOU
4
LOU
C
BAR
5
BAR
7
IMS
6
IMS
10
IMS
5
LOR
7
TOR
2
TOR
3
IOW
3
MOH
7
MOH
6
LAG
18
LAG
6
6th 250
2016 Team Pelfrey STP
1
STP
2
BAR
1
BAR
1
IMS
1
IMS
1
LOR
1
ROA
4
ROA
4
TOR
9
TOR
2
MOH
7
MOH
4
LAG
1
LAG
10
LAG
6
2nd 393

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2017 Team Pelfrey STP
5
STP
3
ALA
8
ALA
15
IMS IMS INDY ROA ROA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO GMP WGL 15th 58
2018 Andretti Autosport STP
1
STP
7
ALA
1
ALA
1
IMS
4
IMS
7
INDY
2
RDA
2
RDA
4
IOW
1
TOR
1
TOR
2
MDO
1
MDO
1
GTW
3
POR
1
POR
1
1st 491

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2018 Harding Racing Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS RDA IOW TOR MDO POC GTW POR SNM
9
31st 44
2019 Carlin STP COA
8
ALA
16
LBH
12
IMS
19
INDY
DNQ
DET
14
DET
11
TXS
RDA
17
TOR
IOW
MDO
POC
GTW
POR
LAG
26th 115
2020 Arrow McLaren SP TXS
12
IMS
8
ROA
8
ROA
2
IOW
4
IOW
12
INDY
6
GTW
3
GTW
2
MDO
11
MDO
9
IMS
22
IMS
5
STP
2
4th 416

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2019 Dallara Chevrolet DNQ Carlin
2020 Dallara Chevrolet 15 6 Arrow McLaren SP

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2017 Performance Tech Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
1
SEB
1
COA
1
DET
1
WAT
1
MOS
1
ELK
1
PET
3
1st 283
2018 Performance Tech Motorsports P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
8
SEB
13
LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 41st 41

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2019 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
BAK
FEA
BAK
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA

19
RBR
SPR

14
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
26th 0

Complete Super Formula Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2019 Team Mugen SUZ AUT SUG FUJ
14
MOT
14
OKA
6
SUZ 18th 3

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Alex Popow
Renger van der Zande
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
PC Champion

2017
With: James French
Succeeded by
None
(Class discontinued)
Preceded by
Tom Kimber-Smith
José Gutiérrez
Robert Alon
North American Endurance Cup
PC Champion

2017
With: James French & Kyle Masson
Succeeded by
None
(Class discontinued)
Preceded by
Kyle Kaiser
Indy Lights
Champion

2018
Succeeded by
Oliver Askew
Preceded by
Santino Ferrucci
Indianapolis 500
Rookie of the Year

2020
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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