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
14 races run over 3 years
Team(s)	No. 5 (Arrow McLaren SP)
2018 position	31st
Best finish	26th (2019)
First race	2018 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)
Last race	2020 Iowa INDYCAR 250s, Race 2 (Iowa)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 1 1
Statistics current as of 12 July 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
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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. 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 qualifyed fifth and finished ninth (which ties him with David Martínez for the best finish on debut by a Mexican driver in a premiere open-wheel series[1]).

For 2019, O'Ward was scheduled to move up to the IndyCar Series full-time, piloting the #8 entry for Harding Steinbrenner Racing.[2] However, sponsorship issues led to O'Ward being granted his release from the team on February 11, 2019.[3]

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.[4] In May, 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.[5][6][7]

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 3 Super Formula rounds.[8]

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

O’Ward finished 12th in the first round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season at Texas Motor Speedway. He finished 8th at the IndyGP.

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

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing 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	GTW	GTW	IMS	IMS	STP						4th*	162*

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2019	Dallara	Chevrolet	DNQ		Carlin
2020	Dallara	Chevrolet	15		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

1. "Famous Racecar Drivers From Mexico: #3 David Martínez". Ranker.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
2. https://www.indycar.com/News/2018/09/09-19-Harding-Steinbrenner-Racing-announcement
3. "O'Ward confirms split with HSR". Racer. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
4. "O'Ward joins Carlin for 13 races in 2019". IndyCar.com. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
5. "Patricio O'Ward joins Red Bull Junior Team for IndyCar campaign". 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
6. "Red Bull junior O'Ward set for F2 debut this weekend". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
7. Benyon, Jack (30 June 2019). "O'Ward takes over Ticktum's Super Formula seat at Team Mugen". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
8. https://racer.com/2019/10/18/oward-splits-with-red-bull-and-enters-the-mclaren-indycar-frame/
9. "Arrow McLaren SP confirms O'Ward, Askew for 2020 season". IndyCar. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Patricio O'Ward career summary at DriverDB.com

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