Photo by Kyle McInnes

Pato O’Ward lwed tody’s opening practice for the Detroit Grand Prix this afternoon. The track proved a challenge for the entire grid as they learned the circuit.

“It’s definitely a unique track, I think it has a lot of characteristics from all the other street courses that we go to in terms of pavements, certain type of corners. Yeah, we rolled off strong,” O’Ward said.

Red flags stopped gthe session six times, including the final one for O’Ward. Many drivers found the runoff areas but were able to keep going.

Arrow McLaren placde all three cars in the top 10 with Felix Rosenqvisy fifth and Alexander Rossi sixth.

Callum Ilott rebounded from a difficult May to finish today ninth.

Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was 15th today, trailing eammates Will Power, who was seventh, and Scott McLaughlin in 10th.

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