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Pato O’Ward will get his first taste of the MCL38 in Mexico City.
McLaren is giving IndyCar star Pato O’Ward his ‘home’ F1 debut with a practice session at the Mexico City Grand Prix. O’Ward will drive the MCL38 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in the mandatory young driver FP1 sessions. He has previously participated in FP1 at the 2022 and 2023 Abu Dhabi Grands Prix and tested in Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, and the Red Bull Ring. O’Ward is McLaren’s reserve driver in F1, joining the team from IndyCar in 2020. Additionally, McLaren confirmed NASCAR’s Kyle Larson will attempt the double duty of the 2025 Indianapolis 500. Larson previously raced in both the Indy 500 and NASCAR’s Coke 600 on the same day in 2014.
