“And then later, there was a time when I had a bit of a temper, was a bit of a hothead that thought he knew it all. I’m not going to be able to do this,’ and I had to learn how to manage that. When I first started working with Red Bull, I remember thinking ‘I’m too stressed out. I’ve kind of had to work on things - early in my career was stress management. “I think that as time has gone on, I have come to appreciate that this is a people game. “I think when I first started racing, I wouldn’t have said my people skills were my strong suit,” Ward said. His drivers praise how well he treats the employees and how aligned everyone is inside the organization, but Ward said it took him most of his 38 years to learn how to manage this way.

The version of Ward who arrived at McLaren has matured through years of working with the top teams in motorsports. “But really, the ability, the opportunity, to build something, to be part of building something, that just seemed like just too good of an opportunity to pass up.” “That little bit of crossover back to the F1 world was also a real appeal. and we had some great success, championships, two 500 wins, but as time went on there, I started to look at what Arrow McLaren was building and that was exciting,” Ward said.

Rosenqvist at third was the highest qualifying McLaren driver the Swede finished fourth in last year’s race, two spots behind teammate O’Ward. Simply put, the McLaren drivers are having the most fun headed into the 107th running of the Indy 500 and put all four of its cars in the top-12 for Sunday’s race. It has rapidly grown to three full-time cars, added Tony Kanaan for what he says will be his final Indianapolis 500, and has built a chemistry within the organization envied across the paddock. In the three-plus seasons since Brown brought McLaren back to Ind圜ar on a full-time basis, Arrow McLaren is now the hottest team in the series. “By default, the environment will force you to get along and work together.” INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - It is hard to be an introvert among the bodacious characters of Arrow McLaren Racing.īut Felix Rosenqvist, who readily admits he “was closed as a shell” when he joined McLaren for the start of the 2021 season, is having a blast with firecracker teammate Pato O’Ward and wild-card boss Zak Brown as they rebuild the team’s brand in Ind圜ar after an absence of nearly four decades.

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