Patricio O'Ward
Patricio "Pato" O'Ward is a Mexican race car driver and 2018 Indy Lights champion.Career
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
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.
For 2019, O'Ward was scheduled to move up to the IndyCar Series full-time, piloting the #8 entry for Harding Steinbrenner Racing. However, sponsorship issues led to O'Ward being granted his release from the team on February 11, 2019.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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
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 |
| 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
Indianapolis 500
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
| 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 |
| 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
| 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 |
