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Over millennia the grain became inseparable from Portuguese cuisine and the country’s cooks built a repertoire of rice dishes: baked with octopus the Portuguese eat thirty-five-plus pounds of rice per year—four times the amount of their European compatriots.  is indeed America’s third largest grower of rice and its farmers seed their flooded rice fields with crawfish that iconic crustacean that grows in symbiosis with the crop In the months between the rice and mudbug harvest sportsmen wait in blinds on fields’ edges and levies Last fall, these cultures met when Lagasse opened 34 Servers there pile tables with conservas (tinned fish) generously portioned and designed to share.  hails from chef de cuisine Chris Dos Reis’s coastal hometown of Nazaré A paella topped with rabbit sausage and Gulf shrimp is a kissing cousin to the Spanish version a dish that would feel just as natural at a Louisiana hunting camp as it does at Lagasse’s sleek The chef adds: “At 34, rice is on every other table. It just makes a meal complete.”   Shredded meat from all of braised duck (recipe follows) Make the braised duck: In a deep sauté pan over medium heat, add the olive oil. When warm, add the onion and garlic, season with a pinch of salt, and sweat until translucent. Add the bay leaf and paprika and stir to combine. Deglaze the pan with the port wine and allow to reduce slightly.  Season the duck legs on both sides with salt and white pepper, then add the legs to the sauté pan, nestling them down to fit into the pan in one even layer. Add the orange juice and stock and bring to a simmer. Cook until the liquid has reduced so that it comes halfway up the duck legs.  Cover the pan, reduce the heat to low, and continue cooking until the duck legs are fork-tender and the meat easily pulls away from the bones.  Remove the duck from the broth and, when cool enough to handle, remove the meat from the bones and skin. Discard bones and skin. Using your fingers or two forks, shred the meat into small pieces, moistening with some of the remaining cooking liquid to keep the meat moist. Add the sherry vinegar and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.  Place the shredded duck meat in the bottom of a casserole dish (approximately 9-inch square or similar) or a similarly sized ovenproof Dutch oven and press to form an even layer. Add the fluffed rice over the duck meat, spreading to form an even layer about 1½ inches thick. Place the casserole into the oven and bake until the top is crispy and it’s heated through, about 10 minutes.  This high-low appetizer will be the star of your next gathering Fried in a crunchy batter, delicate summer squash buds are a springtime treasure Green garlic and fresh herbs star in a refreshing family-style dish The future of conservation in the South just got a little bit brighter—and not just for salamanders The mounds may look insignificant, but they’re the craftsmanship of local crustaceans called lawn lobsters The drawls are receiving a lot of flak across the internet, but a North Carolina linguist argues they’re actually pretty accurate Volume 9 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.892857 This article is part of the Research TopicBlue Carbon: Beyond the InventoryView all 17 articles Blue carbon ecosystems are recognized as carbon sinks and therefore for their potential for climate mitigation While carbon stocks and burial rates have been quantified and estimated regionally and globally there are still many knowledge gaps on carbon fluxes exchanged particularly at the interface vegetation-atmosphere In this study we measured the atmospheric CO2 concentrations in a salt marsh located in the Patos Lagoon Estuary Eddy correlation techniques were applied to account for the CO2 exchange fluxes between the vegetation and the atmosphere Our dataset refers to two sampling periods spanning from July up to November 2016 and from January to April 2017 By using time series analysis techniques including wavelet and cross-wavelet analysis our results show the natural cycles of the CO2 exchanges variability and the relationship of these cycles with other environmental variables We also present the amplitudes of the salt marsh-atmosphere CO2 fluxes’ diurnal cycle for both study periods and demonstrate that the CO2 fluxes are modulated by the passage of transient atmospheric systems and by the level variation of surrounding waters Fluxes were measured as -6.71 ± 5.55 μmol m-2 s-1 and -7.95 ± 6.44 μmol m-2 s-1 for the winter-spring and summer-fall periods the CO2 fluxes were reversed and our site behaved as a CO2 source Beside the seasonal changes in sunlight and air temperature differences between the two periods were marked by the level of marsh inundation winds and plant biomass (higher in summer) The net CO2 balance showed the predominance of the photosynthetic activity over community respiration indicating the role of the salt marsh as a CO2 sink When considering the yearly-averaged net fluxes integrated to the whole area of the Patos Lagoon Estuary marshes the total CO2 sink was estimated as -87.6 Mg C yr-1 This paper is the first to measure and study the vegetation-atmosphere CO2 fluxes of a salt marsh environment of Brazil The results will contribute to the knowledge on the global carbon budget and for marsh conservation and management plans both conservation and restoration of salt marshes can maintain carbon sinks and avoid further emissions accurate global blue carbon budgets are limited by uncertainties in CO2 net fluxes The present study aims to report the first ever EC measurements of the CO2 exchanges between the salt marsh vegetation and the atmosphere in Brazil We assessed the daily and seasonal variability of the CO2 fluxes between the vegetation and the atmosphere to describe the balance between photosynthesis and respiration although the seasonal and interannual variability in the salt marsh biomass climate and hydrology would be predominant forcing mechanisms for the fluxes’ variability the Patos Lagoon salt marshes are sinks of CO2 with potential to contribute to mitigation of climate change The CO2 fluxes reported here add to the knowledge of CO2 fluxes from the southern hemisphere which are not yet fully explored in blue carbon studies Figure 1 Location of the Patos Lagoon in southern South America and Pólvora Island in Patos Lagoon Estuary The study site is represented by the yellow star in the consecutive maps (left) Landsat 8 (OLI) image of Patos Lagoon of 24 May 2018 provided by NASA Earth Observatory (right) Pólvora Island image of 13 June 2021 provided by Google Earth Pro® The annual cycle of sunshine hours is from 10 h (winter) up to 14 h (summer). The ENSO events also influence the precipitation, with El Niño (La Niña) producing higher (lower) precipitation with respect to the climatological average at a determined period (Silva et al., 2021). For our data collection period (July 2016 up to April 2017), a moderate La Niña1 event occurred from July until December inducing lower precipitation than the normal climatological values In order to take the vegetation/soil-atmosphere CO2 flux data used here, a 3 m tall, micrometeorological tower was installed in January 2016 (32° 01’17.08’’S, 52° 06’10.20’’W) in Pólvora Island (Supplementary Figure 1) The installation and maintenance of the tower and sensors was a multi-institutional effort carried out between (1) the Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies (CPTEC) of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE); (2) the Institute of Oceanography (IO) and the Oceanographic Museum Prof Eliézer de Carvalho Rios of the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG); and (3) the State Center for Remote Sensing and Meteorology Research (CEPSRM) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) the tower was fully operational with all sensors operating from July 2016 to April 2017 apart from a week in October 2016 (due to battery failure) and from mid-November to the end of December 2016 when sensors were being serviced Precipitation data were not collected due to a failure on the rain gauge electronics Sensors were periodically serviced at about every 3-months period and no dataset was found to drift from the expected range of measurements during the time of our experiment Although the island’s topography is flat and very close to the water level, subjecting the terrain to periodical flooding (Costa, 1997a; Costa and Marangoni, 2010) the tower’s position in the high-mid marsh avoided water suppressing the vegetation at the site during our study period Supplementary Table 1 provides a list of sensors used in the tower Most of sensors operated in the 30 s period (1/30 Hz frequency) but the IRGASON (Campbell Scientific Corporation an integrated 3D sonic anemometer with and open path gas analyzer operated at the 10 Hz frequency necessary for the EC estimates The IRGASON has also a thermometer and a barometer to make auxiliary measurements at the same frequency as the wind and gas concentration we do not expect significant urban contamination of our CO2 measurements As we observed spatial homogeneity of the salt marsh vegetation in all directions around the instrument tower for both study periods we assumed that all CO2 flux measurements presented in this work were solely related to the salt marsh vegetation and represent its typical behavior As conventionally needed for the EC calculations, the original (3 m height) windspeed measured by the IRGASON 3D sonic anemometer was converted into its 10 m height equivalent (U10) using the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) version 3.5 bulk algorithm (Edson et al., 2013) The atmospheric pressure data collected by the IRGASON barometer were extremally noisy from March 15 The original data collected at 3 m height were also converted into sea level pressure (SLP Both conversions make our data easily compared in the future to most atmospheric datasets in the world In order to assess the relations between water level and the micrometeorological measurements made throughout the study period we used water pressure (proxy to water level) data gathered by the Laboratory of Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography (LOCOSTE) of IO-FURG during the period of this study Water pressure data were taken by a thermo-condutivimeter (CT) SeaBird SBE 37-SM moored in the estuary’s mouth about a kilometer away from the Pólvora Island in a depth between 4.5 and 5 m The instrument provided a pressure mean (4.63 dbar) over the 2-years time period This 2-years mean value was subtracted from the daily means to provide the water pressure anomaly (WPA) data used here As precipitation data was not directly collected by the rain gauge installed in the micrometeorological tower, we used data from the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET)2 available for the period of this study INMET maintains the automatic weather station #A802 (a.k.a 83995) in Rio Grande city at the position 32°04’43” S; 52°10’03” W inside the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) at a distance of around 9 km from the site of our micrometeorological tower The data presented many gaps making its use as a robust time series impossible we used the data to characterize the synoptic meteorological conditions of the study area In order to investigate the climatology of the wind field of our study area, we used hourly values (not shown) from a meteorological reanalysis database provided by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) named ERA53. It uses a 4D variational assimilation scheme (Hersbach et al., 2020) ERA5 consists of hourly atmospheric variables computed at a ~30 km grid size for more than 130 height levels in the atmosphere from the Earth’s surface up to 60 km The wind data used here were extracted from the grid point including Rio Grande city (32°S 52 °W) for the period from 2010-2020 at 100 m height in the atmosphere The analysis of these data (not shown) indicated that during our study period the winds were close to the climatological means for each of the seasons we measured the 3D wind velocity vector components (u w) and the density of H2O(v) and CO2 in order to calculate their mixing ratio (H2O(v)/CO2) in the atmosphere to further calculate the turbulent CO2 EC fluxes (FCO2 in μmol m−2 s−1) at the vegetation/soil-atmosphere interface as: Once the CO2 fluxes were computed for the two periods of this study we used the synchronized radiation series to separate the data into daytime (from about 6 a.m local time) and nighttime series (from about 18 p.m from which we calculated the basic statistics (mean and standard deviation) for both daily periods Then we computed the net CO2 fluxes to assess the role of the salt marsh environment as a sink (negative net fluxes) or a source (positive net fluxes) of CO2 to/from the atmosphere Using only the daily values of minimum (nighttime) and maximum (daytime) values we also computed the maximum daily amplitude of the CO2 fluxes and statistics of the series at the monthly scale and for the two periods analyzed here (winter-spring and summer-fall) All variables were averaged to a daily temporal resolution before the analysis The cross-wavelet analysis and wavelet coherence were performed according to the methodology proposed by Grinsted et al. (2004) We used a cone of influence (p>0.05) to separate valid data from the red noise the cross-wavelet spectrum analysis emphasizes the common power of the two-time series while the wavelet coherence emphasizes the correlations between temporal cycles imprinted on two time series We thus determine the local correlation of significant oscillations observed among the CO2 EC fluxes and environmental variables We used the software STATISTICA7.0® to perform the cross-correlations and Matlab7.0® to perform the wavelet and cross-wavelet computations Figures 2, 3 present the time series of CO2 fluxes at the salt marsh-atmosphere interface and the environmental variables SLP, air temperature and water level anomaly for the two sampling periods of this study (July-November 2016 and January-April 2017, respectively). Supplementary Figures 6 ,7 present the time series of windspeed incoming shortwave radiation and precipitation for the different study periods Figure 2 Time series of (A) CO2 fluxes at the salt marsh-atmosphere interface; (B) sea level pressure (SLP); (C) air temperature (Tair); (D) water pressure anomaly (WPA) for the period spanning from July up to November 2016 The vertical gray lines in (A) indicate the pressure troughs associated with the passage of atmospheric cold fronts in the study area Table 1 Mean (± standard deviation) values of salt marsh-atmosphere CO2 flux during daytime The CO2 fluxes show a typical diurnal cycle, for both winter-spring and summer-fall periods (Figures 2A, 3A) which is related to the photosynthetic activity and the community respiration dominates the temporal modulation of the series the amplitudes of the daytime periods’ CO2 absorption (negative fluxes - influx) are larger than that released during nighttime periods (positive fluxes - eflux) suggesting a positive net balance of photosynthetic activity over the community respiration The average maximum negative and positive values of the CO2 fluxes observed, respectively, during daytime and nighttime along the temporal series represent the daily amplitudes of the salt marsh-atmosphere CO2 fluxes (Table 2) The values are a proxy of the maximum photosynthetic rates (daytime negative values) and community respiration (nighttime positive values) for each month during the two studied periods The peaks of negative (-16.38 to -16.57 μmol m-2 s-1) and positive values (4.39 to 4.92 μmol m-2 s-1) of CO2 fluxes occurred during austral summer (January-February 2017) therefore resulting in the highest amplitudes between day and night (20.77 to 21.49 μmol m-2 s-1) The amplitudes of the CO2 fluxes signal are larger during summer (January-February) than during the winter (July-August) while the fluxes’ variability is lower in summer months Table 2 Mean and standard deviation for the daytime (nighttime) monthly average of maximum (minimum) values of the CO2 flux measured during both study periods The analysis indicates the local correlation (0 ≤ r ≤ 1) of significant oscillations observed between the CO2 fluxes and windspeed and water pressure anomaly The relative phase between the variables is presented as vectors: they point toward the right (left) at the horizontal when the variables are totally in phase (out of phase) Figure 5 Cross-wavelet coherence of CO2 fluxes and windspeed (A) and CO2 fluxes and water pressure anomaly (B) for the period spanning from July up to November 2016 The 5% significance level against red noise is shown as a thick contour (cone of influence) Blurred regions indicate values outside the cone of influence The vectors indicate the relative phase between the variables The horizontal scale represents the Julian days in July-November 2016 period Figure 6 Wavelet power spectrum of CO2 fluxes (A) windspeed (B) and water pressure anomaly (C) for the period spanning from January up to April 2017 The 95% significance level is shown by heavy black contours The horizontal scale represents the Julian days in January-April 2017 period Figure 7 Cross-wavelet coherence of CO2 fluxes and windspeed (A) and CO2 fluxes and water pressure anomaly (B) for the period spanning from January up to April 2017 Figures 5 and 7 present highly coherent, cross-energy peaks are scattered between semi-diurnal or diurnal cycles (~12 to 24 h) and low-frequency ones, mostly between 64 to 512 hours (~3 to 21 days) as already seen in the individual power spectra (Figures 4 and 6) showing that the CO2 fluxes directly respond to both windspeed and water pressure anomaly were not continuous throughout the entire time series but rather associated to episodes of high amplitude of the variables involved The cross-wavelet results between CO2 fluxes and windspeed shows two high-coherence, in phase peaks centered at about 64h (~3 days) in periods ranging from Julian days 40-50 (9-19 February 2017) and Julian days 80-90 (21-31 March 2017 - Figure 7A). Other peak in Figure 7A occurs at the ~265 hours period (~11 days) during Julian days 20-40 (20 January to 9 February 2017) The variables were time-lagged at about 3 days (a quarter of a 11-day cycle) The cross-wavelet coherence spectra of CO2 fluxes and water pressure anomaly (Figure 7B) shows a prominent out of phase, high-coherence peak centered at about 192h (8 days) in periods ranging from Julian days 20-80 (20 January to 21 March 2017). During this period the water level anomaly, albeit positive, was about 5 dbar lower that the subsequent period - fall (Figure 3D) the first to measure gas exchange in a Brazilian saltmarsh ecosystem Our results suggest that subtropical salt marsh habitats are net sinks of carbon Our study also described the different temporal scales dominating of the salt marsh-atmosphere CO2 flux cycles emphasizing the control of the diurnal cycle by aspects linked to the plant’s physiology and the control of longer periods’ cycles by environmental factors The salt marsh-atmosphere CO2 EC fluxes measured in Pólvora Island presented a clear cycle at the diurnal scale during all seasons of our study in 2016-2017 forced by the balance between photosynthesis (negative fluxes) and community respiration (positive fluxes) The mean daytime fluxes were -6.71 ± 5.55 μmol m-2 s-1 (-7.95 ± 6.44 μmol m-2 s-1) for the winter-spring (summer-fall) season the mean CO2 fluxes were 0.67 ± 2.93 μmol m-2 s-1 (2.95 ± 2.10 μmol m-2 s-1) in winter-spring (summer-fall) Although there is high variability in the data the effectiveness of the salt marsh as a CO2 sink was attested by the computation of the net CO2 balance with a predominance of the photosynthetic activity over respiration and net flux of about 3.2 μmol m-2 s-1 throughout the period of this study The existing knowledge of CO2 fluxes between the vegetation and the atmosphere in Brazil are restricted to terrestrial biomes. A recent study reported the seasonal behavior of the gross primary production (GPP) - a variable directly related to the fluxes - in four terrestrial biomes: Pantanal, Amazonia, Caatinga and Cerrado (Costa et al., 2022) Analyzing data from one particular location in each biome in distinct periods ranging from 2004 to 2016 the authors described how the seasonal cycle of meteorological variables such as the global incident radiation as well as precipitation were the key modulating factors of seasonality in GPP for all biomes suggesting an imposition of the atmosphere’s CO2 concentration and the occurrence of stronger winds on the CO2 fluxes The authors also reported that 90% of the CO2 flux measurements made in their study area ranged between -102.68 to 151.72 μmol m-2 s-1 indicating that the reservoir was a source of CO2 to the atmosphere The amplitudes of the salt marsh-atmosphere CO2 fluxes’ diurnal cycle for both study periods seen in Figures 2A, 3A demonstrate that they were modulated by the passage of transient atmospheric systems and by the level variation of the island’s surrounding waters Beside the seasonal changes in sunlight (daylength) and air temperature differences between the spring-summer and winter-fall periods are marked by the variation in the level of marsh inundation that is usually higher in winter-spring months than in the summer The salt marsh inundation is locally driven by the Patos Lagoon discharge and windspeed which tend to be higher in winter in the air temperature series with values generally above 20°C from November 2016 onwards which can be extrapolated to the study area are related to the seasonal cycle and to a ~5-years and a 8-years period oscillation linked to the ENSO phenomenon The authors described that the 5-years (8-years) ENSO cycle is associated to the positive (negative) phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation demonstrating that the teleconnections are important for characterizing the climate of the study area a moderate La Niña event induced lower precipitation than the normal climatological values This situation may have produced CO2 fluxes lower than average however they pointed out to a phase lag that occurs between the inner Patos Lagoon and the adjacent coastal waters of the South Atlantic Ocean This lag is modulated by the along-shore (along-estuary) winds and by the morphology of the estuary that acts by filtering tidal and longer period oscillations generated outside the estuary Forbrich and Giblin (2015) studied CO2 fluxes using the EC technique between a salt marsh vegetation in New England and the atmosphere in the months of May to October between 3 years of measurements (2012-2014) They noticed a considerable loss of CO2 transfer in the marsh-atmosphere interface during both night and day under situations of tidal inundation (spring tides at ~15-day periodicity in their case) report areas of low elevation marshes susceptible to suffer reductions in their CO2 fluxes during inundation events Although our site in the Pólvora Island is not subject to high tidal amplitudes (Möller et al., 2001) and the precipitation in the vicinity is not very distinct among all seasons when analyzed at the long-term scale (Silva et al., 2021), it is expected that wetter seasons or individual episodes would impact (diminishing) the vegetation/soil-atmosphere CO2 fluxes. As pointed out by Möller et al. (2001) a wetter estuary (marsh) in the vicinity of our study area is related to the increase in the Patos Lagoon outflow (water level) that is forced by northerly winds and the increase in precipitation in contradiction to our results for the Patos Lagoon salt marsh the precipitation or water level seem to be major drivers for the vegetation-atmosphere CO2 flux variability The authors also offered a comparison between EC measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes and estimates obtained from the more traditional technique of chambers describing that the different spatial and temporal sampling footprints of the EC and the chambers techniques require further understating to make direct comparisons between these techniques possible consider that the EC technique the best method to quantify surface to atmosphere fluxes with uncertainties in the order of only 5% This work presents the first results of vegetation/soil-atmosphere CO2 flux measurements made using the eddy covariance technique for a salt marsh environment in Brazil The major findings demonstrate that the local marsh biome is an effective sink for the atmospheric CO2 during both periods of this study: July-November 2016 (characterizing the winter-spring seasons) and January-April 2017 (summer-fall seasons) The amplitude of the daytime (CO2 fixed) and nighttime (CO2 released) fluxes are dependent on the seasons Our results also show that the CO2 fluxes in the Patos Lagoon Estuary salt marshes are primary dependent on the diurnal cycle related to the photosynthetic and community respiration processes from the atmospheric synoptic cycles to the seasonal cycle the results demonstrate that the CO2 fluxes are correlated and phase dependent on the winds and water level cycles Considering the whole area of the Patos Lagoon Estuary salt marshes this work also offers the first estimate of an annual area-integrated net CO2 flux indicating the sink of atmospheric CO2 of -87.6 Mg C yr-1 averaged over all seasons the second semester of 2016 was a La Niña period supposing a drier condition for our study area may be overestimated compared to others “normal” years Taking into account the relevance of Patos Lagoon salt marshes for the maintenance of local estuarine fisheries and coastal protection () the present study provided further basis for the conservation plans and climate change policies Our work contributes to the present knowledge on the global carbon budget and for the conservation and management of Brazilian coastal wetlands The raw data used in this study can be made available by the authors under request WP and FF processed the data and produced most of the figures All authors contributed to the article and approved the final version of the manuscript This research was funded by the Brazilian agencies CNPq FINEP and FAPERGS through the following projects: (i) National Institute for Science and Technology of the Cryosphere (CNPq 704222/2009 + FAPERGS 17/2551-0000518-0); 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Discover more about Browse the latest jobs Pato's presence was felt throughout the world the checkered flag at Nashville Superspeedway on September 15 marked the end of another wild NTT INDYCAR SERIES season training and further development continued into the fall and winter but the intense push from the drivers and teams decelerated into a more relaxed workflow As Pato crossed the finish line in P2 in the season finale and put the cap on another strong INDYCAR season The next three months for Pato were filled with travel domestically and overseas While most of Pato’s offseason has been documented there are a few things the public might have missed Here’s to hoping this rundown gives you an appreciation for how Pato never really stops racing and how that makes him the athlete that he is Immediately following the INDYCAR finale in Nashville, Pato had some personal matters to attend to with an old friend. One of his best friends and former teammates, Felix Rosenqvist, was getting married, and Pato couldn’t miss the big day Pato traveled all the way to Sweden for the nuptials Pato parlayed his trip to Scandinavia with his first duties of the year with the Formula 1 team as part of its Driver Development Programme He spent time at the MTC getting ready for his Free Practice 1 later in the Fall engaging with the team and training for what was to come he jumped behind the wheel of an F1 car for the first time that season in a test at Silverstone After his 11-day jaunt in Europe, Pato returned to the United States for some Arrow McLaren business. He started this out in Sonoma, California, driving historic cars as part of the Velocity Invitational. He then returned home for some fun with the social admins for a day of content creation which was undoubtedly Pato’s favorite part of the offseason (don’t fact-check that) he got some on-track action at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pato spent the next two weeks at the United States GP and Mexico City GP going flat-out in preparation for his FP1 in front of his home fans He was chomping at the bit to get on track in a Formula 1 car in his native country for the first time Pato didn’t disappoint when he got behind the wheel of Lando’s MCL38 drawing roars from his fans as he finished P13 in the session He spent the last week of October and first week of November soaking up the sun in Punta Mita Pato was hitting the home stretch of his 2024 campaign Pato joined the F1 team for the last three races of the season on their path to clinching the Constructors' Championship going from Las Vegas to Qatar and finally Abu Dhabi On top of the celebration that was following the momentous race at Yas Marina Circuit, Pato’s primary focus came two days after race day. He joined Lando and Oscar in the final test of the year where Pato laid down 116 laps in an impressive stint While the data for the Formula 1 team was important all the laps Pato was able to rack up throughout the fall and winter also provided him valuable learning experience to take back to INDYCAR Pato joined his fellow drivers and teammates at the Arrow McLaren holiday party to celebrate the spirit of the season helping to recognize the achievements of the men and women across the team Before finally settling down for the holidays Pato took the time to film content with team partners We’re not going to spoil what the content looks like but let’s just say there will be some fun hitting the channels down the road Pato went to Mexico to celebrate Christmas with his family and to recharge for what is sure to be another win-filled season in 2025 Diego Pato defeated Keith Krikorian via unanimous decision to defend his WNO lightweight title in front of his new home crowd in Costa Mesa earned the mount position in the opening minute of the match but couldn't catch hold of Krikorian's legs Krikorian is the first person to survive the scheduled length of a match against Pato since the WNO Championships (WNO 10) in 2021 Pato called for a rematch against Diogo Reis offering to put his featherweight belt on the line against the reigning two-time ADCC champion and former WNO featherweight champ with a 4-1 record in the lightweight division Roberto Jimenez had one of the most thrilling submissions of the night with his flying armbar victory over Elder Cruz Jimenez now holds the second fastest submission in WNO history also the second fastest armbar and the second fastest submission in the light heavyweight division with his 16-second win over Cruz Only Achilles Rocha leads him in each of those three categories Jimenez' standout performance put him in the clear running to contend for the WNO light heavyweight title El Natural was not the only light heavyweight to earn title shot consideration at WNO 26 Ryan Aitken defeated Luccas Lira via unanimous decision putting himself within striking distance of a title shot but Aitken picked up momentum toward the halfway point of the match using submission threats from the bottom to attain top position Aitken has a legitimate claim at a WNO title shot; he submitted WNO light heavyweight champion Pedro Marinho at ADCC last August Tainan Dalpra moved to 4-0 in his WNO career with a submission win over Rene Sousa via reverse katagatame Dalpra threatened the same choke on three separate occasion Sousa escaped as Dalpra tried to turn it into a darce choke Dalpra used it to take Sousa's back and lost the position He finished the third opportunity for his second career WNO submission While Dalpra is quickly climbing through the ranks at middleweight The title is currently occupied by his AOJ teammate Ronaldo Junior defeated Jay Rodriguez via decision Rodriguez controlled the first 12 minutes of the match using counter wrestling to secure top position on several occasions But in the final period Ronaldo swept to mount attacking a katagatame then chasing the back he couldn't do enough to overcome Ronaldo's dominant position and submission threat Former WNO champion and reigning ADCC champion Rafaela Guedes returned to the win column with a unanimous decision over No-Gi Worlds silver medalist Paige Ivette Guedes racked up a litany of submission attempts While Ivette showed stubborn and intelligent submission defense she struggled to find her own opening to attack Ivette's best moment of the match was a near guard pass which she attempted to turn into a back take Guedes countered that with a chain of submission attempts that endured for much of the final three minutes of the match Michael Sainz earned an impressive win in his WNO debut The 18-year old put a heavy pace on WNO veteran Daniel Sathler using his wrestling and pressure to overcome the ever-scrappy Alliance representative Four of the five WNO prelims ended in submission AOJ's Icaro Moreno earned a rear naked choke victory in the first-ever WNO kids match The 12-year old displayed high level wrestling a slick kimura trap and some flashy crab ride work before wrestling up from a leg entanglement to get the submission from the back collecting an outside heel hook over Solange Van Doorn brown belt no-gi world champion and daughter of Andre and Angelica Galvao won her own debut against Katie Carr with an armlock from the triangle The 18-year old passed the guard in the first minute and attempted several tricky back attacks before resetting and returning to back control for the finish Long-time black belt Victor Silverio defeated Ian Butler via rear naked choke in his WNO debut And IBJJF black belt No-Gi World Champion Zach Kaina defeated Isaac Cordova via decision after a nine-minute leg lock shootout FloGrappling announced the headliner for WNO 27 in Round Rock 2024 CJI heavyweight champion Nick Rodriguez is slated to face 2024 ADCC double gold champion Kaynan Duarte in a battle between two of the most dangerous current heavyweights in jiu-jitsu WNO (Who's Number One) is an up-and-coming grappling promotion known for its submissions It features some of the world's best grapplers overachieving in some of the quickest and most intense matches STREAMING: Watch the WNO 27 on FloGrappling. 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Palou, Lundgaard and McLaughlin Celebrate on Barber Podium Extended Race Highlights: 2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Drivers React: Following Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Race Highlights: 2025 Children's Of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Santino Ferrucci Makes Huge Save in Closing Laps Stay up to speed on the latest INDYCAR news, behind-the-scenes driver content, exclusive offers and more — delivered straight to your inbox! 2025 INDYCAR® is a registered trademark of Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. “I want the pressure because that means you’re the team people want to beat” Join our season preview series where we break down storylines to watch out for in 2025 with each of Arrow McLaren’s three drivers The series concludes with the pilot of the No 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet and veteran of the team Pato is undoubtedly one of the top contenders for both an Indianapolis 500 victory and NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship year in and year out He’s entered the last 10 laps of each of the last three Indy 500’s with a chance at the win and has finished in the top five in the Championship three of the last four seasons the focus is on “finishing races where we need to take home points.”  Pato and Will agree that it’s not about the weekends where they contend for a win but rather making the most of the weekends when they might not have a winning car no one is going to be on the podium every weekend – the competition is too stiff But the difference between a DNF and grinding out a P9 on those weekends when the car isn’t in the window is the difference between a championship and going home without hardware “Finishing every lap of every race is an underrated and difficult thing to do,” Pato says It’s a real bad day when you have one of those but I feel like if we accomplish that goal of finishing every lap that will get us into a really good position.”  Race to race consistency tends to be a hallmark quality among championship winners in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 5 crew spent the offseason digging into their weak areas from 2024 so that they can come into this season with a consistent package at every track they show up to The search for consistency didn’t stop with on-track strategy and execution Pato said he put extra effort this offseason into refining his diet which is something he’s been working to find a perfect mix for years “I feel like if we accomplish that goal of finishing every lap that will get us into a really good position” Pato O'WardArrow McLaren IndyCar Team Driver “I had never found the perfect diet or program before but I feel good right now that I’m getting everything I need without feeling like I’m starving myself,” Pato says “I definitely feel physically that I’ll be in such a strong place You enter the season with a couple wins on how you feel and treat your body and I think that’s so important to how you get through a long season.”  and 2024 certainly saw the extremes of both – a career-best three wins for Pato 5 team is hopeful that they’ve done the work that will help them keep maximizing weekends in the window while mitigating damage when they’re not • The biggest area for growth the team identified this last offseason was performance on bumpy street circuits. Will noted the team put extra emphasis on that package roll off the trucks in places like Toronto and Long Beach in be more competitive from the jump  Get to know the crewPato’s piloting the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet at St. Pete, but there’s a crew behind him that makes the car go. Here’s who will be on Pato’s crew this year:  Race Engineer/Car Communicator: Will Anderson  Aside from the departure of Kate Gundlach to be Nolan Siegel’s Race Engineer, Pato’s crew remains relatively unchanged. That consistency is something that Pato hasn’t taken for granted, because the relationships he’s built across his unit have helped immensely. No relationship may be more important than the one he has with his Race Engineer, Will Anderson.  “He’s not just my engineer, but he’s also become a very good friend. He's someone that I can trust and talk to, and that relationship keeps getting stronger. He knows how to read me and knows where my head is at. That chemistry is tough to find,” Pato said.  Will and Pato get together for dinner occasionally to talk about non-racing stuff, which has helped their connection on the track.  “We have a great relationship just knowing how to communicate,” Will said. “What he needs from the car, how we can give that to him, how we work with the other engineers to get what he needs. We just know how to interpret each other.”  The goal for Pato is to complete every lap this season, which would be an impressive feat but something he’s worked hard toward achieving. Ultimately, though, reaching that goal means he would be lifting some hardware this season. And for Will, there are two pieces that are most important.  “It’s obvious to say, but we want an Indy 500 and an INDYCAR championship. They’re lofty goals, but they’re things this group can achieve, and we’re looking forward to the challenge.”  “Mexico is one of the most special Formula 1 tracks on the calendar When Pato O’Ward pulls out of the McLaren garage in the MCL38 and drives out in front of his home crowd at Mexico City’s Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez he’ll be ticking a major item off his bucket list Taking part in Free Practice 1 at the Mexico City Grand Prix, Pato will become the fifth Mexican to drive in an official Formula 1 session in their home country, joining the likes of Sergio Pérez and Esteban Gutiérrez The 25-year-old is no stranger to the F1 paddock and has previously joined us in the garage at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the race in Mexico City but his two FP1 outings to date have taken place in Abu Dhabi in front of the passionate Mexican fanbase so it will be a very new and cool experience for me I am definitely going to enjoy it,” Pato says and I have felt a lot of warmth and love for Mexican drivers in Formula 1 so I can imagine that driving at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Mexico will be pretty special.” Pato has been a member of the McLaren Driver Development programme since its inception and was officially promoted to our pool of Formula 1 Reserve Drivers for the 2024 campaign alongside his main role driving for the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team but his responsibilities have increased following the completion of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season two podiums and second place at the Indy 500 He’ll now step up to become a permanent fixture at the track with our F1 team for the remainder of the season “I've been mentally and physically ready since I got out of the IndyCar at the end of the 2024 season,” Pato says “I know the travelling can get pretty heavy but I am really looking forward to it and will try to take in as much information as possible.” Pato has spent his off-season training and in regular contact with our F1 team This included a recent Driver Development test at Silverstone in the MCL36 and two full days at the McLaren Technology Centre in which time he drove each of the remaining six circuits on our next-gen simulator “You need to familiarise yourself with everything – the switches on the car “I would say that driving is the part you practice the least because you need to go through the procedural side of things so that I can be ready to race on a Grand Prix weekend But I have been getting time on the Formula 1 simulator as well because there are a lot of tracks coming up that I don’t know but I was really happy with everything we got through there It was good to get back into the sync of how it feels to drive a Formula 1 car.” “I've been mentally and physically ready since I got out of the IndyCar at the end of the 2024 season” Pato O'WardMcLaren Racing Formula 1 Reserve Driver Speaking from the MTC ahead of last weekend’s US Grand Prix Pato had spent the day with our race and simulator teams working through the six remaining circuits with a particular emphasis on the upcoming Mexico City Grand Prix where he’ll be expected to provide key feedback to the team during his time on track “The biggest thing at this circuit is the altitude,” he says having just walked us through a lap of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on the McLaren Shadow sim “There isn’t any other car that has more downforce than a Formula 1 car the cars really don’t have a lot of downforce “In terms of what it is like driving Abu Dhabi versus Mexico and the altitude really makes it a struggle for the engines “My role in FP1 is to try and help and make the weekend as smooth as possible for the team and trying to make Lando and Oscar’s jobs a little bit easier.” Although his role in the Driver Development programme may differ slightly from that of our young drivers he says that you should “never stop learning.” “Ultimately, it's just striving for perfection,” he says. “The process never stops. You can always become better and better. I am trying to become the best in every way possible in and out of the car. As Andrea [Stella] says people are there to help you and pinpoint things that you might not see They’re there to guide you on where you can make improvements around a lap and having this experience when you're put into a pressure situation and have to perform is quite important “I feel like I’ve grown as a professional and as a person in my time working with the IndyCar team and with the Formula 1 team – it’s all a process I feel like I’ve evolved over the last few years.” Lundgaard and McLaughlin Celebrate on Barber Podium The 2025 IndyCar Series season is underway, and Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward seeks his first points championship Here's what you should know about Pato O'Ward: St. Petersburg: 11th after starting 23rd Thermal: 2nd after starting on pole position Long Beach: 13th O'Ward has said his great-grandfather is from Ireland Open-wheel series: Here are the key differences between F1 and IndyCar in 2025 IndyCar rule changes: Here are 5 fans should know for 2025 How can I 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Heritage Language Program Career Readiness Coach and Peer Coach Coordinator Knight Chair and Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Biology Associate Professor of English and Environmental Studies Report a Concern OtP@uoregon.edu receives instructions during the first free practice ahead of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City steers his car during the first free practice ahead of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City arrives for the first free practice ahead of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City arrives for the first free practice ahead of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City MEXICO CITY (AP) — IndyCar star Pato O’Ward fulfilled a dream Friday when McLaren allowed him to drive Lando Norris’ car in front of his home country crowd in the first Formula 1 practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix O’Ward wasn’t given much leeway to showcase his skills — he was under strict team orders to protect Norris’ car in the session Norris is chasing Max Verstappen for the driver championship with five races remaining Asked what directives he was given before the session And this information is extremely important to what the weekend is going to look like,” O’Ward said “So it was very clear that I had to prioritize everything that was needed of me I think they are pretty happy with the job that I did O’Ward ended up 13th on the speed chart without a scratch on Norris’ car He was quicker than F1 regulars Kevin Magnussen of Haas Lance Stroll of Aston Martin and Alex Albon who had a heavy crash in his Williams early in the session George Russell of Mercedes was fastest in the first session but crashed in the second practice Verstappen had an engine issue that plagued his session Red Bull team principal Christian Horner initially said Verstappen’s engine was fine for Friday’s second practice but Verstappen returned to the garage minutes into the session with more engine problems this can’t be normal,” he said over his radio had hoped to be allowed to open it up a bit at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez but knew McLaren — and Norris — would not allow him to take any risks When asked by The Associated Press what O’Ward would be allowed to do with his car He’s been given the opportunity in the first place He’s not going to be in Formula 1 this year or next year That’s his job and he gets a cool experience performing in front of his home crowd “We could have picked another track for him to go and do So I think he should be happy that we picked Mexico,” Norris continued He’ll definitely get laps and be able to push talks with staff members before the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (AP) — The line for Pato O’Ward at every IndyCar autograph session snakes around corners blocks the entrances for other drivers and pretty much shames his rivals “I think that’s a massive miss,” six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon said a Monterrey native who in five full IndyCar seasons has built a following in Mexico probably second only to Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez And yet it is NASCAR — with Mexican driver Daniel Suarez — who will be racing next season at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez O’Ward is the reserve F1 driver for McLaren and needs security to navigate track property It’s not that he’s in danger; it’s just that his 2022 trip into the stadium bowl grandstands with a GoPro camera showed how quickly the petite driver can be mobbed by adoring fans But he wants to race in front of them and given NASCAR’s new multiyear deal in Mexico City “I strongly believe that we’re not only late but I strongly believe that there isn’t more room in Mexico City You need to understand that these people save up their money to go to these events.” who has opened his own wallet with ticket promotions to get his fans to IndyCar races IndyCar points leader Alex Palou smacked his forehead in exaggerated shock as to how IndyCar did not get the race that went to NASCAR which next June will hold a points-paying event outside the United States for the first time in modern history O’Ward thinks IndyCar’s only shot to race in Mexico now is finding an entirely new venue The series raced in Mexico from 2001 through 2006 in Monterrey at Parque Fundidora a circuit that needs major upgrades for any kind of big league return The 2007 CART season finale was held in Mexico City the reigning NASCAR Mexico champion who currently competes in Indy NXT disagreed that Mexico City can’t sustain three international races He also acknowledged that there aren’t any other suitable venues in the country ready for an IndyCar race “But we have a pretty good racetrack in Monterrey But I’ll do whatever it takes to have IndyCar in Mexico.” The Monterrey track would need such extensive upgrades for IndyCar that it likely would be cheaper to rebuild it from scratch a former NASCAR and IndyCar driver who promotes races in Mexico Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles said IndyCar has annual discussions about returning to Mexico but before Roger Penske bought the series in 2020 IndyCar was offered only a deal to lease the track in Mexico City because the promoters of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course did not believe the series was a big enough attraction “Mexico remains a market of heavy interest and we believe there will be an amazing IndyCar race weekend there sooner rather than later.” The Associated Press reviewed a letter written by Miles in July to the operators of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez that authorized two proxies to negotiate in Mexico on behalf of IndyCar The letter stressed that IndyCar wants to be in the country and suggested the race dates of April 12 Miles was clear Saturday that O’Ward is a key piece of the puzzle and his popularity and talent will be critical to making this happen,” Miles said and his popularity is tremendous and growing He is a marquee personality for our series and a terrific partner in our marketing and promotional efforts and Pato absolutely continues to be a primary individual we direct resources and support to.” which exploded after his second-place finish in the Indianapolis 500 in May Had he not lost to Josef Newgarden on the final lap O’Ward would have been the first Mexican to win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and an instant legend in his country But he argues the push to get IndyCar back to Mexico should have begun in 2021 when he earned his first career victory and was deep in the title hunt throughout the entire season “That was the year for talks to have already started but it should have been a very hard push for it to be done by 2023 and at the latest 2024 it would have already been part of the calendar.” of conversations that have occurred regarding racing in Mexico O’Ward very much wants to be in the discussions and said he’d fund a race in Mexico himself if he had the cash And he acknowledged not being privy to all the details but believes IndyCar badly missed out on a massive growth opportunity for both the series and O’Ward there wasn’t enough pressure from the series in order to get it done,” O’Ward said Miles said IndyCar is in international discussions to hold exhibitions outside of the regular season and that a backer of Marcus Ericsson is interested in holding a demonstration in Sweden featuring the series’ Scandinavian drivers IndyCar has three drivers in the field from Sweden and two from Denmark it would be a championship race and not part of any offseason exhibitions O’Ward believes that’s the right way to go even if exhibitions in Australia and Japan also would likely draw large turnouts Latin America should be the focus of where we go,” O’Ward sad “But I think the way they (IndyCar leadership) do things is not with urgency you could end up being too antsy getting to where you want to go You’d at least want to see we’re getting somewhere it seems like a no-brainer that we’re already three years late.” This story has been corrected to show that Roger Penske bought IndyCar in 2020 Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday MEXICO CITY — Promoters in Mexico are set to hold further talks with IndyCar in January about bringing a race to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez amid a surge in interest around driver Pato O’Ward O’Ward, who races for McLaren’s IndyCar team and won three races this season, made his first Formula One practice appearance of the year on Friday at the Mexico City Grand Prix Taking part in the one-hour practice as one of McLaren’s two required young driver sessions of the year, O’Ward was subject to the same raucous support from the grandstands as Sergio Pérez, the only Mexican racing full-time in F1 O’Ward later commented that he had been made to feel “like a pop star” this week in Mexico City as hundreds of fans turned out for his events despite him not being a full-time F1 driver His practice appearance reignited the debate surrounding a potential return to Mexico for IndyCar to capitalize on the local interest This year’s grand prix is the ninth consecutive sell-out at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in no small part thanks to the stardom of Pérez NASCAR will race outside the United States for the first time next year when it visits the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in June This prompted O’Ward to ask earlier this year why IndyCar had been beaten to a Mexican race the president of Mexico City GP promoter CIE noted O’Ward’s “very strong following” in Mexico before confirming plans for further talks with IndyCar next year “We’ve been in discussions with Indy,” Soberón said They’re going outside the United States for the first time There is a lot of excitement for a different type of race in the championship “Then we have set up conversations with IndyCar in January to think about 2026 This is the best show that Mexico can have every year.” O’Ward has been eager to involve himself with the push to bring IndyCar back to Mexico The American single-seater championship has not visited the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez since 2007 and prior to the track renovations that led to F1’s return in 2015 In an interview with The Athletic earlier this month O’Ward said he felt conversations about the Mexico race had “now at least taken steps forward,” and he was optimistic about it joining the calendar in 2026 I think that’s something we’re all pushing,” O’Ward said “(I’m) not quite sure exactly where it’s at but I was very adamant that I wanted to be part of what the Mexican event with IndyCar (is) if it did come to fruition O’Ward admitted that the idea of an IndyCar race in Mexico was “a pretty dead idea” in the last few years because there “wasn’t really interest” in the country to secure an IndyCar race “I think that was the biggest thing,” O’Ward said “I definitely don’t want to blame IndyCar for that PETERSBURG — He’s the lone IndyCar driver who pulled in to St who had three wins in 2024 and was the Indianapolis 500 runnerup But the first order of business for the 2025 season is to have a celebration to accompany the slogan O’Ward won last year’s Firestone Grand Prix of St but was deprived of his moment in the central Florida sun “You go back and watch it now and it makes sense,” IndyCar veteran Graham Rahal said when Josef went motoring by everybody — I watched it just the other day — well now it makes sense why he went motoring by everybody in hindsight.” O’Ward — the initial runnerup — was declared champion “I’m sure he felt a bit strange about it,” 2022 Indy 500 champ Marcus Ericsson said I didn’t get to enjoy it like you get to enjoy other wins,” O’Ward said “But it would be cool to go back-to-back and actually get that first on-track win for me in St so I’d like to seal the deal and actually get that win on track.” His odds appeared pretty solid until qualifying commenced Saturday when O’Ward and fellow former Grand Prix of St Pete winner Will Power were eliminated in the first round as they take photos with Pato O’Ward ahead of his practice session Friday in St [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]O’Ward earned three runnerup finishes in addition to his three victories in 2024 finishing fifth in the series' points standings “I would say performance-wise, (our) good days were great,” O’Ward told indycar.com Ohio and Milwaukee were offset by misfortune and mechanical failures O’Ward spun out of fourth place at Turn 5 on the second lap and incurred a penalty four laps later after getting tangled up with Pietro Fittipaldi and sending him into a barrier All of which makes 2025 critical for a Formula One aspirant O’Ward currently is a reserve driver for the McLaren Driver Development Program’s Formula One team and got the chance to drive in his home country at a Mexico City Grand Prix practice session last fall But any promotion from reserve to regular Formula One driver hinges on a cleaner and I think we’ll be sitting pretty in Nashville (site of the Aug More info: Tickets, parking, event schedule and more at gpstpete.com Joey Knight is a sports reporter who helps cover all sports teams in Tampa Bay, from high school athletes to professionals. Reach him at jknight@tampabay.com. After a thrilling Day 1 of the ADCC World Championships Owen Jones path to ADCC gold hit the wall that was Diego Pato.  Pato avoided being Jones' next upset victim at T-Mobile Arena in the -65KG weight class when he submitted the British grappler with an ankle lock he calls the "Pato Lock" less than 90 seconds into the match Pato will face rival and defending ADCC -65KG champion Diogo "Baby Shark" Reis in the final.  Jones beat Gabriel Sousa and Gairbeg Ibragimov by submission on Day 1 to become one of the biggest star of the first day.  Already a subscriber? Log In Here are the ADCC final four athletes per weight class:  The 2024 ADCC World Championship is streaming live in the United States on FloGrappling and the FloSports app.  highlights and news also will be available on both platforms ADCC World Championship results will be on FloGrappling and FloArena.  Here are times to know about the ADCC World Championships Here are the ADCC World Championship Bracket predictions from FloGrappling:  Once brackets are revealed, track them at FloArena.  FloGrappling is the streaming home to the best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu events and news coverage FloGrappling is the streaming home of:  FloGrappling is streaming the fourth and final Grand Slam event on the IBJJF Calendar in California FloGrappling is streaming the ADCC World Championships The bi-annual tournament returns to Las Vegas.  Get the most important Jiu-Jitsu stories delivered straight to your inbox In a compelling Genomic Press Interview published in Brain Medicine on March 14 Professor of Psychiatry and Inaugural Director of the Rutgers Center for Psychiatric Health and Genomics sheds light on her pioneering work in psychiatric genomics and her commitment to inclusive research practices Pato's career has been dedicated to increasing the representation of minority populations in large-scale genomic studies particularly focusing on Latino and African-American communities in the United States as these populations have traditionally been underrepresented in genomic research despite facing significant disparities in health care and outcomes "Nature and nurture are both important to living the fullest It is never just about our genes but what you do with them and what you bring to the table," Dr This perspective raises intriguing questions about the interplay between genetic predisposition and environmental factors in psychiatric disorders How might this holistic approach reshape our understanding of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders Pato's research not only contributes to the elucidation of the genomics of common and complex psychiatric disorders but also has the potential to significantly broaden our knowledge of human genetics As genomic studies expand to include more diverse populations researchers may uncover new genetic variants and pathways associated with psychiatric disorders This begs the question: What novel insights into mental health might emerge from studying these underrepresented populations Pato's personal journey and the challenges she faced as a woman in science "It was hard being a girl and wanting to be a scientist," she recalls reflecting on her early academic achievements Pato's experiences underscore the ongoing need for diversity and inclusion in scientific research How can the scientific community better support and encourage women and underrepresented minorities in pursuing careers in genomics and psychiatry Pato's commitment to mentorship and education is evident throughout the interview "Encouraging every physician to be a scientist," she states emphasizing the importance of critical thinking in medical practice This approach raises an important question: How can we better integrate scientific inquiry into medical education and practice Pato's story is her personal experience as a traumatic brain injury survivor which she detailed in her recent book "NERVE." This experience has undoubtedly influenced her perspective on neurological and psychiatric research How might personal experiences with neurological conditions inform and enhance scientific research in these fields Michele Pato offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a researcher who is not only advancing our understanding of psychiatric genomics but also actively working to make the field more inclusive and representative As the scientific community continues to grapple with issues of diversity and representation Pato's work stands as a beacon of progress and a call to action Pato: Nature and nurture are essential to living the fullest and most enjoyable life; it is never just about our genes but what you do with them and what you bring to the table," is freely available online at https://bm.genomicpress.com/aop/ About Brain Medicine: Brain Medicine (ISSN: 2997-2639) is a cutting-edge research journal published by Genomic Press The journal's Innovators and Ideas section featuring the Genomic Press Interview series provides unique insights into the lives and work of leading scientists bridging the gap between scientific achievement and human interest in the rapidly evolving field of neuroscience and mental health research are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system Copyright © 2025 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) WEST ALLIS, Wisconsin — As Saturday dawned, Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren was engaged in a public commentary regarding his displeasure over IndyCar’s inability to add a race in his native Mexico What amped up the dialogue was NASCAR’s announcement this past week that the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series would race in Mexico City in 2025 Penske Entertainment President Mark Miles explained IndyCar’s position on trying to have a race in Mexico with a comment on Saturday and the dialogue continued O’Ward’s Saturday ended with a wild celebration in Victory Lane at the Milwaukee Mile raced with fierce determination to win Saturday’s Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s — the first of two IndyCar races this weekend Pato O’Ward gets ready to chuck a Cream Puff into the crowd as Team Penske’s Will Power laughs — Joe Skibinski/Joe Skibinski he crossed the finish line 1.8215-seconds over Team Penske’s Will Power and 2.4039-seconds over Conor Daly of Juncos Hollinger Racing O’Ward is perhaps IndyCar’s most popular driver because of his exuberant personality The 25-year-old isn’t afraid to show his emotions including pouring his heart out in tears after finishing second in the 108thIndianapolis 500 He was all smiles in Victory Lane at the Milwaukee Mile after winning his third IndyCar Series race of the season When he arrived for the post-race winner’s interview It’s not a stereotype to Palou; it’s a sign of his pride in his home country of Mexico He couldn’t help but let out what may be his new slogan That was a shot at a comment that O’Ward’s level fame isn’t enough to merit an IndyCar race in Mexico City not NASCAR,” Team Penske’s Will Power said to Palou afterward it was a tremendous rebound after a rough race at Portland a week ago when he finished 15th “It was a wonderful race for us,” O’Ward said “The car really came to life in the second stint “Tomorrow it’s going to be quite a bit hotter than what it was today A great bounce back after a really tough weekend for me and the whole team So really happy that I was able to give them this.” Pato O’Ward is exuberant in Victory Lane at Milwaukee — Joe Skibinski/Joe Skibinski O’Ward’s win came in the first race of an IndyCar doubleheader He will go for a sweep in Sunday’s race that can be seen on Peacock at 2 p.m “We’re not going to get it right all the time really tough just to feel like I have something to fight with “I feel like I’ve had it in numerous races along the year but there’s been some where it’s just been really “It was nice to bounce back like this after a solid qualifying effort then really putting it together in the race The best thing about O’Ward is he isn’t afraid to voice his opinion But he also doesn’t let it become an obsession I was chilling in the afternoon,” O’Ward said And business was good Saturday night at the Milwaukee Mile for the driver from Monterrey Follow Bruce Martin on Twitter at @BruceMartin_500 A Division of NBCUniversal DISCLAIMER: This site and the products offered are for entertainment purposes only and there is no gambling offered on this site This service is intended for adult audiences No guarantees are made for any specific outcome If you or someone you know has a gambling problem Email: editor@tiranatimes.com WEST ALLIS – Pato O’Ward won in IndyCar’s return to the Milwaukee Mile after nine years away hanging on Saturday in the first race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s doubleheader weekend for his third victory of the season O’Ward led a race-high 133 laps and finished 1.8215 seconds ahead of 2014 Milwaukee winner Will Power The track was getting quite a bit cooler.” Conor Daly finished third and Santino Ferrucci fourth as Chevrolet-powered entries took the top four positions Championship leader Alex Palou in fifth was the highest finisher among Honda entrants winner of the first Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250?The 25-year-old native of Monterrey is in his fifth full season on the circuit The victory was O’Ward’s seventh in 87 NTT IndyCar Series starts O’Ward has been in the news in recent days as drivers and fans have reacted to the news that NASCAR will take its top two series to Mexico next season while IndyCar has yet to make a deal to do the same despite having an extremely popular Mexican driver in its midst The topic led to several humorous exchanges among the podium finishers from the moment O’Ward joined Power and Daly in the post-race news conference: Power: “I say we should be in Mexico City.” gained ground after making his first pit stop earlier than other leaders and then passed polesitter Scott McLaughlin on the front stretch on the start of the 119th lap to lead for the first time O’Ward benefited from strategy again on the final stop when he again pitted from the lead on the 185th lap and Colton Herta lost a wheel to bring out the final caution and he stayed there over the final 47 laps Daly took off like a shot at the start of the race pitted ahead of the Herta caution and then followed through when Power barely sneaked past Santino Ferrucci for second in the final stint Daly made 51 on-track passes for position throughout the race “I honestly didn’t know how good we were,” Daly said “The first lap I decided to just go where there was open space It was kind of slowly working our way forward.” Daly’s only other IndyCar podium finish in 113 starts came on the Detroit Belle Isle circuit in 2016 This was the first top-three finish for Juncos Hollinger Racing How will Sunday’s IndyCar race be different from Saturday’s at the Milwaukee Mile?With a start that’s three hours earlier the drivers won’t be driving into the sun in Turn 4 as they did as afternoon turned into evening when the frontstretch won’t be shaded the way it was from the start Saturday Said Power: “Very difficult to know what you need here I think the tire deg(redation) is so big that you start with one balance you finish with the complete other side of that What happened with the NTT IndyCar Series championship race?Power made up a few points on leader Alex Palou so it’s possible Palou can clinch the title Sunday The most a driver can earn in one event is 54 Power holds the tiebreaker with three wins to Palou’s two The second round of the Milwaukee doubleheader is also the second-last race of the season The season finale is the Music City Grand Prix on Sept Louis Foster won the Indy NXT championship in style with the Nashville finale to spare He crossed the line 4.062 seconds ahead of Jacob Abel for his seventh victory of the season and Andretti’s sixth championship in IndyCar’s top development division Oconomowoc native Yuven Sundaramoorthy finished seventh When is the second half of the Milwaukee IndyCar doubleheader?The green flag for the second Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250 race is scheduled for 2 p.m Driver introductions are scheduled for 1:25 p.m Prices range from $45 for grandstand general admission to $110 for top reserved grandstand seats but grandstand ticketholders do have access to the infield The television broadcast is on the USA cable network and also is to be streamed on Peacock The radio broadcast is to be carried by WOKY-AM (920) Join us for live results of WNO 26 tonight (Fri. 2025) from inside Costa Mesa Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa and the Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) event will feature a “WNO Champ vs along with a stacked undercard with several world champions The no gi jiu-jitsu event will stream LIVE on FloGrappling, starting at 9 p.m. ET. There will also be a free live stream of the earlier matches Headlining the event is two-division WNO champ Diego “Pato” Oliveira defending his lightweight title against Polaris featherweight champ Keith Krikorian Also featured on the stacked card are several other big name BJJ stars like Tainan Dalpra For a more in-depth preview, here are the top three BJJ match ups to watch this weekend Follow along below as we bring you live results and video highlights from the BJJ event below A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) For the latest Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and grappling-related news click here Palou was unstoppable once he fit the soft compound tires with 15 laps remaining The NTT IndyCar Series visited The Thermal Club for the first points-paying round to take place at the exclusive club track Pato O’Ward started from pole position and was able to use that advantage to keep himself at the front of the field for nearly the entire afternoon but in the final stint he was challenged heavily from Alex Palou who was on fresh soft compound tires in the closing laps READ MORE: IndyCar Thermal Club – Full Race Results Palou’s car positively came to life with the new tires and he was able to pass O’Ward with 10 laps remaining virtually unchallenged after catching him at a rate of over one second per lap The win marks Palou’s second consecutive victory to start the 2025 season and gives him an ominous early points lead after having won the title for the past two years even though he was 10 seconds and a full straight behind the #10 entry on the road The popular Mexican driver was very disappointed with the result and has to wonder what he needs to do in order to keep Palou in his rear view mirrors finishing on the podium after starting on the front row The Danish driver put up a good fight with Palou in the closing laps with multiple corners spent side by side but he could not resist the inevitable for long Colton Herta and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top 5 for Andretti Global and Meyer Shank Racing respectively Pretty much every driver completed four pit stops throughout the day as the rough track tore up the Firestone tires at an accelerated rate but nearly everyone had to run at least one set of used tires because they were running low on supply at the end of the weekend Two members of Team Penske were able to climb from their disappointing qualifying positions to earn respectable results in the caution-free race Will Power was the most effective on Sunday rising from 21st all the way up to sixth by time the checkered flag flew Josef Newgarden gained a few positions as well putting his #2 Chevy into 13th by the end of the day Scott McLaughlin had an eventful start to the race as he was spun around by Devlin DeFrancesco while the pack was lining up to take the green flag but spent time on pit road on lap 20 due to hybrid overheating issues He returned to the track for a while before finally retiring he car PREMA’s rough weekend continued into the race as Callum Ilott ran into the back of his team-mate Robert Shwartzman on the opening lap Ilott’s car popped up into the air and the front wing was broken in the process Shwartzman’s car was unhurt in the incident but he had pit stop issues that slowed his early progress a power issue at the track knocked out the FOX television broadcast feed for 12 of the 65 laps The internal feed that journalists watch on-site was also down during this time with images finally being returned shortly before the final pit stop sequence IndyCar’s spread out opening to the season continues as drivers and teams have another two week break before returning to California for a romp around the streets of Long Beach on April 13 and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Click here for full Drivers’ Standings Penske Entertainment president and CEO Mark Miles told a small group of media Friday afternoon at The Milwaukee Mile that had been the message from Corporacion Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE) – the promoter of the country’s F1 race – back in 2021 when Penske Entertainment officials continued to push for a return to the country that Champ Car last raced in in 2007 but we don’t want to partner because we think it’s too early You’re not well enough known yet to be in Mexico City’,” Miles relayed of his conversations with CIE three years ago “What that means is they have a view that we’re not well enough known but they think we don’t have the market penetration yet.” 'I think that's a massive miss': IndyCar drivers question NASCAR landing Mexico City race Miles also noted that the series continues to be involved in discussions with promoters in Mexico City and Monterrey (O’Ward’s hometown) as well as other venues but there’s yet to be a proper fit for either side – either because renovation costs have been too steep for local governments to cover or potential street circuits in resort towns haven’t fit Penske Entertainment’s view of what a race in the country could and should be “I will say it’s pretty clear that Pato isn’t as famous as the last previously famous Mexican driver [Adrian Fernandez],” Miles continued He’ll probably complain that I haven’t dragged him (into conversations) and that he should be the guy to go in and make the deal I’m quite certain (CIE) didn’t think it was time but there have been a lot of conversations this time around Those comments lit a fire under much of the IndyCar paddock Friday evening and Saturday morning ranging from O’Ward himself to current and former IndyCar teammates and others even though Miles had been trying to convey the opinions of those entrenched in the Mexico racing scene I’m so glad the CEO of IndyCar is so supportive,” O’Ward told IndyStar and NBC Sports in a follow-up sitdown Saturday morning at The Mile I’m not going to sit here and argue against two very different personalities and times “I believe the purpose of going to Mexico is to help everyone and help everything (in IndyCar) grow How can we all be better and get bigger and make this a better experience for other people there’s a lot of efforts that go into making the sport grow bigger because that’s ultimately what will allow us to keep going.” on the heels of his first two IndyCar wins and his contention for a championship that bled into the season-finale he and his own marketing and managerial team went and laid out a plan they thought would assist Penske Entertainment in their efforts to place a race in Mexico City From paying out of his own pocket to put together special suite experiences for his fans at Texas Motor Speedway to launching a merchandise line and creating ‘PatoTV’ – a video platform that quickly gained 45,000 subscribers in a matter of months where fans of his could watch live onboards of his races – he also went all-in off the track in an attempt to grow his own brand in concert Those outreaches to Penske Entertainment officials have largely been one-sided the last three years ‘This is what you have to do and what we need from you in order to make this happen.’ We opened the playbook in order to try and get (an IndyCar race in Mexico City) done this is all very disappointing,” O’Ward said Saturday “I don’t know what their conversations have been with (Ricardo Escotto Sr. Penske Entertainment’s proxy on the grounds to attempt to land a race) and I know I’ve done a lot for the series in order to make it bigger and bigger “I’m quite disappointed they didn’t come to me after I’ve been trying all these years and been willing to put my own money on the line to make this happen.” O’Ward said he was disappointed that PatoTV was shutdown by the series because Penske Entertainment either wouldn’t or couldn’t continue giving the platform the rights to his live onboard footage The 25-year-old Mexican driver also took issue with the idea that promoters in Mexico City believe he and the series have a ways to go still to build up enough popularity to warrant joining in as a promoter for a race – which both O’Ward and Miles admitted may no longer be possible with F1 and NASCAR on the docket “I’m very close to a lot of the guys down there There hasn’t been one person I’ve run into who’s said just because the stadium section (at the Mexico City track) will be more than five-times what we’ll get for the Milwaukee doubleheader My intentions were never to make an attack in any way I just feel like a lot of people are just speaking facts that (Penske Entertainment) has moved extremely slowly and I don’t think blaming me for not being more popular – which they have no way to prove either – is right Saying I’m not famous enough to pack up a whole place just throws your series under the bus You should want to go to Mexico or go international because you believe in your series and not just in one of your 27 drivers I’m just trying to do my part and the best I can.” In response to the vitriol sent his way by many corners of the paddock and the fan base Miles issued this statement Saturday morning: It’s unfortunate that a few of my additional remarks failed to convey anything other than this viewpoint and Pato absolutely continues to be a primary individual we direct resources and support to and we believe there will be an amazing IndyCar race weekend there sooner rather than later and his popularity and talent will be critical to making this happen.”  Pato O’Ward isn’t a Formula 1 driver nor is he a frontman for a beloved boy band — but if you saw him arrive at the Plaza Reforma 222 shopping mall in downtown Mexico City on Wednesday night you’d be forgiven for assuming that was the case A fan-favorite in America’s IndyCar series Pato O’Ward is responsible for drawing crowds and filling grandstands everywhere from the spectacular Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the modest Milwaukee Mile the young Mexican driver has had to admit the love of his fans “made me feel like a pop star” ahead of his FP1 debut at the Mexico City Grand Prix And this information is extremely important to what the rest of the weekend is going to look like!'” Pato O’Ward was in high spirits in McLaren hospitality. He had just completed his third free practice session in Formula 1, and his very first at his home track, the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Surrounded by both English- and Spanish-language media the Mexican driver seemed keen to gush about yet another outing in the pinnacle of international open-wheel motorsport — and he kicked things off with a joke about what instructions the team gave him before he got into the car O’Ward followed his joke by elaborating with “It was very clear that I had to prioritize everything that was needed from me in terms of gathering information “But it’s quite difficult when you don’t know this car but you’re also trying to stay as consistent for all the data that they’re gathering,” he said I think we gathered everything that we needed to in a pretty chaotic session and I think they’re pretty happy with with with the job that I did He referred to the running as “intense,” as he was tasked with breaking in some new upgrades for Lando Norris’ No though it didn’t give him much of a chance to play around “I would have loved to have some more chance maybe on the hard to prepare for the soft,” he admitted to media “I can feel pretty pleased with with what I got out for myself and with all the information that I was able to gather for the team because they’re obviously in a pretty important title fight and I’m obviously here to to make sure and to help that that they stay where they are “But it was a dream come true.” 👉 Loud engines, South American races: How Pato O’Ward believes IndyCar can challenge Formula 1 👉 Pato O’Ward put it all on the line to build his personal brand — and IndyCar should do the same His FP1 performance isn’t the only thing O’Ward should be proud of In a year that saw IndyCar CEO Mark Miles claim the Mexican driver didn’t have a strong enough fanbase to justify the series organize a race in the country O’Ward alone has drawn crowds worthy of a superstar When his car left the garage during practice the cheers from the grandstands were loud enough to be audible in the media center Floating Pato heads dotted the grandstands while plenty of fans donned O’Ward merchandise — including the “Pato who?” hat released in the aftermath of Mark Miles’ comments But perhaps nothing proved his superstar status quite like his appearance at Plaza Reforma 222 What O’Ward initially assumed would be a tame meet-and-greet instead saw fans flooding into the mall “They made me feel like a pop star,” O’Ward mused in response to PlanetF1.com after his free practice run “I certainly don’t feel like I’m a pop star I just feel like I’m a racing driver — just a human walking around O’Ward had to admit that the reception to his casual meet-and-greet was something special even if he “wasn’t expecting it at all.” little went right for O’Ward in the build-up to the event He recounted how he found himself stuck in traffic his only option to arrive on time being by foot “We had to be there in like five minutes I got out of the car and I ran to the building,” he said in response to PlanetF1.com “But when I got to the building […] there were lines wrapped around the building “I’ve never seen anything like that for me “And the loudest screams I’ve ever heard in my life It was a really crazy moment for me because I don’t experience that pretty much ever until this weekend “It definitely was really special and obviously just leaves [me] wanting more with having events here.” Pato O’Ward’s racing path has taken him through the American ladder system He’s been racing in IndyCar since 2019 though that hasn’t stopped him from trying to pursue a career in Formula 1 he also signed with the Red Bull junior program in hopes of ascending to Toro Rosso only for a lack of super license points to hold him back CEO Zak Brown promised O’Ward an outing in an F1 car if he could win a race He took his first laps at Laguna Seca before testing in Abu Dhabi and Barcelona he made his first Free Practice run in an F1 car in Abu Dhabi Though he did chase down some F1 leads earlier in his career that he’s dedicated to fulfilling ambitions in IndyCar before he considers making the full-time F1 swap That’s my job — and my job is to be a champion there,” he said “My biggest regret could be getting the opportunity to come here to Formula 1 and then not being able to accomplish what I want to accomplish in IndyCar.” That coveted Indy 500 victory — which O’Ward missed out on by a mere fraction this this year — tops his list with an IndyCar championship following close behind But O’Ward doesn’t feel like he needs to compete in Formula 1 to be considered a success I already feel that I am a leader in Mexican motorsport,” he said “I don’t need to get to F1 to be a leader of the country I know that many people watch F1 and it’s the biggest thing there is But if IndyCar becomes what it was 20 years ago “I want to get to F1 because it’s my dream and my father’s dream He is the one who has dedicated himself to me to get to this point “But I don’t see it as a failure if I don’t make it.” an IndyCar race in Mexico could be on the horizon in the future Though series boss Mark Miles stated earlier this year that O’Ward’s fanbase wouldn’t justify hosting a race in Mexico City the CEO has since walked back those claims — and even seems hopeful that the series could race in Mexico City in the near future then O’Ward would be making big waves in motorsport without having to race actively in Formula 1 — and could perhaps even contribute to the growth he hopes to see in IndyCar Read next: Pato O’Ward’s ‘badass’ McLaren US plan – but will the F1 door then open? © Planet Sport Limited 2025 • All Rights Reserved Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More (AP) — The Arrow McLaren Racing team members began scheming the moment Pato O'Ward took the lead at the Milwaukee Mile Miffed that NASCAR this week announced it will race in Mexico City next year — beating IndyCar to the punch to get O’Ward into an event in his home country — O’Ward has has spent the weekend criticizing IndyCar leadership for the whiff So a team employee ran to the “Pato Shop” — IndyCar’s most popular driver is so beloved he has his own merchandise truck at most events — to grab one of the $149.99 sombreros. The 25-year-old from Monterrey then wore it to his victory news conference O’Ward desperately wants to race in his home country NASCAR got a date next June and O’Ward fears there’s no longer room for IndyCar The situation escalated when IndyCar CEO Mark Miles said the Mexico City promoters have felt the series and O’Ward are not popular enough to warrant anything but a lease agreement to stage the race themselves who has organically and steadily built his fanbase and is probably second only to Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez in popularity in Mexico His response was Saturday’s win at Milwaukee his third win of the year but first on an oval since Iowa Speedway in July 2022 His wins this year are on a street course (St where he was promoted to winner following Josef Newgarden’s disqualification) the road course at Mid-Ohio and now the Milwaukee oval The three wins are the most in one season for an Arrow McLaren Racing driver and came hours after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri swept the front row in qualifying for Sunday’s race in Italy O’Ward led 133 of the 250 laps and said he never let the Mexico City fiasco distract him I was just here for business,” O’Ward said The victory overshadowed the championship battle between points leader Alex Palou and Power who started the race in a 54-point deficit to the reigning IndyCar title holder But Power finished second to cut Palou’s lead to 43 points with two races remaining who was out of a ride earlier this season but hired last month to finish the year for Juncos Hollinger Racing It was Daly’s first podium since 2016 and he celebrated by pouring the celebratory champagne all over his face and I think a lot of people were wondering was this the guy to do it My goal is to be on the podium in this series and it’s been far too long since I’ve been on the podium Chevrolet swept the podium in IndyCar’s return to Milwaukee after an eight-year absence Foyt Racing team has an alliance with Power’s Team Penske group Daly used the moment to squeeze his way through and Ferrucci fell to fourth Power said he didn’t expect Ferrucci to move over for him He deserved to be there and he’s going to fight for it.” Daly thanked Power for creating the hole that gave him his podium Palou finished fifth and is still in control of the title race which wraps up after Sunday’s second race at Milwaukee and then next month with the finale at Nashville Superspeedway while Power has 10 career victories on ovals Both drivers are seeking a third IndyCar title while Power won the 2022 title in between Palou’s two campaigns Palou twice was boxed in on pit stops by Power It forced Palou to get aggressive to get around Power’s car — and he needed to take an evasive maneuver when one of Power’s tire changers was awfully close to the edge of the pit box as Palou pulled around his title rival He was actually monetarily penalized for “hitting another team’s equipment” as he pulled away Power insisted he was not gaming the pit stops and racing Palou cleanly Just straight up shitty to do that sort of thing.” IndyCar races Sunday at the Milwaukee Mile in the second part of a doubleheader weekend This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page O'Ward put on the speed in the first day of the two-day test The entire NTT IndyCar Series paddock set up shop in Sebring Florida on Monday for an open test session ahead of the 2025 season Drivers were split into morning and afternoon groups but were otherwise given free rein to tackle the Sebring Raceway short course as they saw fit Keeping in mind that all-out pace was not necessarily the goal of every driver Pato O’Ward flexed his muscles by setting the fastest lap of the day His best lap of the 1.67-mile course was completed in 52.3470 seconds giving him an average speed of 114.849 MPH during the morning hours he completed 47 laps in his #5 Arrow McLaren Chevy which was in line with most other drivers throughout the day it’s the best feeling in the world; it’s the best job in the world,” O’Ward said “I was so excited to come back to Sebring and get into an IndyCar Series car now driving the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda and was only 0.0205 seconds off the best pace Reigning champion Alex Palou was third fastest followed by Conor Daly in the #78 Juncos Hollinger Racing entry Christian Lundgaard rounded out the top five there were very few issues throughout the course of the day Teams tested out new setups and configurations and some drivers chose to pilot their cars with the newly-available Cosworth mark 3 steering wheel The only driver that failed to turn a representative lap was veteran Scott Dixon Mechanical issues plagued his #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda and he was only able to complete a couple install laps with Nolan Siegel slipping off the road and putting his #6 Arrow McLaren Chevy into the barriers There was significant damage done to the right side of his car and he was forced to sit out the rest of the day after completing just 34 laps drivers were able to spend the available time turning as many laps as they could 1311 laps were completed by the 27 drivers Christian Rasmussen completed the most laps at 71 in his brightly-colored Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy All will return tomorrow for the second and final day of the open test session with the next on track action taking place 10 days later for the opening weekend in St O'Ward raced a good portion of Sunday's event with no hybrid boost available Pato O’Ward finished second in Sunday’s race from The Thermal Club having been overtaken by Alex Palou in the final laps despite leading for 51 laps there were multiple calls over the radio from O’Ward’s engineer telling him to temporarily stop using the hybrid boost system The 25-year-old explained after the race that he was actually only able to use the hybrid system for approximately half of the event Ambient air temperatures approached 90°F during the race with track temperatures hovering around 120°F in the afternoon for 50% of the race I couldn’t use the thing,” said O’Ward “Obviously here it’s probably one of the most helpful areas where the hybrid is of good use because of those very stop-and-go corners and long straightaways “If you’re asking me if I would have won that race if I didn’t have those issues as multiple other drivers had issues with their hybrid systems as well Santino Ferrucci was unable to use his hybrid power boost for much of the race and Scott McLaughlin suffered a larger failure related to the new electric components McLaughlin’s system entered a critical failure mode on lap 15 forcing him to come to the pits for extended service After the crew drained the battery and reset the entire system he was able to return to the track but eventually retired for good before the end of the race due to ongoing issues The hybrid system has been mandated by IndyCar for nearly a full year but there appear to be more reliability adjustments to make especially concerning the heat resistance of the units Not all drivers suffered problems during Sunday’s race and Alex Palou in particular reported that he had no restrictions on hybrid use as he cruised to his second consecutive victory Alexandre Pato looks on prior to the Serie A match between AC Milan and FC Internazionale Milano at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on January 15 (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) Cafu, legendary former AC Milan right-back made some remarks on the podcast 'Denilson Show,' sharing anecdotes about his former teammate alexandre Pato I told Serginho: 'The greatest striker in the history of Brazilian football is in front of us.' He’d cut right and left He had a strength and a change of direction that made it impossible to know how to catch him he’d say: 'Maldini… bye-bye.' I’d just stand there watching Pato in training." "I saw him at Milan; I’m not telling you this after watching a video on TV I’d give him a five-meter lead to see if I could keep up "I left at the end of my contract and would call to ask how the kid was doing This is a worldwide website dedicated for AC Milan in English: exclusive news and content about the Rossoneri world Copyright © 2021 Milanreports.com All rights reserved | C.F. NGLVTI92L14B936U | Responsible and editorial director: Vito Angelè Credits by Parrotto Web Solution Web Agency Please enter your username or email address to reset your password Copyright © 2021 Milanreports.com All rights reserved | C.F. NGLVTI92L14B936U | Responsible and editorial director: Vito Angelè Credits by Parrotto Web Solution Web Agency The 25-year-old IndyCar Series driver who has been clamoring for a race in his native Mexico is selling merchandise featuring the line he delivered after winning a late-season race in Milwaukee There's also a billboard featuring the phrase in Speedway After taking that checkered flag − and after venting over IndyCar's lack of urgency in expanding its geographic footprint − he donned a sombrero during the news conference and delivered the "Pato who?" line while joking with Will Power O'Ward has said IndyCar has rebuffed multiple efforts to race in Mexico Champ Car last raced in Mexico in 2007. Formula One has an annual stop there and NASCAR recently announced a Mexico race O'Ward plans to drive in a support race at F1's event next month in Mexico City Point of contention: IndyCar's lack of a Mexico City race is symptom of a larger issue You’re not well enough known yet to be in Mexico City,’” IndyCar CEO Mark Miles relayed of his conversations with Mexican race officials in recent years Ohio – Just 17 days short of two years from last taking the checkered flag first at Iowa Speedway Pato O’Ward triumphed on-track – and did so by out-driving the best team and driver in the IndyCar Series the Arrow McLaren driver chipped away at pole-sitter and championship leader Alex Palou’s early dominant lead Sunday afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course before making a race-winning pass on Lap 56 as the CGR driver pulled out of the pits after making his final stop Despite intense pressure over the closing stretch from the two-time champ Arrow McLaren’s O’Ward held off Palou and edged him to the checkered flag by 0.4993 seconds for both he and his team’s first win on-track since July 24 Race recap: Pato O'Ward holds off Alex Palou, final results IndyCar Honda Indy 200 Alex Palou takes big lead earlyAfter securing his third pole of the season by the tightest margin in IndyCar’s Fast 6 qualifying era on road and street courses (since 2005) Palou ran away from the field early Sunday afternoon looking for back-to-back wins at the track he’s never finished off the podium at since joining CGR With the actual start to the race coming on Lap 3 due to Scott Dixon’s mechanical failure that left him stalled multiple times on the parade laps Palou wasted little time on creating a sizable gap Palou led O’Ward by 3.4 seconds and already had put nearly 6 seconds on 3rd-place starter David Malukas and nearly 7 on 4th-place Colton Herta that lead of Palou’s on 2nd-place stood at 6.3 seconds Palou maintained that cushion through the front two drivers’ first round of stops but it was then that O’Ward – despite running the same black-red-black tire strategy as Palou during the race – consistently ate into the polesitter’s lead The leader began to carve his way around lapped traffic on Lap 38 he led O’Ward by just 4.2 seconds at the race’s halfway point 5 Chevy driver trailed the lead by just 2.4 seconds O’Ward was within just 1.1 seconds of Palou and then on that lap cut within a second off the back of the No O’Ward’s team called him in for his final stop on Lap 54 while within a half-second of Palou but after the Ganassi driver came in the following lap he trundled out of pitlane and saw the papaya-clad No hybrid engine help O’Ward hang on to winOver the final 25 laps O’Ward could never wholly shake off the current IndyCar points leader only periodically gapping him by 1.4 seconds But with slow traffic ahead for much of the closing stint – including Palou’s CGR teammate Kyffin Simpson running at the end of the lead lap – O’Ward managed to use both his bank of push-to-pass and extra hybrid energy to keep Palou from getting any potential impactful runs losing a couple tenths of a second on the leader each time O’Ward’s only moment of vulnerability was a touch of wheel spin coming out of the final corner on the final lap of the race but he managed to gather himself and charge to the checkered flag.