'All In' Examines Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel And McLaren's Lofty INDYCAR Goals

How would you respond if your bosses told you to decorativeness the twelvemonth among the apical 10 champion successful your industry, oregon look for a caller job? Many mightiness fold nether pressure, but those are the benignant of expectations racing fable Tony Kanaan, Zak Brown and Arrow McLaren outlined for comparative INDYCAR newcomer Nolan Siegel. 

And marque nary mistake: The unit to triumph successful INDYCAR — and triumph for 1 of the astir palmy and recognizable teams successful motorsports — is gigantic. But Siegel doesn't person to pursuit that extremity by himself. 

A heavy dive into Arrow McLaren's INDYCAR team, the latest occurrence of "All In" — a real-time docuseries from FOX Sports, INDYCAR and Shadow Lion — explores the team's lofty expectations for drivers Pato O'Ward, Christian Lundgaard and Siegel successful the fastest bid successful the world. 

"When you’re putting unneurotic a three-car lineup, you truly privation to beryllium P1, P2, P3," McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said successful the latest "All In" episode. "So thing abbreviated of that is frustrating."

In the 4th occurrence titled, "The Third Seat," the bid examines Arrow McLaren's three-car team, however Kanaan and Brown pb execution and however the enactment recovered Siegel, pursuing years-old messy declaration litigation implicit Alex Palou perchance joining the team. 

Currently the wide INDYCAR operator to beat, Palou astir switched from Chip Ganassi Racing to Arrow McLaren aft the 2022 season. Well, depending connected who you ask. 

"You tin spot the immense endowment that helium is, truthful you tin spot wherefore his squad fought truthful hard to support him, and you tin spot wherefore we fought truthful hard to get him," Brown explains successful "All In." 

"The mode that landed, I felt it was precise important to support our reputation. It was a difficult, costly acquisition for everyone. We determination on."

After ending up successful court, Palou was yet ordered successful January to wage McLaren $12 cardinal for breach of declaration aft helium backed retired of a woody to power teams. Instead of Palou, McLaren's 3rd INDYCAR spot went to Siegel, who's present successful his 2nd afloat play successful the series.

"For Zak, having mislaid the champion that determination is successful the sport, he’s present searching for the feline who tin beryllium the adjacent Palou," INDYCAR connected FOX broadcaster Will Buxton explains connected "All In." 

"Does helium person that already successful Pato? Does helium deliberation he’s recovered it successful Christian?"

Or possibly it's Siegel. And Kanaan — the 2004 INDYCAR champ and the 2013 Indianapolis 500 victor — is pushing hard.

"Last year, Nolan had immoderate bully races, had immoderate atrocious races," INDYCAR connected FOX expert James Hinchcliffe says successful the latest episode. "But McLaren shows up to win. And erstwhile Tony Kanaan says, ‘Top 10, oregon you’re out,’ you either emergence to the juncture and execute oregon you don’t." 

The newest "All In" occurrence is acceptable against the backdrop of INDYCAR's Long Beach contention play earlier this month, focusing connected McLaren's 3 drivers. 

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"I wasn’t expecting to beryllium a squad principal," Kanaan says successful "All In." 

"It was not my intention. I was an INDYCAR operator for 26 years. … Zak enactment a situation successful beforehand of maine to travel successful arsenic a advisor conscionable to assistance the drivers connected the contention weekends, and that developed to coming successful afloat time."

Christian Lundgaard during the 2026 Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach. (Photo by Brandon Badraoui/Lumen via Getty Images)

Long Beach is simply a uniquely challenging way — technically, it's a thoroughfare people — arsenic Hinchcliffe precocious explained. And unluckily for McLaren, Palou ended up astatine the apical of the podium.

Now, INDYCAR looks up to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway roadworthy course, followed by the iconic Indy 500, a contention triumph for which galore successful the athletics would reason O'Ward is agelong overdue.

"He’s going to triumph the Indy 500 and triumph a title — oregon two," Brown says successful "All In."

Featuring INDYCAR drivers and insiders — on with INDYCAR connected FOX's Hinchcliffe, Buxton and Townsend Bell — "All In" examines the biggest challenges, the unit points and the high-speed contention of racing successful the series. But each occurrence features its ain absorption connected a driver, squad oregon bid storyline. 

Watch "All In" connected the INDYCAR On FOX YouTube page, FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports App, FOX One, arsenic good arsenic INDYCAR and INDYCAR connected FOX societal channels.