IndyCar: McLaren’s O’Ward would “100 per cent” take F1 offer

Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward has insisted he would ditch IndyCar in a heartbeat and move to F1 should an offer be made for his services.

Asked if F1 remained his target, O’Ward replied: “For sure, yeah. I mean, my dream to be a race car driver started with that, so I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t.”

“Who knows if F1 will be an option or won’t be an option.

“Obviously if [F1] comes about, I will 100 per cent take it and every single driver in my position would do it because it’s Formula 1. That’s what I grew up watching and that’s what I grew up dreaming of. That same dream that you have as a kid will never go away.

“Right now, like I said, I have a challenge here, and I want people to enjoy me in IndyCar.

“I want them to know what IndyCar has to offer, I want them to enjoy me in IndyCar, the racing. There [are] so many cool things about it.

“I will tell you whenever I go to Formula 1, if I ever go to Formula 1, but for now enjoy me in IndyCar.”