How O’Ward’s Toronto win shows his 2025 breakthrough

About this episode

The episode discusses Pato O’Ward's development as a driver following his win in the Toronto street race, along with other race highlights and performances.

It’s a bumper episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast this week with a typically bonkers street race in Toronto to assess. The Race’s Josh Suttill plays guest host with Jack Benyon this week, as Benyon outlines how the way Pato O’Ward won this race was symptomatic of his development as a driver, and how he has changed this year.  Alex Palou’s 'terrible' 12th place finish is explained, Suttill outlines another Penske pummelling, and the slightly unusual look of the podium is examined, with two under the radar drivers getting their best results of the year... Want ad-free listening? Enjoy a 7-day free trial to The Race Members' Club on Patreon today - we even have an 'F1-only' tier! Check out the new items in The Race Shop - members get a 15% discount! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Benyon

Guest: Josh Suttill

Topics covered

• IndyCar
• Pato O’Ward
• Toronto street race
• driver development
• race analysis

Keywords

• IndyCar
• Pato O’Ward
• Toronto
• Alex Palou
• race analysis
• street race
• driver development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Race Media Ltd

Places: Toronto

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