Larson on IndyCar test: ‘We were able to check a lot of boxes’
Ahead of his run in the Indy 500 for Arrow McLaren, Kyle Larson runs some laps in Phoenix to get more in tune with his car. Listen in to his post-practice thoughts here.
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00:00 Yeah, I just wrapped up here at Phoenix in the Aero McLaren IndyCar.
00:05 It was good to get some laps at a different place, you know, a kind of fast-paced track.
00:12 So it was good, you know, we got to get comfortable with lifting and stuff like that.
00:19 So it built up to it. Obviously the car is a lot different than what was ran here in 2018.
00:25 So I don't really know, you know, how my driving style was in reference to like what somebody who races these things every weekend would be like.
00:37 But I felt like I got comfortable and comfortable enough to where we finally kind of found the edge there and almost spun out off a turn.
00:45 Well, IndyCar turn two, our NASCAR's turn four, their last run. So that was good, you know, to have a moment like that.
00:56 Had a few moments, but that was the biggest one. So that was good and didn't crash.
01:00 And then just ran through some, you know, pit stop kind of scenarios and making mistakes.
01:06 Doing that was good. So, you know, felt like I did better kind of getting into my stall and all that than I did at the Indy.
01:14 Rookie orientation. So, yeah, we were able to check a lot of boxes and get reacclimated.
01:20 And looking forward to, I think, the open test there at Indy in April and then getting on into the month of May.
01:28 So thanks to everybody at Errol McLaren and Hendrick Motorsports and everybody involved in making this project happen.
01:36 And it's good to get some more experience. So I look forward to the rest of my time in the car.
01:43 And yeah, we'll see how the rest of the time goes.