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Pato O’Ward admits that his people are plotting out the future following Colton Herta’s McLaren Formula 1 opportunity.

O’Ward is now into his third IndyCar season with Arrow McLaren SP, though the 22-year-old is one of the IndyCar drivers most heavily linked with a potential future in Formula 1.

The Mexican racer represented McLaren in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Young Drivers’ Test, making a positive impression on the team, which only served to intensify talk that he could look to push ahead and pursue a career in the series.

However, the situation has now been complicated somewhat, after McLaren signed another hot IndyCar prospect, Colton Herta, as a development driver, which will also include the opportunity to test their 2021 challenger, the MCL35M, the very car which O’Ward drove in Abu Dhabi.

Herta had been linked with a move to Alfa Romeo following Michael Andretti’s attempted purchase of the team’s operator Sauber in 2021.

O’Ward then was asked about his future with Arrow McLaren SP, but could not offer a definitive answer.

“My group of people is just scouting out what my future is going to look like,” he is quoted by Autosport as having told Motorsport Media.

“I think we’re all going to have to wait and see what that answer is, to be