This Sunday, Alex Palou You have a date with history. Another one in your private account. In 2021 he became the first Spaniard to win the title of IndyCar in just his second year in the American category. He came from shining in the first course, sneaking into the best of the ‘qualy’ in his first 500 miles with one of the simplest cars and no sponsors. In 2021, he held the glory in indy500 with a meteoric second place in a heart attack ending. In 2022only a yellow flag at the worst moment prevented him from winning afterwards came out 2nd. And this year, he made history again, achieving Spain’s first pole position in the 107th edition of one of the most important races on the planet. This Sunday, he wants to curl the loop with a victory that will take him to the Olympus of motorsports.
Amazingly, Palou’s victory could happen that same Sunday Fernando Alonso He could choose to take his first F1 victory in more than 10 years in Monaco, number 33 for the Spaniard. palou He has already winked at the Oviedo native with a tweet, showing him that the number of his Honda engine he will use is 133. And in the press conference before the great race on Sunday, Palou responded to MD about how incredible it would be if he and Fernando won on the same day in Monaco and Indianapolis, two of the most iconic races on the planet.
“I think that if that happens, Spain will be a little crazy, especially Fernando Alonso, but I think it’s also because of us,” he commented when asked by this newspaper.
Message to Spanish fans
“The truth is that it’s great to see that people like IndyCar, the Indianapolis 500 and to see that they support so much, because obviously with the change of time, the distance and having two very good Spanish drivers in f1 is more difficult to have visibility, but the truth is that I cannot complain at all, I am very happy”, he added, before sending a message to all the Spanish fans who will follow him this Sunday in front of the television.
“A message for them? Nothing, thank you very much for all the support, that they are there at the top pushing for us, that everyone is helping, and that we will give everything we need to try to have the best possible position on Sunday. “, he finished an Alex full of confidence to go for a historic win. Another one for Sant Antoni de Vilamajor.
“I’m looking forward to Sunday and to lead the race at the green flag. It’s something I never thought we could do and it’s something very special,” Alex said at the press conference for Spanish media.
When asked about the pressure he feels before starting from pole position in the Indy500 and if he thinks he has a good chance of winning since this is the last year of his contract with Chip Ganassi (his future is still unknown), the Spanish He is not worried about his future and he feels “more desire than pressure”.
“The truth is that I prefer more than pressure. Obviously, everyone is under pressure and we are under pressure to do well and start on pole and show that we also have a good race car… but I really like it will come On race day, I think we are more prepared than ever and I have one of the best cars, otherwise I wouldn’t have pole. I am 100% thinking about the future. Sunday, trying to do it better than 2021 and have a perfect month of May”, he argued.
“We’re here at the top. I already had a tight schedule and doing pole position suddenly I’m full,” he argued about how the days leading up to the appointment are going. “I don’t have much time. But on Tuesday, for example, I took it off and went to the lake to enjoy a sunny day with my family. And then, around here, apart from working in teams, we have tournament pickleball, which was fun,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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