Palou, on his return: “There are still 40 or 50 laps”

Alex Palou convinced that you are Indianapolis 500 they can be yours. He made history by achieving the first Spanish pole position in the Indy500 in 107 editions.feat to come after becoming the first Spanish IndyCar title champion in 2021. On this course, Palou first started the legendary Indianapolis race, with one of the best cars and with important lessons learned from his last two attempts for the crown.

In 2021 he was 2nd in an exciting final where the then leader was allowed several doubles, Castroneves, have a key final slipstream to win. In 2022, he showed a devastating speed to win after leading the testing phase, but he was left with no options due to a yellow flag that fell on him at the worst moment. And this Sunday, in his third attempt at Chip Ganassi (4th overall), starting from first, saw his chances of winning due to a touch in the pit lane of Rinus Veekaywho lost control of his car after accidentally touching the Catalan.

For this reason, Alex is positive about the career he has made, making that clear “I couldn’t do anything else” for what he did and after his return, he was “40 or 50 laps short of fighting for the win”as stated at the foot of the track on the ‘IndyCar up to date’ portal.

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That stroke of bad luck saw him resume his march after repairing the damage in 25th position. With tremendous speed, he managed to climb back into the Top-10 before the accidents and red flags started. And finally, he finished in 4th place which allowed him to add some great points to continue the championship as the leader of the IndyCar contest with 219 points, 20 more than Ericsson and 34 more than Patricio O’ Ward.

“So it happened. We were very good at the beginning and then a contact in the pit lane that we couldn’t do anything put us out of the race. We couldn’t do anything else. I am happy to at least have recovered some positions and bring at least one Top-5 home”, commented Palou.

“We didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. We could have taken a different approach like Pato (O’Ward) did, but we followed the leaders and I think it turned out very well. We still have 40 or 50 laps to fight for victory”he added about the strategy he chose to the aforementioned website specializing in American competition.

Alex also discussed the race via Twitter, highlighting his comeback from the crash. “My race was not the easiest, I had to go back to the back of the grid due to a pit lane incident, but I made a great comeback to fourth. Congratulations to my Pickleball partner on the win, Josef Newgarden”, declared the man from Sant Antoni de Vilamajor on Twitter. Next goal: to win his second IndyCar title in three years.

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