Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi) He increased his distance from the other candidates for the 2023 IndyCar title after winning this Sunday in Wisconsin at the ‘Road America’ Circuit, where he already won in 2021.
The Spanish rider, who started from third position on the grid, is on track for two consecutive victories after one achieved in Detroit two weeks ago and climbed to the top of the drawer for the third time in the season, adding to his victory in May at the circuit from Indianapolis. No other driver has done it more times in the current championship.
palou He is an outstanding leader and already has 324 points, which puts the ground in the middle with respect to Marcus Ericsson (Chip Ganassi)second classified, which is 74 units away. Josef Newgarden (Penske) It is third to 81 and the fourth place is occupied by Mexican Duck O’Ward (Arrow McLaren) and Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi) up to 98.
The championship leader acknowledged the work of his entire team after he and Dixon repaired his car after a crash in practice.
“It’s been an amazing weekend, we only had an hour and a half to fix the whole car. Saturday was a very difficult day because they had to fix my car and the Scott too. We arrived in time for qualifying, we have a good team behind us”, he commented. palou on American television that broadcast the race.
Regarding his privileged position in the search for the title, the Catalan is very careful when talking about the championship: “Zero percent, we have good results but in IndyCar you never know. Another one can get another similar streak. We have to stay focused and race.”
This victory in Wisconsin marks the 250th victory for Chip Ganassi’s team in its history, which in addition to the first place in palou he positioned himself well above his fellow drivers with Dixon fourth and Ericsson sixth.
It was also the seventh IndyCar grand prix win for Palou.
They completed the podium Newgarden and O’Ward. After the race, both Palou’s great work throughout the weekend and his great victory were acknowledged.
“I am happy with third place, there was a good job from the team in the pit. We’ve been fighting for the top three every week, it’s good for all of us, including the championship fight. Alex Palou and Chip Ganassi they did an excellent job today,” O’Ward said after getting out of his car.
The first part of the race was characterized by many contacts between the cars and the continuous exit from the track that brought out the yellow flag, reducing the intensity of the competition.
From lap number twenty another race started, with Colon Herta, Palou and Newgarden fighting for first place. The Californian knew how to defend himself well and let others fend for themselves, leading to some nasty interactions between the Spanish and the Americans.
On lap 26, with another valid yellow, the pits were about to offer Palou’s first arrival at the lead, but his exit from the ‘pit’ did not allow him to overtake Herta by a few thousand only.
The last ten laps promised a merciless battle for the final victory in the interval Herta and Palou.
Both rode a good pace and pulled Newgarden away, but Chip Ganassi quickly dumped Andretti and the Spaniard took the lead.
There were seven laps to the checkered flag and Palou never let go of the lead. Behind, Herta had fuel problems and was sinking in the standings to his final fifth position, as both Newgarden, as well as O’Ward and Dixon, left him.
Source: La Verdad
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