The ‘miracle’ of Alex Palou

He is the clear leader of the championship. He had a 110-point margin in the lead compared to second overall in IndyCar and had to work his way back from 15th place. Here, we must add that a touch in the middle of the race, on lap 46 of 85, caused damage to his wing, on the verge of falling. Anyone raised their foot and went to secure, took the calculator, thinking about the championship. But Alex Palou warned a few weeks ago that he was not planning to race with the title in mind and that the only way to get the crown was to attack, winning as many races as possible.

The best defense is a good offense, some say. Alex clings to that idea even though it seems like the worst. Many in his area did not take the risk. But the man from Sant Antoni de Vilamajor has come true to leave everyone more dumbfounded than before with his amazing comeback. This Sunday, in Toronto, Alex Palou made an incredible comeback, from 15th to 2nd last positionbeat their rivals for the title in a massive recital, with a broken nose, an aileron wind and the risk of that wing falling off.

Alex is the best IndyCar driver, he shows tremendous efficiency and he deserves not only to jump to F1, but to a great car. Much has become clear in a few months, but Since this Sunday, many have learned that the Catalan is a special driver.

In a ‘miracle’ in Toronto, Alex Palou was able to increase his lead in the IndyCar standings to 117 points over Scott Dixon, second classified. Josef Newgarden is 3rd with 126 points behind the Catalan, while Marcus Ericsson is 4th with 142 and Patricio ‘Pato’ O’Ward is 5th with 143. With 7 games to go, Alex Palou has a huge margin in the fight for his second crown and he is at such a level that it seems very difficult for someone to challenge him for the sceptre. He showed it on Sunday with a broken wing where he continued to increase the number of a pure champion.

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The 26-year-old driver has only won the previous three races in a row. He has 4 victories, a second position and a third position in 10 appointments, that is, he has been on the podium 6 times in the first 10 races of the course. The rest, one fourth place, two fifth positions and one eighth place in the first race. In fact, since that first test he has never left the Top-5. A regularity worthy of the next king of IndyCar.

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“I thought I wouldn’t finish the race with that nose”

“The right side started to go away and the left side started to go up. I thought, ‘oh, that’s not good. It’s really bad, actually, and it’s hard to drive because I can’t really grip the right side like I did the left, ” said Palou after the race, after his appearance, referring to his broken wing. .

“Obviously it’s one of the bumpiest tracks we’ve had in the braking zones, in the corners. Turn 10 was the worst, where I couldn’t do anything. I was just trying to turn, but I was losing a bit of grip compared to the guy behind me .”

I felt the drag of the wing in turn two, that it was full speed, and that you were going right. Then also going into the corner at turn five and at turn eight, but I didn’t think it was that bad.”

“Barry (Wanser, race engineer) told me there were 10 laps to go and I honestly thought we weren’t going to finish the race with that nose. I was a little surprised. is good”he continued, noting that with the damaged car, where he also had to manage the fuel to fine-tune his strategy, the other important rivals in the fight for the title would overtake him due to the damage to his car.

“At one point I thought we were going to go behind Marcus (Ericsson). I saw in the mirrors that there was Colton (Herta), Power and Marcus and I was like, ‘Oh man, I’m not going to be able to.’ fuel, which was the biggest problem for our strategy. I was worried about the tires because of the front wing I couldn’t turn left. I was worried about the wing. So I was a little worried about everything. , to be honest.