The trouble has just begun. It was seen coming, and it was confirmed by ‘Indianapolis Star’. The North American outlet revealed that McLaren has filed two separate lawsuits against Alex Palou and the team. Chip Ganassia group where the Catalan pilot currently plays in IndyCar. According to the said information, both cases were filed with the aim of demanding money from both sides for the contractual mess discovered last week, when the refusal of Alex Palou to comply with a supposed contract signed with McLaren that should lead him to drive next year in IndyCar for the Woking team.
when the McLaren CEO Zak Brownlearned the intentions of Alex Palouit was communicated to the team employees with a letter in which he expressed his disappointment with the behavior of the Catalan pilot, since he refused to join the team after McLaren invest heavily in him in some tests with an F1 for his training with a view to a possible jump in the future ‘Great Circus’.
“Palou received a large payment for his 2024 season, as well as millions of dollars for the development of our Formula 1 test program as a reserve driver for our team. Unfortunately, it now appears that our faith, commitment, investment and trust in Álex is out of place, because they are not interchangeable”, then a Brown comments expanding his version of the facts to ‘Indianapolis Star’.
“This is disappointing, considering the promise Àlex made to us directly and publicly and our huge investment in him based on that promise. We spent a lot of time, money and resources preparing to welcome him because we believed to him and hope. to achieve successes together”, he commented to the American medium.
It should be remembered that this decision to continue with Chip Ganassi assuming that he will go to McLaren, with whom he seems to have signed a contract, has already caused Alex Palou to part with his representation agency. “Monaco Increase Management failed to learn about Álex Palou’s decision to break the agreement he had with McLaren for 2024. We have built a relationship that we think goes beyond any contractual obligation and culminated in winning the Indycar crown in 2021 and the opening of a path in F1. Life goes on and we wish Alex all the best for his future,” MIM said in a statement. Roger Yasukawa, the Japanese ex-driver who was key to his arrival in Indycar and has good connections with Honda, will once again be the manager in charge of the Catalan race.
Source: La Verdad
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