The New Zealander Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) won the IndyCar Alabama test this Sunday for the second time in a row.
Another Penske completed the podium, Australian Will Powerand the Swedish Linus Lundqvistby Chip Ganassi.
The Spanish Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi) finished fifth.
McLaughlin added his first victory of the IndyCar season and ended up having a great weekend afterwards which also made the pole.
It is a race with constant departures from the track and sudden changes where the most consistent drivers are rewarded.
Palou, double IndyCar champion (2021 and 2023), is third in the general classification, three points behind the leader, Colton Herta (Andretti), with 101 points.
They complete the noble zone of the classification Power, one point behind Herta, and Scott Dixon (Chop Ganassi), fourth, seven behind first.
McLaughlin and Power win on strategy
A Palou’s impressive start put him in fourth with several laps covered, despite starting in tenth place. The head is always McLaughlin, Power and the Danish Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman).
The first pass through the pits determined who would make more or fewer stops. Among the first are the leaders, a Palou took advantage of a moment on lap 29 to temporarily take the leaddelaying his tire change, which he would have done in lane 31.
The same thing happened on lap 49. The Spaniard once again took the lead, rushing to his pits and riding as fast as possible to ensure a good return to the track. after changing the tire.
But A new accident on the 55th regrouped everyone and did nothing to help Palou’s strategy.who went in to change a tire early and with everyone. Save on fuel consumption That’s the only road with 30 turns ahead.
A new career started for him from the eleventh place.
He tried to pass as many rivals as possible in traffic and then, at the last stop of Power and McLaughlin, all three of them took the lead, as expected, but the Spanish with less fuel and flat tires.
He ‘Rookie’ Lundqvist took advantage of this, recovering 16 positions, and showed no mercy to his teammate Palou and removed him from the podium.
Christian Rasmussen (Ed Carpenter), who had many departures from the track during the race, gave another scare with three laps remaining, causing a new yellow flag which made it easy for Swede Felix Rosenqvist ( Meyer Shank) to overtake Palou as well and give him the fourth spot.
Featured career A bad taste joke from some fans, who launched a mannequin of a woman from one of the bridges that fell near the asphalt and made people think it might be a real person.
Within seconds, the NBC network had to show another shot because of the close proximity of the cars as they passed him, rubbing him with their tires. When it was confirmed that it was a doll, they showed the moment where it was launched on the screen.
Source: La Verdad
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