Alex Palou’s decision not to honour his contract to join McLaren next year ‘has nothing to do with the team per se’ says CEO Zak Brown.
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Ganassi slates McLaren management in escalating war of words over Palou
IndyCar
Posted onThe owner of Chip Ganassi Racing has slated the management of rivals McLaren in a public statement as the row between the two teams over Alex Palou escalated.
Kirkwood holds off McLaughlin to win in Nashville as Palou extends points lead
IndyCar
Posted onKyle Kirkwood drove to his second win of the IndyCar season, holding off pole winner Scott McLaughlin to win the Music City Grand Prix in Nashville.
Newgarden wanted much bigger points gain on Palou in Iowa
IndyCar
Posted onJosef Newgarden shaved 37 points off Alex Palou’s monstrous IndyCar points lead at Iowa Speedway, and looks poised to make yet another late-season run at the championship with five races remaining.
‘The stickers were holding it on’ – Palou surprised to finish with damaged wing
IndyCar
Posted onIndyCar points leader Alex Palou was surprised to reach the finish of yesterday’s Indy Toronto with a badly damaged front wing.
Lundgaard grabs first win in Toronto as Palou takes damaged car to second
IndyCar
Posted onChristian Lundgaard converted his first pole position to his first career IndyCar victory in Toronto to break a three-year win drought for RLL.
Lundgaard storms to pole, points leader Palou 15th after wet qualifying
IndyCar
Posted onChristian Lundgaard secured the second pole position of his IndyCar career in Toronto after a challenging qualifying session in changeable conditions.
For IndyCar drivers, Pedersen episode highlights the series’ “crazy” blue flag rules
IndyCar
Posted onPalou, Power and McLaughlin were just a handful of the drivers not too happy with Benjamin Pedersen at the Indy 200 as he resisted being lapped.
Sargeant relieved to “finally have a pretty competitive race again”
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Sargeant relieved to “finally have a pretty competitive race again” • Softer tyres for Hungarian GP • Dominant Palou says he’s not been quickest yet
Palou tightens grip on IndyCar championship with third consecutive win
IndyCar
Posted onPalou led a one-two for Ganassi ahead of Scott Dixon, extending his IndyCar points lead to 110 points after pit lane misfortune for Colton Herta.
Winning more races won’t necessarily lead to F1 seat – Palou
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Winning more races may not lead to F1 seat – Palou • AlphaTauri ‘didn’t get strategy right’ – drivers • WEC Hypercar line-up changes for Monza
Palou wary his 74-point IndyCar lead could easily be lost
IndyCar
Posted onAlex Palou’s win at Road America stretched his lead to 74 points but the 2021 series champion isn’t taking a second title for granted.
Palou overhauls Herta to claim third win in last four rounds at Road America
IndyCar
Posted onDespite leading over half of the race, Colton Herta’s bid for victory fell short as Alex Palou came from behind to claim another victory at Road America.
Palou takes over from Piastri in three-day McLaren test at Hungaroring
2023 F1 season
Posted onGanassi IndyCar driver Alex Palou resumed his Formula 1 testing duties for McLaren at the home of the Hungarian Grand Prix today.
“I thought there’d be zero passes”: Drivers say Detroit race was better than expected
IndyCar
Posted onThe Detroit race promoter said they will take drivers’ recommendations to improve their track on board but explained why it is unlikely to be extended.
Palou wins incident-packed Detroit race to extend IndyCar points lead
IndyCar
Posted onAlex Palou had misgivings about IndyCar’s new Detroit street circuit but scored an important victory in his bid to win a second championship.
Too tight, too short, too bumpy: Detroit pole-winner Palou criticises new track
IndyCar
Posted onAlex Palou claimed the first IndyCar pole position on its new Detroit street circuit but made it clear he isn’t impressed with the track.
Palou takes a hat trick of IndyCar poles at Detroit
IndyCar
Posted onAlex Palou made it three straight poles and won the first pole position for the Detroit Grand Prix at the new Renaissance Centre circuit.
Palou leads Ganassi charge with McLaren in pursuit – but many more could win
2023 Indianapolis 500 preview
Posted onRecording-breaking pole-winner Alex Palou leads a packed field of Indianapolis 500 victory candidates from Ganassi, McLaren, Penske and many more.
Palou sees off Lundgaard and McLaren trio for emphatic Indianapolis GP win
IndyCar
Posted onAlex Palou romped to victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix ahead of the chasing McLaren drivers and pole winner Christian Lundgaard.