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Alex Palou pounces late at Thermal Membership for back-to-back IndyCar wins
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Alex Palou pounces late at Thermal Membership for back-to-back IndyCar wins

Motorsports March 23, 2025
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The Thermal Membership, very like the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection championship, continues to belong to Alex Palou.

IndyCar’s first factors race on the southern California observe ended very like final 12 months’s $1 Million Problem, with Palou on the entrance of the sphere. However not like in his dominant, all-lap-leading first look on the street course, the two-time defending champion needed to work for this win. 

Palou rolled off third, fading on his reds within the Quick 6 after dominating all prior rounds of qualifying. That left the Spaniard trailing Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward and Christian Lundgaard for the majority of Sunday’s The Thermal Membership IndyCar Grand Prix, however within the remaining stint Palou set off on a march to the entrance. 

Operating on the softer pink tire, Palou took time to discover a manner underneath Lundgaard for second. However he finally received the higher of the Dane after a memorable battle throughout a number of activates lap 59 of 65. 

 

The Chip Ganassi Racing star then chased down O’Ward, closing a spot of almost 10 seconds within the span of 5 laps. Palou dove underneath O’Ward for the lead on the finish of the backstretch with 10 to go and took a lead he wouldn’t relinquish. From there Palou managed his tires and marched off to a cushty 10.1854-second win, retaining O’Ward at bay even after he received trapped making an attempt to lap the Mexican’s Arrow McLaren teammate, Nolan Siegel, within the remaining laps. 

Sunday’s win was Palou’s thirteenth in IndyCar competitors, giving him a third-consecutive season with a number of wins. He’s two-for-two on the 12 months, having additionally claimed the opener in St. Petersburg. 

“What an incredible weekend,” Palou mentioned. “Truthfully, we’ve had a very quick automotive since observe. They executed very effectively. Everyone at Chip Ganassi Racing, the ten automotive, executed completely.” 

O’Ward led a race-high 51 laps after securing his first pole since 2022, however needed to accept second after Palou’s late cost. Lundgaard accomplished the rostrum for Arrow McLaren, with Colton Herta and Felix Rosenqvist capping off the highest 5. Will Energy rallied from twenty first to take sixth, with Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Alexander Rossi and Scott Dixon finishing the top-10. 

Colton Herta, Andretti International

Photograph by: Penske Leisure

Inexperienced flag working from flag to flag

In a race with few incidents, there was little margin for error. The highest-four starters remained n the highest 4. Eight of the top-10 finishers additionally began within the top-10, and of the opposite two one (Dixon) began only one spot again in eleventh. There have been no cautions, and solely Scott McLaughlin dropped out of the race, having misplaced a number of laps with an overheating hybrid unit. 

McLaughlin was caught up in a crash coming to the inexperienced, buying and selling twin spins with Devlin DeFrancesco after the pair made contact deep within the subject. However they every continued on. Callum Ilott needed to pit for a brand new nostril after clattering into Prema Racing teammate Robert Shwartzman from behind. Marcus Ericsson went for a solo spin after his first pit cease, however continued on with out challenge. 

IndyCar will probably be again in motion for the long-lasting Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore on April 13. 

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