Indycar, Palou wins in Detroit and takes the lead!

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A perfect race gives Chip Ganassi’s driver an important success in view of the title. Power is second on Rosenqvist, disfiguring Newgarden and Ericsson

Nico Patrizi

– DETROIT (MICHIGAN)

After the great misfortune suffered in Indianapolis, with thepit accident which excluded him from the fight for victory and forced him to make a tough comeback, Alex Palou takes immediate revenge on the streets of Detroit. On the new circuit set up on the streets of Renaissance Centerwhich replaces the classic layout of Beautiful Islethe Spaniard makes no mistakes and mortgages success right from the tests in which he gets a peremptory pole. Subsequently, the Catalan of Chip Ganassi Racing did not make the slightest mistake in a race characterized by numerous Safety Car phases, the last of which was caused by an accident at David Malukas. After the last restart, Palou repulsed the attacks of all his opponents, conquering his sixth victory in the category and extending his lead in the championship standings.

shine power

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In second place we find Will Powerwhich must thank the good fortune given the contact with Scott Dixon in the last part of the race, while a heated tussle was underway with the leader Palou. The New Zealander managed to stay on the road and, after the last neutralizations, took back the place of honor at the expense of Alexander Rossi. In the final, the Italian-American had to give up even the lowest step of the podium to Felix Rosenqvistwho has been shown to have recovered from the scary Indianapolis crash like Kyle Kirkwoodfinished sixth under the checkered flag and also leader for one lap during the refueling phases.

indy heroes in shadow

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In the shadows the great protagonists of the Indy 500 Josef Newgarden and Marcus Ericssonfirst and second in the endless Memorial Day race: the Swedish of Chip Ganassi Racing he finished only eighthalso preceded by Scott McLaughlin and ex-Formula 4 Marcus Armstrong who is better than the “Rookies” and improves from race to race, while Newgarden finished even tenth. Both have thus lost precious points from a championship perspective on Palou, who can now afford to manage the situation thanks to fifty-one points ahead of the Swede and to the seventy on the American. Two other Indy protagonists who disfigured in Michigan were Rinus VeeKaynever fighting for victory and only eighteenth, and the veteran Helio Castroneves who finished behind the Dutchman suffering particularly from the new city layout.

bad o’ward

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The pit stops, as usual in Indycar, they were decisive for the balance of the race and have compromised many of the ambitions of the Arrow McLarenperhaps still demoralized by the bad parade in Indiana. Pato O’Ward in particular, he was relegated last due to a problem in fixing the wheel; the Mexican, nervous, he then hit the barriers on lap forty-four, causing one of the many cautions of the Michigan match. By the way, during the neutralization phase there was a further incident between Graham Rahal and Benjamin Pedersen, cost the withdrawal to the first. The initial collision between Callum Ilott and Kirkwood cost the withdrawal to the first. Among the “negative” protagonists of Detroit also Sting Ray Robb, who provoked two neutralizations finishing 22nd and last: in the second crash Santino Ferrucci was also involved arrived only twenty-first at the finish line. Against the wall Romain Grosjean is also finishedwhich confirms an extremely negative period after the ruinous touch at Indy.

tour de force

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So Palou leaves Michigan as league leader, but he won’t have much time to rest on his laurels. Already in two weeks, he will have to defend the leadership ad Elkhart Lakeon the insidious Road America track, while in the first weekend of July the Indycar will stop at the classic Mid-Ohio circuitinaugurating a “tour de force” that will go on with just a few stops up to the final in Laguna Seca…

arrival order

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Finishing order of the Detroit, Michigan race

  1. Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing – Honda)
  2. Will Power (Chip Ganassi Racing – Honda) at 1”184
  3. Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren – Chevy) at 5”951
  4. Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing – Honda) at 7”568
  5. Alexander Rossi (Arrow McLaren – Chevy) at 9”984
  6. Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport – Honda) at 10”542
  7. Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske – Chevy) at 10”935
  8. Marcus Armstrong (Chip Ganassi Racing – Honda) at 11”679
  9. Marcus Ericsson (Chip Ganassi Racing – Honda) at 13”018
  10. Josef Newgarden (Team Penske – Chevy) at 14”022

league standings

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Championship standings after seven races:

  1. Alex Palou 273 points
  2. Marcus Ericsson 222
  3. Joseph Newgarden 200
  4. Scott Dixon 194
  5. Pato O’Ward 191

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