Alex Palou He achieved a magnificent first place in the streets of Detroit, his second win of the year, after starting from pole position. And there is no other way to classify the booty harvested by the Barcelonan in the motor city because his closest pursuers in the IndyCar for the championship they ended up against the wall, as was the case of the Mexican O’Wardor far behind, as Dixon (4th), ericsson (9th) or newgarden (10th). Only Will Power, second at the finish line, with a strategy changed to that of the Spaniard, threatened victory at some specific moment. But even in difficult situations he was impeccable. palou. He had nerves of steel to manage the last few starts and his overall lead is further entrenched, with 51 points ahead of Ericsson, 70 over Newgarden and 79 over Dixon in a top-4 color match. ganassi.
The first half of the race was dominated by the Spaniard with an iron pace, after a problematic start, as was in the script for a race between such narrow walls. At the start the shot was aborted because the two usual lines were not made up and when they began to run the first yellow card came due to a collision between kirkwood and illiot. It was the most serious of all the frictions caused at the start by the 90 degree curves and the funnels. Palou emerged unscathed from it all and took a 9-lap bite out of the race from the lead.
An excellent start allowed him to open a gap with the chasing group led by Grosjean after surprise McLaughlin. There is no better way to avoid problems between the walls and the potholes of Detroit and the Barcelonan got into mode Verstappen in montmelo. He began to manage the strategy with the comfortable difference of him, while Power rallied from 7th mercilessly to reach second place.
The first pass through the pits stretched him to the limits of Palou and he returned to the race first, but without the accumulated advantage. Because O’Ward, after being stopped in the box with a badly tightened wheel, he went to the wall trying to unfold and caused the second yellow card that also cost him a handful of points in the general classification.
Then came several consecutive incidents that allowed Palou to continue scratching away from the lead. A privileged position that he gave up momentarily due to his cold hard tires and Power’s push with the soft ones at the start of 57. But the rhythm and speed are like cotton and they don’t lie and it took the Australian a few laps to give in to the rhythm of a ganassi far superior when the green flag was waving.
Latest stint Palou faced him from the lead and in a rush bumpy with 30 laps over the 100 scheduled, he held on for the victory. Nor the last yellows caused by grosjean, malukas and ferrucci, nor the ambition of Power and Dixon, locked in a comeback with a touch that almost ruined Álex, they could with a victory that Palou deserved more than anyone and that also has as an extra prize a more solid leadership than the one with which he arrived in Detroit . Everything went well.
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