Brilliant drive by CGRTeams' 2021 champ AlexPalou to beat the McLarens and Lundgaard and become the 5th different winner in 5 races in the 2023 IndyCar season
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou scored his first win of the season after stalking and then outpacing the polesitter Christian Lundgaard, who fell to fourth in the closing stages of the race.The Ganassi #10 team played the tire strategy perfectly to allow Palou to lead 52 of the 85 laps and climb to the top of the points standings, while both Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi were able to outfumble and ultimately outpace the #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan car of Lundgaard to complete the podium.
Lundgaard made a great start to get the jump on Rosenqvist, but Palou was all over him using his grippier tires and through Turns 12 and 13 he got past the Rahal Letterman Lanigan car to cross the line first, and the Dane could not retaliate into Turn 1. Harvey’s flat-spotted tires meant he had dropped behind all three McLarens, Newgarden and Colton Herta by Lap 11.
O’Ward on alternates passed Rossi on primaries for fifth on Lap 27. Meanwhile RLL didn’t ask off-strategy Rahal to move over for Lundgaard, so the Dane was left in dirty air and was unable to take full advantage of his alternate tires until his teammate pitted on Lap 31. He got the gap out to 2.8s, but then Palou started coming back at him and by Lap 40 Lundgaard’s lead was barely half a second.
Once Dixon – who had recovered well from his first-lap frustration – made his second stop on Lap 49, Palou was left leading Lundgaard by 1.7s, with O’Ward third on primaries 2.5s back, but 1.5s ahead of Rosenqvist and 3.5 ahead of Rossi .
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