Alex Palou says his future remains in the IndyCar Series and admits his chances of racing in Formula 1 are now \u201creally, really small\u201d after turning his back on McLaren.
This was understood to be part of an evaluation phase of his potential to become part of McLaren’s F1 driver lineup in future.
“There's no hiding, like, if you look at my interviews until '21, I was saying that I was not focused on F1 at all,” he said. “And that was totally true, but things changed when I won the championship just because I was 24. “At the same time, if I was 20, maybe I would've waited. But I'm not 20, I'm 26. And on that side, I don't know if there's been somebody [aged] 30 getting into F1.”After claiming the title in Portland on Sunday, when asked by Motorsport.com if he still harbors thoughts of switching to F1 at some point, Palou replied: “No, I said it many times that it was not my fully focus. Then when an opportunity came, I had to go for it, I felt.
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