It’ll take ‘couple of hours’ to get well

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Alex Palou spoke about his race at Mid-Ohio. He completed in second place behind his teammate Scott Dixon after making an unlucky mistake.

Through the race, on lap 85 of the 90-lap race, the three-time IndyCar Sequence champion missed the entry at flip 9, sending him vast on the exit. By the point he regained management of the race, he had been overtaken by Scott Dixon.

Whereas speaking to Curt Cavin, IndyCar employees author, the Spaniard spoke concerning the race end result and the way it will take solely a few hours to recover from the error. He stated (by way of IndyCar.com)

“That’s why in all probability it is not going to take two days to get well (from throwing away Sunday’s race). It will take simply a few hours. It’s nonetheless an incredible end result, ending second, working up entrance, main 75 laps, getting the pole, and simply working actually, actually quick all weekend. It has been wonderful and (prolonged) the factors lead as effectively.”

Regardless of the error that price him a race victory, Palou nonetheless leads the drivers’ championship with a cushty margin of 113 factors over Kyle Kirkwood, who sits in second place within the championship. The #10 Chip Ganassi Racing driver is presently chasing his fourth IndyCar championship title.

Alex Palou opens up about his defeat at Mid-Ohio race

The championship chief Alex Palou missed out on what may have been his seventh race win this season. The Spaniard went vast in his entry into flip 9, inflicting him to lose the result in his teammate and Mid-Ohio winner, Scott Dixon.

Whereas speaking to the media after the race concerning the incident, Alex Palou was questioned if lacking out on a victory damage greater than profitable. He replied by saying (by way of ASAP Sports activities)

“Yeah, for positive. I agree with that. I believe whenever you lose — I believe we misplaced at this time. It isn’t like we obtained crushed, however we misplaced it, myself. Yeah, that is going to harm a bit of bit. I am hopefully going to study from that. It is nonetheless good in a manner that we obtained one-two; we misplaced it however we saved it within the group. I believe that is going to maintain the group happier and Chip happier.”

“However yeah, for positive it hurts, man. It hurts doing an enormous mistake like that when you could possibly have simply — it is simple now to only say, save a bit of bit there, you do not must be on the restrict. However whenever you’re driving, you do not really feel such as you’re that within the restrict. Yeah, it’s going to take a few hours, however then on the finish of the day we nonetheless completed second, nonetheless had an incredible weekend, and we must be proud about that,” he added

Alex Palou led 75 laps of the race earlier than he misplaced the lead. The 28-year-old has had a spectacular 2025 season, as he presently leads the championship with a cushty margin and made historical past by changing into the primary Spanish driver to win the Indianapolis 500.