Alex Palou has won a second IndyCar championship in three years at the same time he’s being sued by a race team for the second time in a year.
“It just doesn’t do anything,” Palou said with a shrug.
He slipped in during the isolated “bubble” 2020 season with small Dale Coyne Racing, where Palou secured backing and quietly overperformed to catch the attention of Chip Ganassi Racing. IndyCar’s top team had an opening and so it grabbed Palou, who won in his debut race with his new team. He’s in his second messy contract dispute in 15 months and Palou currently is being sued by McLaren in the United Kingdom for more than $20 million in damages and money advanced to him ahead of him becoming a full-time McLaren driver in 2024.
The boss, who with Palou’s new title now has 15 IndyCar championships, is quite certain Palou will be back next season.Unfortunately, until we see it, who knows what’s going to happen?Palou, with a wide smile but a “my hands are tied” shrug, has refused to explain why things have changed so dramatically.
Palou has made some curious career choices and that naivete he showed with his McLaren watch in May isn’t isolated to technology. He casually mentioned his wife, Esther, is expecting their first child in November after winning the title Sunday — he didn’t tell anyone he was getting married during the 2021 offseason and just showed up wearing both a wedding ring and a championship ring — and seems to be leaving all his contractual problems to lawyers.
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