Gauging Palou’s performance at Team Ganassi so far in 2023—and his prospects for the remainder of the season.
that it had exercised its option on the final year of Palou’s contract and that he would be returning to the team for one final go-‘round in 2023.Then four hours later, Palou and McLaren rocked the IndyCar world when it issued a press release of its own that the
That brings us up to today. Palou, who turned 26 on April 1, has had a strong start to the season thus far. In the first three races, he’s finished eighth , a podium finish of third at Texas, and fifth two weeks ago at Long Beach.Sitting in third place in the standings, 19 points behind series leader Marcus Ericsson, Palou now returns to Barber Motorsports Park for this Sunday’s Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix.
Admittedly, when the whole Ganassi-McLaren soap opera burst onto the scene in mid-July and continued to play out for several weeks until a mutual understanding was reached that Palou would honor his deal with CGR, his performance in 2022 did not match the previous campaign. While Palou is one of the most focused in the sport, how do you race for a team owner and a team that you don’t want to be with?And that win didn’t come until the final race of the season,
Will he have added inspiration this weekend knowing this was the place he earned his first IndyCar win, and it may also be the last time he ever sees Barber for a long time, if ever again, if his racing path with McLaren takes him to F1 instead of remaining in IndyCar in 2024? But when he actually gets behind an F1 wheel to test again—let alone drive competitively—is up in the air, given his IndyCar commitments. It’s very possible he may see very little, if any, action in a McLaren F1 ride—or for that matter, an IndyCar ride—until after the current IndyCar season and after his tenure with CGR officially ends in mid-September.
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