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Alex Palou pounces late at Thermal Membership for back-to-back IndyCar wins
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Alex Palou pounces late at Thermal Membership for back-to-back IndyCar wins

By Miles Cooper March 24, 2025
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The Thermal Membership, very like the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection championship, continues to belong to Alex Palou.

IndyCar’s first factors race on the southern California observe ended very like final yr’s $1 Million Problem, with Palou on the entrance of the sector. However in contrast to in his dominant, all-lap-leading first look on the street course, the two-time defending champion needed to work for this win. 

Palou rolled off third, fading on his reds within the Quick 6 after dominating all prior rounds of qualifying. That left the Spaniard trailing Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward and Christian Lundgaard for the majority of Sunday’s The Thermal Membership IndyCar Grand Prix, however within the remaining stint Palou set off on a march to the entrance. 

Working on the softer pink tire, Palou took time to discover a means beneath Lundgaard for second. However he in the end acquired the higher of the Dane after a memorable battle throughout a number of activates lap 59 of 65. 

 

The Chip Ganassi Racing star then chased down O’Ward, closing a niche of practically 10 seconds within the span of 5 laps. Palou dove beneath O’Ward for the lead on the finish of the backstretch with 10 to go and took a lead he wouldn’t relinquish. From there Palou managed his tires and marched off to a cushty 10.1854-second win, holding O’Ward at bay even after he acquired trapped attempting to lap the Mexican’s Arrow McLaren teammate, Nolan Siegel, within the remaining laps. 

Sunday’s win was Palou’s thirteenth in IndyCar competitors, giving him a third-consecutive season with a number of wins. He’s two-for-two on the yr, having additionally claimed the opener in St. Petersburg.

Alex Palou pounces late at Thermal Membership for back-to-back IndyCar wins

Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren, Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing, Patricio O’ward, Arrow McLaren

Photograph by: Penske Leisure

“What an incredible weekend,” Palou mentioned. “Truthfully, we’ve had a very quick automotive since follow. They executed very properly. Everyone at Chip Ganassi Racing, the ten automotive, executed completely.” 

O’Ward led a race-high 51 laps after securing his first pole since 2022, however needed to accept second after Palou’s late cost. Lundgaard accomplished the rostrum for Arrow McLaren, with Colton Herta and Felix Rosenqvist capping off the highest 5. Will Energy rallied from twenty first to take sixth, with Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Alexander Rossi and Scott Dixon finishing the top-10. 

Colton Herta, Andretti Global

Colton Herta, Andretti International

Photograph by: Penske Leisure

Inexperienced flag operating from flag to flag

In a race with few incidents, there was little margin for error. The highest-four starters remained n the highest 4. Eight of the top-10 finishers additionally began within the top-10, and of the opposite two one (Dixon) began only one spot again in eleventh. There have been no cautions, and solely Scott McLaughlin dropped out of the race, having misplaced a number of laps with an overheating hybrid unit. 

 

McLaughlin was caught up in a crash coming to the inexperienced, buying and selling twin spins with Devlin DeFrancesco after the pair made contact deep within the subject. However they every continued on. Callum Ilott needed to pit for a brand new nostril after clattering into Prema Racing teammate Robert Shwartzman from behind. Marcus Ericsson went for a solo spin after his first pit cease, however continued on with out problem. 

IndyCar can be again in motion for the enduring Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside on April 13. 

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