2023-06-30 04:20:00
Formula 1
F1: A new crack soon in Formula 1?
Published on June 30, 2023 at 06:20
Solid leader of the championship, Alex Palou impresses in IndyCar. World champion in 2021, the 26-year-old Spanish pilot might be tempted to discover another discipline. The doors of Formula 1 are wide open to him since McLaren has already tested him in Hungary. A link might also exist with Red Bull.
After a complicated end to the 2022 season marked by major legal problems with his team, Alex Palou made everyone agree IndyCar. The team driver Chip Ganassi Racing is leading the world championship and he has a comfortable lead following his new victory at Road America last week. A historic success for Ganassi since this is the team’s 250th victory in IndyCar. Alex Palou now has a 74 point lead over his teammate Marcus Ericsson and 81 units on Joseph Newgarden (Penske) before going to Mid-Ohio next weekend. The Spaniard has offered prestigious successes this season such as the Indianapolis Grand Prix and its performances are bound to attract attention Formula 1.
“He is one of the five best drivers in the world”
In IndyCar, Alex Palou is unanimous. “What Alex is doing right now is impressive. He’s one of the top five drivers in the world right now, there’s no doubt regarding that. Maybe even in the top three. It would be very interesting to swap him for Red Bull’s second driver and see what he is capable of in F1,” his counterpart said. Stefan Wilson. McLaren seems to have taken the lead for the phenomenon.
McLaren or Red Bull for Palou?
Alex Palou didn’t go far from piloting for McLaren this season in IndyCar. In 2022, he completed a free practice session with the team of Zak Brown. For the moment, Lando Norris et Oscar Piastri are not threatened but everything can go very quickly. Besides McLaren, Red Bull might win the bet. In the Pelas Pistas podcast, Nelson Piquet Jr mentioned rumors that sent Alex Palou in the Austrian stable. The Spaniard knows Max Verstappen well since they both defend the same esports team, namely Team Redline. It’s hard to imagine him being propelled to the rank of teammate of the Dutchman for a first experience in the discipline, but the close ties he has with Red Bull might allow him to bounce back Alpha Tauria team that belongs to the Austrian group, if Nyck De Vries is not preserved. The soap opera is just beginning.
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