Álex Palou no perdona. Está en estado de gracia y ya le da igual carreras, que poles, que entrenamientos libres… El Ganassi #10 del español siempre acaba en primera posición.
Hoy lo ha hecho de nuevo en la sesión de clasificación del Gran Premio de Indianápolis, repitiendo exáctamente lo mismo que ya hiciera en 2024… y consiguiendo su segunda pole position consecutiva después de la de Barber, el pasado fin de semana. Es la octava de su carrera deportiva en Estados Unidos (9 si contamos la de Thermal 2024, que fue carrera de exhibición).
Se veía venir porque Palou estuvo muy sólido todo el fin de semana. En las prácticas se reservó todos los juegos de blandas (en esta carrera todos tienen cuatro, uno menos de los habituales) para la clasificación pero aún así dejó ver su fortaleza siendo el más rápido con duros en los dos libres. En su grupo (la Q1 de la IndyCar) -que no era nada fácil, acabó con el mejor tiempo– con blandas nuevas y en el Fast 12 repitió exactamente la misma receta, primero utilizando unas blandas usadas y marcando la vuelta de referencia con el segundo juego nuevo.
En la sesión definitiva, el Fast 6, Palou marcó una referencia con otras blandas usadas y se jugó la baza final con un tercer juego nuevo (por tanto, tendrá uno sin usar para mañana en la carrera). Fue el único piloto en montar blandas nuevas por lo que parecía evidente que la pole sería suya. Aún así, tuvo que trabajarlo porque en la teórica vuelta buena bloqueó en la curva 1, pero marcó la referencia en la siguiente y se llevó el premio.
“Hicimos un pequeño error en la penúltima vuelta y había que decidir si intentar completarla o buscar otra. Buscamos otra y nos salió bien. El equipo me ha dado un gran coche hoy”, explicaba en la televisión americana. De cara a la carrera entrará en juego la estrategia: “Va a ser interesante la carrera, con diferentes estrategias de neumáticos, a ver cómo estamos respecto al resto en cuanto a nuevas, pero estoy confiado con nuestras opciones“, aseguró el español.
Palou lo ha vuelto a hacer: nueva pole en Indianápolis… y mañana es el favorito.
Lundgaard y los Andretti, en problemas
Sin duda, la gran sorpresa fue la eliminación temprana de cuatro de los favoritos:Christian Lundgaard (segundo en el campeonato), los hombres fuertes de Andretti, Colton Herta y Kyle Kirkwood y, Scott Dixon (Ganassi) que quedaron fuera en la fase de grupos y mañana saldrán muy retrasados, en 14ª, 13º, 21º y 16ª posición, respectivamente. Sin duda, un resultado que pone a Palou en disposición de aumentar aún más su distancia sobre sus más inmediatos perseguidores.
La positiva fue el sensacional rendimiento de los Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLLR) que colocó sus tres coches (Graham Rahal, Louis Foster y Devlin DeFrancesco) en el Fast 6 y acabó 2º, 3º y 5º en parrilla, respectivamente. Si mañana aguantan en carrera, pueden ser un buen aliado para Palou restando puntos a más de un candidato al título.
El Gran Premio de Indianápolis se disputará mañana en horario nocturno en España, con la bandera verde prevista para las 22:57 horas y con la transmisión en directo a través de #Vamos. Palou aspirará a lograr su cuarto triunfo en cinco carreras.
Parrilla de salida del GP de Indianápolis
IndyCar 2025
- Álex Palou (Ganassi) – 1:09.3417
- Graham Rahal (RLLR) a 0.4099 s.
- Louis Foster (RLLR) a 0.5364 s.
- Scott McLaughlin (Penske) a 0.5483 s.
- Devlin DeFrancesco (RLLR) a 0.6015 s.
- Josef Newgarden (Penske) a 0.6412 s.
- Will Power (Penske) – Fast 12
- Pato O’Ward (McLaren) – Fast 12
- Alexander Rossi (Carpenter) – Fast 12
- Kyffin Simpson (Ganassi) – Fast 12
- Santino Ferrucci (AJ Foyt) – Fast 12
- Félix Rosenqvist (Meyer Shank) – Fast 12
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