Fresh off his ancient Indianapolis 500 procure, Alex Palou has made it determined that a circulation to Formula 1 will not be any longer on the playing cards.
Fresh off his ancient Indianapolis 500 procure, Alex Palou has made it determined that a circulation to Formula 1 will not be any longer on the playing cards.
The 28-twelve months-broken-down Spaniard is broadly regarded as the conclude skill in Indycar, having now secured sequence championships in 2021, 2023, and 2024.
He previously examined with McLaren‘s F1 team and used to be like a flash linked with a potential switch, but a contract dispute ended that course and solidified his future in the American open-wheel sequence.
Closing Sunday, ethical hours after the Monaco Huge Prix concluded, Palou made history by changing into the first Spanish driver to procure the Indy 500. In spite of that international spotlight, he instructed the Indianapolis Star that F1 will not be any longer pursuing him — and he doesn’t suggestions.
“(F1) is not calling me anymore,” Palou admitted. “I still follow it. It’s a huge series. It’s amazing. I’m a big fan, but I don’t think they’re having as much fun as I’m having here.”
“I only enjoy driving and having fun and being with my people, so I think (F1) is the total opposite.”
Palou’s name had also been tied to the upcoming American F1 project with Cadillac, but he says his ardour in making the jump has ragged ethical as worthy as F1’s ardour in him.
“I don’t want to leave now,” he stated.
“Even when they dispute ‘No, originate no longer panic, it’s likely you’ll well well maybe approach reduction in a single or two years’, what if all all of a sudden each person looks to be here and I’m under no circumstances ready to rep reduction up to them?
And it wasn’t in my suggestions final twelve months, and it’s miles no longer in my suggestions this twelve months,” Palou added.
“It’s getting less and less and less every day, and with this (win), it’s like ‘No, I want to get another’.”
Palou’s victory on the Brickyard also came with a predominant payday — around $4 million in prize money.
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