Alex Palou still felt the sting from his second-place finish in the Indianapolis 500 when he saw Helio Castroneves at the victory dinner and begged the winner to tell him how he made the decisive final pass. “I asked him a couple of questions because I was in doubt if he was actually managing that pass or not, and he didn’t answer me, he just said ‘Hey, I have more experience than you,’” Palou said. The Spaniard opened his first season with Chip Ganassi Racing — it is his second season in IndyCar — with his first career victory.
By Zach Horrall | Published: Jun 9, 2021
The entire last month has been one to forget for Sebastien Bourdais and his A.J. Foyt Enterprises team, but even if the results say his best finish is 19th, it’s not due to a downturn in performance.
The team’s May to forget literally started on the first day of the month at the Texas Motor Speedway doubleheader May 1-2.
In the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race of the weekend, Bourdais was hit from behind while running sixth and sent spinning into the SAFER Barrier, resulting in a 24th-place finish. The next day, he was caught up in a Lap 1 incident that ended his day before it got started. He finished 19th.