Indy 500 winner Alex Palou pumps brakes on possible F1 move

Alex Palou is connected apical of the open-wheel racing satellite arsenic helium won Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 for the archetypal clip successful his vocation and notched his 5th triumph successful six IndyCar races this season.

Palou appeared to beryllium cemented successful his IndyCar spot for the foreseeable aboriginal arsenic helium made wide that joining Formula 1 wasn’t successful the cards.

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Alex Palou, of Spain, celebrates with fans aft winning the Indianapolis 500 car contention astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis, Sunday, May 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

"(F1) is not calling maine anymore. I inactive travel it. It’s a immense series. It’s amazing. I’m a large fan, but I don’t deliberation they’re having arsenic overmuch amusive arsenic I’m having here," Palou told the Indy Star. 

"I don’t spot radical celebrating with their wives and their kids arsenic overmuch arsenic we do. I don’t spot them hanging successful the autobus batch oregon having meal with their mechanics. I lone bask driving and having amusive and being with my people, truthful I deliberation (F1) is the full opposite."

Palou dipped his toed successful the F1 waters successful 2022 erstwhile helium signed with McLaren’s Testing of Previous Cars program. He was past named a reserve operator for the 2023 play but ne'er raced successful an authoritative event. 

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May 25, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Chip Ganassi Racing operator Alex Palou (10) wears a wreath arsenic helium celebrates successful the winner's ellipse aft winning the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)

He participated successful 4 races successful Formula 2 successful 2017 and drove afloat clip successful Formula 3 successful 2018, finishing successful seventh successful the drivers’ championship.

Palou joined IndyCar successful 2020 with Dale Coyne Racing. He moved to Chip Ganassi Racing successful 2021. He’s won the IndyCar title 3 times and is successful enactment for a fourth.

After the Indy 500 win, Ganassi called him the "best driver."

May 25, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Chip Ganassi Racing operator Alex Palou (10) of Spain celebrates winning the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)

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"I deliberation he’s 1 of the greats. It’s that simple," Ganassi said. "Certainly we’ve had immoderate large drivers connected our team, and he’s close there, astatine worst, shoulder-to-shoulder with each the remainder of them."

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