{"id":667316,"date":"2026-05-13T02:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667316\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:54:21","slug":"indycar-news-palou-paces-incident-free-first-indy-500-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/667316\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar news: Palou paces incident-free first Indy 500 practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Palou
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Palou during Practice 1 at the Indianapolis 500. <\/p>\n

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver set a 225.937 mph lap at the famous Brickyard, putting 0.0074s on Meyer Shank Racing\u2019s Marcus Armstrong on a 225.895 mph lap.<\/p>\n

Hometown hero Conor Daly was third-fastest for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with a 225.838 mph lap.<\/p>\n

Daly is gunning for his first Indianapolis 500 in his 13th start.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur car is fast. It just feels really good,\u201d said Daly after practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo just kind of driving around and working through a few small things and just tuning to kind of what I want and evaluating a few other things.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a good day one. Obviously the test was good too, but this whole process is you can get swept up in it. You can get behind, and you can get a little messy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wind got super gusty towards the end of the day. One set of tyres, all of a sudden I think I\u2019m going to crash. I\u2019m sliding around. But we quartered the left rear, so I was, like, okay, we figured that problem out. Then we put another set of tires on. All problems are solved.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to fall behind in kind of overreacting to things. I think that\u2019s just kind of what our job is just go through things one step at a time, and it feels good so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The six-hour practice was incident-free, though Palou started the day with a balance issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just balance, not being super happy with it,\u201d said Palou.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe found something that explained what I was feeling and it was good to go back out today before we go to sleep so we can be a bit happier.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah, the car feels good now and yeah, just a shame that the session is over.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always want to do a lot more [laps]. We didn\u2019t do many laps today, but still we understood a lot of stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a different car to what I had at the open test. So, it was very important just to see how I felt If I was confident or not. I\u2019m feeling much better than this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Time spent in the garage reduced the Spaniard to just 28 laps of the oval. That was in stark contrast to Alexander Rossi, who completed 116 laps for Ed Carpenter Racing.<\/p>\n

Palou\u2019s fastest time came in the final 10 minutes of the session with a tow.<\/p>\n

Palou\u2019s six-time championship-winning teammate Scott Dixon was fifth, just behind Team Penske\u2019s two-time champion and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden.<\/p>\n

Scott McLaughlin was eighth and just head of his Team Penske stablemate David Malukas in 10th.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, great to be back for the \u201cMonth of May.\u201d Didn\u2019t do as many laps as I probably wanted,\u201d said McLaughlin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a couple little issues, but every time we ran the car it was on track it was super quick. Great to be back in the Yellow Submarine with Pennzoil. Chevy is feeling great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Power made a steady start to practice, logging 44 laps with a best effort of 221.455 mph to be 27th overall. He was second-fastest on the no-tow list behind Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood with a 222.062 mph lap.<\/p>\n

Practice 2 takes place on Thursday at 3am (AEST).<\/p>\n

Results: 110th Indianapolis 500, Practice 1<\/p>\n

Pos
\nNum
\nDriver
\nTeam
\nBest Speed
\nLap
\nDiff
\nGap
\nBest Lap
\nLaps<\/p>\n

1
\n10
\nAlex Palou
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n225.937
\n39.8342<\/p>\n

24
\n28<\/p>\n

2
\n66
\nMarcus Armstrong
\nMeyer Shank w\/ Curb-Agajanian
\n225.895
\n39.8416
\n0.0074
\n0.0074
\n15
\n46<\/p>\n

3
\n23
\nConor Daly
\nDreyer & Reinbold Racing
\n225.838
\n39.8516
\n0.0174
\n0.0100
\n10
\n89<\/p>\n

4
\n2
\nJosef Newgarden
\nTeam Penske
\n225.121
\n39.9785
\n0.1443
\n0.1269
\n61
\n71<\/p>\n

5
\n9
\nScott Dixon
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n225.087
\n39.9845
\n0.1503
\n0.0060
\n21
\n61<\/p>\n

6
\n15
\nGraham Rahal
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n224.769
\n40.0411
\n0.2069
\n0.0566
\n43
\n47<\/p>\n

7
\n27
\nKyle Kirkwood
\nAndretti Global w\/ Curb-Agajanian
\n224.483
\n40.0922
\n0.2580
\n0.0511
\n28
\n47<\/p>\n

8
\n3
\nScott McLaughlin
\nTeam Penske
\n224.401
\n40.1068
\n0.2726
\n0.0146
\n16
\n28<\/p>\n

9
\n18
\nRomain Grosjean
\nDale Coyne Racing
\n223.901
\n40.1963
\n0.3621
\n0.0895
\n42
\n58<\/p>\n

10
\n12
\nDavid Malukas
\nTeam Penske
\n223.845
\n40.2064
\n0.3722
\n0.0101
\n23
\n53<\/p>\n

11
\n24
\nJack Harvey
\nDreyer & Reinbold Racing
\n223.743
\n40.2247
\n0.3905
\n0.0183
\n19
\n58<\/p>\n

12
\n5
\nPato O\u2019Ward
\nArrow McLaren
\n223.740
\n40.2252
\n0.3910
\n0.0005
\n5
\n78<\/p>\n

13
\n20
\nAlexander Rossi
\nECR
\n223.585
\n40.2531
\n0.4189
\n0.0279
\n36
\n116<\/p>\n

14
\n75
\nTakuma Sato
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n223.426
\n40.2818
\n0.4476
\n0.0287
\n30
\n36<\/p>\n

15
\n6
\nHelio Castroneves
\nMeyer Shank w\/ Curb-Agajanian
\n223.332
\n40.2988
\n0.4646
\n0.0170
\n25
\n55<\/p>\n

16
\n33
\nEd Carpenter
\nECR
\n223.297
\n40.3051
\n0.4709
\n0.0063
\n36
\n56<\/p>\n

17
\n51
\nJacob Abel
\nAbel Motorsports
\n223.155
\n40.3308
\n0.4966
\n0.0257
\n26
\n63<\/p>\n

18
\n14
\nSantino Ferrucci
\nA.J. Foyt Enterprises
\n222.930
\n40.3714
\n0.5372
\n0.0406
\n28
\n53<\/p>\n

19
\n76
\nRinus VeeKay
\nJuncos Hollinger Racing
\n222.816
\n40.3920
\n0.5578
\n0.0206
\n75
\n82<\/p>\n

20
\n8
\nKyffin Simpson
\nChip Ganassi Racing
\n222.771
\n40.4003
\n0.5661
\n0.0083
\n57
\n80<\/p>\n

21
\n21
\nChristian Rasmussen
\nECR
\n222.622
\n40.4272
\n0.593
\n0.0269
\n68
\n89<\/p>\n

22
\n60
\nFelix Rosenqvist
\nMeyer Shank w\/ Curb-Agajanian
\n222.608
\n40.4299
\n0.5957
\n0.0027
\n39
\n84<\/p>\n

23
\n28
\nMarcus Ericsson
\nAndretti Global
\n222.304
\n40.4851
\n0.6509
\n0.0552
\n41
\n45<\/p>\n

24
\n6
\nNolan Siegel
\nArrow McLaren
\n222.170
\n40.5096
\n0.6754
\n0.0245
\n43
\n82<\/p>\n

25
\n77
\nSting Ray Robb
\nJuncos Hollinger Racing
\n221.947
\n40.5502
\n0.7160
\n0.0406
\n45
\n70<\/p>\n

26
\n19
\nDennis Hauger
\nDale Coyne Racing
\n221.583
\n40.6169
\n0.7827
\n0.0667
\n12
\n12<\/p>\n

27
\n26
\nWill Power
\nAndretti Global
\n221.455
\n40.6403
\n0.8061
\n0.0234
\n19
\n44<\/p>\n

28
\n7
\nChristian Lundgaard
\nArrow McLaren
\n221.116
\n40.7027
\n0.8685
\n0.0624
\n32
\n68<\/p>\n

29
\n31
\nRyan Hunter-Reay
\nArrow McLaren
\n221.037
\n40.7171
\n0.8829
\n0.0144
\n24
\n27<\/p>\n

30
\n4
\nCaio Collet
\nA.J. Foyt Enterprises
\n220.906
\n40.7413
\n0.9071
\n0.0242
\n4
\n59<\/p>\n

31
\n45
\nLouis Foster
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n220.819
\n40.7573
\n0.9231
\n0.0160
\n45
\n76<\/p>\n

32
\n47
\nMick Schumacher
\nRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
\n220.280
\n40.8570
\n1.0228
\n0.0997
\n25
\n84<\/p>\n

33
\n11
\nKatherine Legge
\nHMD Motorsports w\/ AJ Foyt Racing
\n218.304
\n41.2269
\n1.3927
\n0.3699
\n29
\n51<\/p>\n


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