Alex Palou stormed to a second IndyCar crown with a race in hand, dominating the season in a way that is not common with the series. With the 2023 campaign now over, here's how the Spaniard took a stranglehold on the competition and made headlines on and off the track.
It wasn’t supposed to be this easy. IndyCar’s USP is the high number of potential race winners in its pack for such a high-level open-wheel racing series. But Alex Palou defied this logic in 2023, making his second title appear routine on track with five victories. Off the track, however, it was an altogether more complicated story.
Besides that, he’s a very cool, calm and collected character in the cockpit, but possesses sharp elbows when he needs to make progress. He also maintained a decorum outside of the car when it came to questions about his future. Bearing in mind his lawyers have briefed him to say “no comment” to any contractual matters, somehow he still manages to generate goodwill among the media as he gracefully swerves their questions. He’d make a formidable poker opponent.