Palou Earns Pole for IndyCar Race in Detroit as Indy 500 Top-2 of Rosenqvist and Malukas Fail to Advance Out of First Round
Palou beat Will Power by two tenths of a second, while David Malukas crashed hard and Felix Rosenqvist missed the second round.
- Alex Palou earned his 16th career pole position on Saturday at the 1.7-mile Detroit Grand Prix circuit, marking his third consecutive pole this May ahead of Sunday's race.
- Palou, the current series points leader, has dominated May on three distinct circuits including the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the 110th Indianapolis 500. He seeks his fourth victory in eight starts this season.
- Qualifying saw major incidents as David Malukas and rookie Mick Schumacher both crashed in Turn 7, with the accidents forcing reigning Indy 500 winner Felix Rosenqvist to fail advancing from the first round.
- Will Power, who qualified second, anticipates "mayhem" on the tight circuit, while Palou cautioned, "Sadly we haven't won any of the last two races that we started on pole."
- Leading the series standings by 37 points, Palou aims to extend his cushion on the downtown course that returned from Belle Isle. The tight, bumpy circuit demands precision with almost no room for error.
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Palou earns pole for IndyCar race in Detroit as Indy 500 top-2 of Rosenqvist and Malukas fail to advance out of first round
It was Palou's third IndyCar pole in a row, having set the fastest time in qualifying for both the Sonsio Grand Prix and 110th Indy 500.
Power second, McLaughlin third in Detroit IndyCar qualifying
Andretti Global driver Will Power led the trans-Tasman effort in qualifying for the IndyCar Series on the streets of Detroit with second place. The post Power second, McLaughlin third in Detroit IndyCar qualifying appeared first on Speedcafe.com.
Honda's corporate decor adorns Palou's pontoons this week, always to attack.IndyCar Media Fourth pole of 2026 for the general's leader, who held Will Power and Scott McLaughlin at bay after Kyle Kirkwood's failed attempt. David Malukas and Mick Schumacher's accidents during the first round.There are six years that Alex Palou wears as a standard for Chip Ganassi Racing, and the feeling is that, far from his rivals having learned the tricks to def…
Alex Palou took the pole of the Detroit Grand Prix of the IndyCar, in which the Reggio Pato O'Ward will come out seventh. O'Ward's effort was not enough to get in among the top 6 in the qualifying session, although he showed a clear improvement with respect to the 2025 Detroit GP, in which he departed from the drawer 18. Although the rhythm of Arrow McLaren's 5th hard drive was promising, the regiomontano was close to releasing the court, so fro…
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