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Álex Palou’s comeback and Scott Dixon’s historic victory at Indy Toronto

Toronto (Canada), Jul 17 (EFE).- The Spanish Álex Palou starred this Sunday in a great comeback in the Honda Indy Toronto by finishing in sixth place, after starting in 22, in a race that Scott Dixon won, which gave him allowed him to become the second driver with the most victories in IndyCar, 52, tied with Michael Andretti. Palou’s comeback, which was the first time he had raced on Toronto’s narrow and irregular street circuit, allowed the Spanish driver to move into third place in the IndyCar standings, with 314 points, just two behind Will Power in second . Marcus Ericsson, who finished fifth today in the Honda Indy Toronto, consolidates his lead in IndyCar with 351 points. In Toronto, second place went to Colton Herta, who had taken pole on Saturday, while third place went to Felix Rosenqvist. As soon as the race was over, Palou expressed to Efe his satisfaction with the result after a difficult weekend in which he damaged his car on Saturday in the second practice session, violently hitting the cement barriers of the Canadian track, and later he suffered a breakdown during qualifying that relegated him to 22nd place. “It wasn’t the perfect weekend, but we managed quite well with the race so I’m happy to finish sixth,” explained the Spanish driver. Palou maintained a steady pace of improvement throughout the 85 laps of the Toronto circuit. As soon as the race started, Palou gained five positions in the first lap and moved up to 17th place. Two laps later, former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato had an accident that forced the first yellow flag of the race. After the restart, the Barcelona driver was the first to enter the pits, on lap 10, to change the soft tires for hard ones, which relegated him to last place. But once the rest of the soft tire drivers started pitting for the hard ones, the strategy of his team, Chip Ganassi Racing (CRG), worked and Palou quickly moved up the standings. On lap 21, the current IndyCar champion was already 16th; in the 32 the number 14; and at the meridian of the race, Palou had placed 11th. Ahead, Herta had lost the lead after the first round of pit stops. Rinus VeeKay, who started 20th on the hard tyres, and then Pato O’Ward, with a similar strategy, alternated in the lead. But on lap 45, Alexander Rossi and Rosenqvist had a run-in as they battled for fourth place. Rossi’s car slammed into the barriers, ending the American’s race and prompting a frantic mass pit stop. Palou took advantage of the chaos and on lap 46 he moved into 10th place. Five more laps and the Spaniard was 8. After a new yellow flag, Palou, who was already in seventh place, starred in one of the overtaking of the day by passing Simon Pagenaud on the inside of a curve, which catapulted him to sixth place. The 25-year-old from Barcelona tried on a couple of occasions to take fifth place. But Ericsson did not give up and Palou concentrated on the long-term strategy, collecting a good harvest of points in Toronto and continuing to aim to retain the North American championship this year. Meanwhile, in the lead, Dixon, also part of CRG, had dominated with relative ease since Rossi’s accident. Herta in second place, was looking and wanted to keep Rosenqvist on his rear wheel, who pressed the American until the final flagshot that certified New Zealander Dixon’s 52nd victory in IndyCar. (c) EFE Agency

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