Alex Palou Sets Pace in Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Practice 1

DETROIT – Alex Palou signaled his intent to the rest of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES field by topping the time sheets during the first practice session Friday for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.

Palou, the current points leader and three-time defending series champion, recorded a best lap of 1 minute, 2.7722 seconds in the No. 10 HRC Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

“It’s just super tough to get a lap here when everything feels good,” Palou said. “Although we looked very good, I think we need to work on the car and try to make it a little bit better.”

Reigning Detroit winner Kyle Kirkwood finished second with a time of 1:02.7914 in the No. 27 Sam’s Club Honda. Will Power rounded out the top three at 1:02.9433 in the No. 26 TWG AI Honda.

Practice 1 Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Time	Speed
1	10	Alex Palou	01:02.7722	94.341
2	27	Kyle Kirkwood	01:02.7914	94.312
3	26	Will Power	01:02.9433	94.085
4	66	Marcus Armstrong	01:03.1743	93.741
5	5	Pato O’Ward	01:03.1825	93.728
6	12	David Malukas	01:03.2111	93.686
7	7	Christian Lundgaard	01:03.2390	93.645
8	76	Rinus VeeKay	01:03.2580	93.617
9	3	Scott McLaughlin	01:03.2834	93.579
10	28	Marcus Ericsson	01:03.3684	93.454
11	60	Felix Rosenqvist	01:03.4064	93.398
12	9	Scott Dixon	01:03.4245	93.371
13	20	Alexander Rossi	01:03.4731	93.299
14	45	Louis Foster	01:03.7806	92.850
15	15	Graham Rahal	01:03.7927	92.832
16	14	Santino Ferrucci	01:03.9577	92.592
17	21	Christian Rasmussen	01:03.9959	92.537
18	8	Kyffin Simpson	01:04.0351	92.481
19	19	Dennis Hauger (R)	01:04.1735	92.281
20	6	Nolan Siegel	01:04.1765	92.277
21	2	Josef Newgarden	01:04.3734	91.995
22	18	Romain Grosjean	01:04.4801	91.842
23	47	Mick Schumacher (R)	01:04.7297	91.488
24	4	Caio Collet (R)	01:04.7304	91.487
25	77	Sting Ray Robb	01:04.8760	91.282

Next Up

The series continues Saturday with a second practice session at 9 a.m. ET, followed by NTT P1 Award qualifying at 1 p.m. ET. Both sessions will be broadcast on FS1 and the INDYCAR Radio Network.