There’s no one better in IndyCar right now than Álex Palou, and the Spanish driver demonstrated that once again on Sunday.
Starting from the pole position, Palou won the 2026 Detroit Grand Prix, marking his fourth victory of the season and his second win in Detroit, after winning in 2023.
The four-time IndyCar champion extended his large lead in the 2026 overall standings in his quest to win a fourth-straight championship.
2025 Grand Prix winner Kyle Kirkwood finished second after challenging Palou for much of the second half of the race.
But despite a few attempts to overtake the leader, Kirkwood couldn't quite finish on top.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan's Robert Rahal finished in third place.
Palou led for the first 15 laps Sunday before being overtaken by Andretti Global's Will Power, a multi-time winner in Detroit, on Lap 16.
However, Palou stayed close and pitted one lap before Power at Lap 35 (and at least one lap before most of the other drivers).
HISTORY: Detroit Grand Prix: A quick history from F1 to Belle Isle to downtown As a result, Palou re-took the lead at Lap 41 and created a big lead over Kirkwood midway through the race.
Kirkwood had a chance to put himself in a winning position two-thirds of the way through the race after a Palou pit stop, but a crash between Junco Hollinger's Rinus Veekay and A.J.
Foyt's Santino Ferrucci on Lap 66 brought all the cars back together for caution laps, allowing Palou to re-take the lead after Kirkwood's pit stop.
Kirkwood caught up with Palou again on Lap 80, but another caution prevented the Andretti Global driver from attempting a pass.
Kirkwood was trying to become the first driver to win in back-to-back years in Detroit, since Sebastien Bourdais did so at Belle Isle in 2015 and 2016.
Team Penske's David Malukas, who entered the day second in the....
