Nonetheless, if he can return to the state of composure we saw from him throughout 2021, he should be a very solid title contender through to the last round.ĭixon’s qualifying struggles (everywhere except Indy) have been an extension of what we saw quite regularly in 2021, where tying all his best sectors together remains a bugbear. Most recent was rubbing against his team-mate Ericsson at Road America and breaking his front suspension, but that spin onto the grass in the damp conditions at the start of the GP of Indy – and then stalling – proved costly too. Hence eight polesitters in eight races.ĭespite the lack of wins, Palou is putting up a strong defence of his crown, but he’s made a couple of small but crucial errors. His qualifying pace is still not quite what it should be but few – if any – drivers out there are nailing it every time in qualifying these days.
Aside from a gaffe while in a podium position at Long Beach, he’s made no crucial mistakes on race days, driving with the self confidence that race engineer Brad Goldberg has bred in him since the Swede joined the team in 2020. Marcus Ericsson, Chip Ganassi Racing HondaĮricsson is well worthy of his top spot in the championship at the moment. By Sunday, Palou was able to finish just half a second behind the winner. The Ganassi cars were nowhere in first practice, but inched up the times with each session. Pete weekend was a prime example of what happens when massively talented engineers work their butts off in times of crisis: they can produce a big mid-weekend turnaround, one of the team’s long-time specialties.
Petersburg, and maybe at Texas Motor Speedway, too.
If there have been disappointments, it was in CGR’s initial pace at St. Four of the five Ganassi cars started in the front two rows, all five cars led laps, totalling 163 of the 200, and while there was shock at how Scott Dixon missed out through an infinitesimally small mistake and another at how Fate tripped Alex Palou, Marcus Ericsson delivered in superb fashion. That performance from the Ganassi team as a whole was pure class, the squad very clearly proving to be Honda’s difference-maker.
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