The odds entering the 2024 IndyCar season were never favourable for Alex Palou. For starters, the attrition of what is arguably the most competitive racing category in the world meant no driver had won the championship twice in succession in over a decade.
If that weren’t enough, six of the final eight rounds all took place on ovals – a track discipline that had yet to yield a trip to Victory Lane for him. And then, too, was the unknown of the unprecedented mid-season debut of IndyCar’s hybrid engine.
