Alex Palou insists he hardly thinks about Formula 1 “at all” despite signing up to become McLaren’s reserve driver in 2023. “Next year I will be a reserve driver at the races that do not coincide with Indycar, so I think I have got the best of both worlds. “So I think the mentality that I have to have is the same – keep trying to win all the races. “I am happy to have tried Formula 1 for more than one day and to have learned so much, and I am going to learn even more in 2023, but I’m not thinking about whether they give me an opportunity.

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