Conceding that the events of the past week have created “a really hot topic,” reigning NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou vowed Friday to give his best effort to helping Chip Ganassi Racing win yet another season championship, and the contract situation he is embroiled in – two teams claiming his rights for 2023 — might be a benefit in this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place. I’m not going to tell more (than) what I said already. Palou won three races and the series championship in 2021, his first season with CGR. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES is racing on the 11-turn, 1.786-mile temporary street circuit in Toronto for the first time in 2019. This will be Palou’s first race of any kind at Exhibition Place. “It was a really good first practice,” the Frenchman said. 18 HMD Honda) by 14 points in the series Rookie of the Year race heading to the season’s final eight races. Peacock Premium also is the home to all series practices, qualifying sessions races – live and on-demand – this season.

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