Scott Dixon Will get Win at Honda Indy 200 in Mid-Ohio After Alex Palou's Mistake

Alex Palou needed to study the exhausting method which you can’t make the identical mistake twice throughout Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.

On Lap 56, Palou was a bit overzealous on Flip 4, inflicting his automobile to go onto the sting of the grass and slowing him down for a bit. Nevertheless, his lead was so giant on the time that he nonetheless remained a number of seconds forward of the remainder of the pack.

Almost 30 laps later, Palou made the identical mistake. This time round, although, Scott Dixon wasn’t too far behind. Palou’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate handed him with six laps remaining on account of his dangerous flip, and Dixon by no means gave up the lead.

Dixon was capable of maintain off Palou within the closing laps of Sunday’s race, with the Spaniard sitting lower than a second behind him your entire method with the intention to get his first victory of the season. It additionally prevented Palou from getting his seventh win of the yr, however he was nonetheless capable of get his eighth podium of the yr as he led Sunday’s race for 75 laps.

Christian Lundgaard completed third in Sunday’s race. He did not lead for any laps, however was within the hunt for the overwhelming majority of the day. Colton Herta completed fourth, whereas Pato O’Ward rounded out the highest 5.

As for the underside of the leaderboard, Sunday marked one other tough day in a tough yr for Workforce Penske. Josef Newgarden crashed on the primary lap, ending his day lower than a minute into the race. Ten laps later, Will Energy’s day ended after his automobile began to smoke earlier than catching on fireplace on pit highway.

Listed below are the total outcomes from Sunday’s race:

1. Scott Dixon2. Alex Palou3. Christian Lundgaard4. Colton Herta5. Pato O’Ward6. Felix Rosenqvist7. Marcus Armstrong8. Kyle Kirkwood9. Rinus VeeKay10. Kyffin Simpson11. Nolan Siegel12. Marcus Ericsson13. Callum Ilott14. Louis Foster15. Alexander Rossi16. Santino Ferrucci17. David Malukas18. Sting Ray Robb19. Conor Daly20. Devlin DeFrancesco 21. Robert Shwartzman22. Jacob Abel23. Scott McLaughlin24. Graham Rahal 25. Christian Rasmussen 26. Will Energy (DNF)27. Josef Newargen (DNF)

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