Alex Palou

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1997 (28 years old)
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Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Spain

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White

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Chip Ganassi Indycar Racing

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Álex Palou Montalbo (Catalan pronunciation: ; born 1 April 1997) is a Spanish racing driver who drives for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series, where he won the 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 championships and the 2025 Indianapolis 500. He is the first Spanish racing driver to win a national championship in American open-wheel racing history and also the first Spaniard to win in the GP3 Series and the Indianapolis 500.

Early years
Born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Palou began karting in 2003. He achieved his only international title in the KF3 category of the WSK Euro Series in 2012, when he finished runner-up to George Russell in the CIK-FIA European Championship.

Euroformula Open
Palou made his open-wheel racing debut competing in the Euroformula Open Championship with Campos Racing in 2014. He bookended the season, winning the opening race at the Nürburgring and the final race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He also won a race at the Hungaroring to finish third in the series standings, missing out on the runner-up placing by one point to Artur Janosz.

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