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How a lockup didn’t stop Alex Palou from smoking his IndyCar rivals in IMS qualifying

Alex Palou added another milestone to his impressive 2025 IndyCar season on Friday when he posted the largest difference for a pole-deciding lap in more than two years. The gap? A significant 0.4099s over Graham Rahal in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing #15 car.

You'd have to go all the way back to March 2023 at St. Pete to find a larger margin for pole position in IndyCar, the day teammates Romain Grosjean beat Colton Herta by 0.4155, both racing at the former Andretti Autosport operation.

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