Motorsport TechnologyChristian Lundgaard took the chequered flag to win an incident packed Sonsio Grand Prix, leading home David Malukas and Graham Rahal for a long overdue victory.
Josef Newgarden was fourth in his team Penske Chevrolet but pole sitter and NTT Indycar Series leader Alex Palou could only manage fifth despite leading every session up to race day.
“Very happy,” Lundgaard is quoted on the official IndyCar website. “I really didn’t expect this today. I hoped for it. This was a long wait for this win, especially around this place.
“You know how fast I’ve always been around here, and it’s just been time after time after time disappointments. Now we’re here. Let’s go! We did it. Let’s go. Good start to May.”
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Starting from fourth, Lundgaard took the lead of the race by passing Malukas on lap 68, the Dane having pitted three laps earlier.
For Malukas, the wait for a maiden victory goes on, but second still represents a good day’s work.
“We were very strong in those middle stints, and then toward the end, we maybe made the wrong decision on wing (adjustments) there,” added Malukas. “We were just falling apart. I was doing everything I can just to survive, and Rahal was coming from behind.
“But either way, that is a fantastic result. We went into this weekend knowing it was going to be a struggle for us.
“We thought we wouldn’t even make the (Firestone) Fast Six (in qualifying), and here we are P2 on the podium. We’re one step closer to getting that win.”
Despite leading the early stages of the race and seemingly on the way to a fourth consecutive victory, Palou’s race was compromised by not pitting when Alexander Rossi stopped by the pit wall on lap 22.
He still leads the championship by 27 points over Kyle Kirkwood when racing resumes on May 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the 110th running of the famous Indianapolis 500.
