Alex Palou

Alex Palou Montalbo (born April 1, 1997 in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor ) is a Spanish automobile racing driver . He competed in the GP3 series in 2015 and 2016 . In 2020 he will compete for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series .

Career

Palou at the Formula 3 race at the Norisring 2018

Palou began his motorsport career in karting in 2003 , where he remained active until 2014. In 2006 he became Spanish champion in the Alevin class, in 2011 and 2012 in the KF3 class and in 2013 in the KZ2 class. In 2012 he won the WSK Euro Series in the KF3 class. In the 2012 CIK-FIA European Championship he came second in the KF3 class. In 2014, Palou made his debut in formula racing . For Campos Racing he started in the Euroformula Open . Palou won his first race in formula racing and scored two more victories over the course of the season. With eleven podium finishes, he finished the season in third place overall. He also took part in an event of the BRDC F4 Championship for Sean Walkinshaw Racing .

In 2015 , Palou stayed with Campos Racing and competed for the team in the GP3 series . He won a race and was tenth overall as the best driver in his racing team. He also took part in a North European Formula Renault race for Inter Europol . In 2016 , Palou completed his second GP3 season for Campos Racing. With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in 15th place overall.

After a test drive in Mid-Ohio in July 2019, he is expected to drive a car used by Dale Coyne Racing and Team Goh in the IndyCar Series in 2020 .

statistics

Career stations

2003-2014: karting 2014: Euroformula Open (3rd place) 2014: BRDC F4 Championship (23rd place) 2015 : GP3 series (10th place)

2015: Northern European Formula Renault 2016 : GP3 series (15th place) 2017 : Formula V8 3.5 (10th place) 2017 : FIA Formula 2 (21st place)

2018 : FIA Formula 3 (7th place) 2019: Super GT , GT300 (15th place) 2019: Super Formula (3rd place) 2020 : IndyCar Series

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2015	Campos Racing	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		51	10.
		12	20th	14th	DNF	DNF	13	19th	18th	7th	5	7th	10	4th	9	DNF	10	8th	1
2016	Campos Racing	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		22nd	15th
		19th	14th	16	11	10	2	11	14th	16	19 *	13	11	11	7th	14th	19th	10	5

Individual results in the World Series Formula V8 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2017	Teo Martín Motorsport	SIL		SPA		MNZ		JER		ALC		ONLY		MEX		COA		BRN		68	10.
												11	1	3	DNF	5	2

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	Points	rank
2018	Hitech Grand Prix	Mercedes	PAU			HUN			NOR			ZAN			SPA			SIL			MIS			ONLY			SPI			HOC			204	7th
			7th	2	19th	12	3	DNF	11	4th	DNF	10	4th	6th	2	11	9	7th	11	7th	8th	2	6th	DNF	6th	3	3	DNF	10	4th	8th	3

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
2020	Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO		114	13.
		23	19th	3	7th	11	14th

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Web links

Commons : Alex Palou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Alex Palou
• Career statistics of Alex Palou (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Alex. (No longer available online.) Alexpalou.com, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 22, 2015 (English). 
2. ↑ Gruz David: Campos signs Palou and Ashkanani to their GP3 roster. paddockscout.com, February 12, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 
3. ^ Peter Allen: Campos names Palou, Tereschchenko and Schothorst for GP3. Dalecoyneracing.com, January 21, 2016, accessed January 21, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Alex Palou joins Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh for 2020 IndyCar Season. paddockscout.com, December 19, 2019, accessed April 2, 2020 .