Alex Palou’s nearly perfect season came to an end on Sunday at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix when he was hit from behind on a restart and driven into the barriers.

Alex Palou’s near-perfect NTT IndyCar Series season saw its first setback after late contact on the streets of Detroit

Alex Palou and the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda team (photo) finished off the podium for the first time this season Sunday in Detroit, ending up 25th after an accident.

Despite a lucrative offer of a five-week, all-expenses-paid vacation from Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon, 2025 Indianapolis 500 Champion Alex Palou is back in the car this weekend, racing for another win.

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Alex Palou's winning streak came to an end at the Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday, June 1, after A.J. Foyt Racing driver David Malukas took him out.

Palou was seventh with 28 laps to go in the 100-lap race when Malukas rear-ended the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing car. The Spaniard suffered suspension damage and failed to finish. In the end, he was classified 25th in the 27-car field.

Winning five of the first six IndyCar Series races has elevated Alex Palou to a rare and lofty place in the annals of the sport.Leaving the Indianapolis 500 where the Spaniard won with the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda team,

The Detroit track is now held in the city’s downtown, on a very technical, tightly-woven 1.7 mile street course with traces of Michigan’s unforgivable road conditions — and as many as 215 manhole covers for additional track surface obstacles.