Palou Wins Again at Barber, Points Race Heats Up

0:00It's March 31st. This is F1 News today, powered by AI Everything Happening With Your Team. I'm Corey with the story. Alex Palut owned Barbara Motorsports Park again this past Sunday, snagging his second straight win there as the defendant champ. The 28-year-old Spaniard started on pole in his chipkina Sihonda, led 79 laps and crossed the line 13 seconds ahead of. Christian Lungard. No cautions the whole race, just like last year, making him the first repeat winner this Indycar season after only four rounds. Lungard in the arrow McLaren Chevy charged from 10th to 2nd, racking up the most on track passes on that tight 2.3 mile road course. A late pit stop-flub on the right rear tire cost him the win, but it bumped him to third in points, topping his St. Petersburg podium. Arrow McLaren had a rough one otherwise, with paddle award and Nolan Seagull dropping in the 17th and 18th from mid-pack starts. Last year they all hit the top 10, but this time it was straight confusing as a award

1:01put it. Kyle Kirkwood kept his cool for her Andredi Global, grabbing 5th to hold the points lead at 156 over Palut's 154. He's the only one with top 5s in every race so far, heading to Long Beach where he's won twice. Meanwhile, Scott McLaughlin's weekend crashed hard literally, spinning into the fences in practice, forcing a backup car that left him 16th his. Worsted Barber, Palut's closing that points gap quick, setting up a wild chase next time out.