Just after taking a historic picture, a primary within the historical past of Spanish motorsport, Alex Palou talks to MARCA to evaluate his feat, securing the Indy 500 pole.
He additionally spoke about his possibilities of ending it off on Sunday with a victory that will be legendary and the way that might form his future.
The Catalan reveals that he knew what he needed to change to be the fastest of the 33 and that he additionally is aware of what he lacks to win a very powerful race on the planet.
Q: How does it really feel to be the primary Spaniard to do it?
A: That makes it particular, clearly. There are 107 editions and there have been Spanish riders… however effectively, it makes me extra excited as a result of sooner or later extra riders from our nation will come right here to race.
Though in Europe we do not have a lot of a practice of racing on an oval, I hope they’ll see that it may be achieved. If I hadn’t been the primary, it would not have modified me a lot. The truth that we’re on pole place right here, what it means, that we now have been making ready for it for a yr… that is why we’re celebrating so euphorically.
Q: Will a profitable Indy 500 change your future, what you do subsequent yr?
A: No. I do not suppose so, it isn’t going to alter… though profitable the five hundred can change your future, however you by no means understand how. It helped Marcus with confidence and safety. It could actually change others with choices. We’ll need to see, however for that we’ll need to win.
Q: It is the quickest pole in historical past, higher than Dixon’s, the most effective ever?
A: However with out him we would not have achieved it, as a result of the 4 of us labored all week to get there. It has value us greater than final yr. Now we have been a bit bit extra restricted, however we made it. The truth that it was the quickest with out having modified any of the foundations in qualifying reveals the extent of the groups, who handle to get a mile from one yr to the following with the identical situations.
Q: It is unbelievable that solely 7 thousandths of a second separates three drivers.
A: It is simply loopy, with the gap that’s coated, the issues that occur in these laps… for it to be so shut is simply loopy. It was powerful to have to attend to see three automobiles… it took without end. VeeKay did not take it out of us for the final lap, he was nowhere close to it. The hole does not matter, it is good to be on the profitable facet.
