Lack of F1 guarantee at my age played part in McLaren IndyCar U-turn

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou, who won his second IndyCar title for the team at Portland last weekend, had been driving TPC (testing previous cars) machinery as reserve driver for McLaren’s F1 team ahead of his expected switch to Arrow McLaren’s IndyCar squad next year.

This was understood to be part of an evaluation phase of his potential to join McLaren’s F1 driver line-up in the future.

But his decision at the start of August to perform…