INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou gained a three-car battle among the many leaders on his closing pit cease after which Will Energy into the primary activate the Indianapolis Grand Prix’s solely restart Saturday earlier than pulling away for his second straight win within the race.

Palou, a local of Spain, beat Australia’s Energy to the end line by 6.6106 seconds. Pole winner Christian Lundgaard, of Denmark, was third, greater than eight seconds behind Palou, the defending IndyCar Collection champion who moved again into the highest spot of the season standings.

Palou led a race-high 39 of 85 laps, incomes his first official win of the season and tenth of his profession. He additionally gained the exhibition all-star race in March.

Energy wound up second regardless of working with two new Group Penske members as a result of his race strategist and engineer are each serving two-race suspensions this month within the wake of a dishonest scandal.

Palou grew to become the primary back-to-back winner on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 14-turn, 2.439-mile street course since Energy final did it in 2017 and 2018 although he wasn’t as dominant as he was in 2023 when he gained by practically 17 seconds.

However it wasn’t terribly shut, both, as Palou led by huge margins for many of the second half of the race.

Two of Palou’s teammates from New Zealand — six-time sequence champ Scott Dixon and Marcus Armstong — rounded out the highest 5.

Colton Herta fell from first to 3rd within the factors after ending seventh. The American certified twenty fourth.