That damn Spaniard. He’s just that good.
Dre, Cam and RJ make sense of the first IndyCar race of 2025 – The Grand Prix of St Pete in Florida, at one point, it felt like any one of four men could have won it, but it was an early caution between Will Power, Nolan Siegel and Louis Foster had dramatic strategic ramifications in this race one. Scott McLaughlin was forced onto a sub-optimal strategy, Colton Herta was in the driver’s seat but was shafted by yet another horrible Andretti pit-stop, and Scott Dixon’s radio stopped working after the first round of stops.
…Enter Alex Palou, who pulled off a silly 32-lap stint on scrubbed tyres, undercut Dixon, and then held off Josef Newgarden to take his twelfth career win, and his first in Florida. It’s a lot.
But this was also the first IndyCar race broadcast on FOX and we had… thoughts. Will Buxton’s debut was soothing, but not in a bad way as he finds his feet with Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe, but despite excellent first race TV numbers, there are issues with timing towers, graphics, storytelling and more. Listen in for a full explanation on a new Motorsport101!
