Arrow McLaren Serves Danish at Sonsio Grand Prix of Indianapolis

Christian Lundgaard Wins Grand Prix of Indianapolis Gavin Baker - Getty Images Lundgaard halts Alex Palou’s march, denies him fourth-straight triumph in this race. Mick Schumacher reveals he has raced with a broken wrist since opener. Meet ‘Timmy Kachow’ With a daring zig and zag in the Turns 5 and 6 chicane leading to the backstretch with 18 laps to go, Danish driver Christian Lundgaard powered past David Malukas.

And the Copenhagen native never loosened his grip on the lead Saturday to win the Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Not only a prelude to the NTT IndyCar Series’ May 24 marquee Indianapolis 500, this race on the 14-turn, 2. 439-mile road course delivered hope for the Arrow McLaren driver and the rest of the field that Alex Palou could be contained.

Lundgaard denied Palou a fourth-consecutive victory at this event. Palou won three of the series’ first five races, led the standings, and captured the pole position for Saturday’s event, and it appeared the Chip Ganassi Racing phenom was on pace to seize even more momentum heading into the yardstick for every driver’s performance. But Palou, who finished fifth, 14.

339 seconds off Lundgaard’s tempo, ultimately was outmaneuvered by third-place Graham Rahal and fourth-place Josef Newgarden, as well. “I really didn’t expect this today. I hoped for it.