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Álex Palou Montalbo (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈaləks ˈpalɔw monˈtalbu]; born 1 April 1997) is a Spanish racing driver who drives for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series, where he won the 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 championships and the 2025 Indianapolis 500. He is the first Spanish racing driver to win a national championship in American open-wheel racing history and also the first Spaniard to win in the GP3 Series and the Indianapolis 500.
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2005 | Spanish Championship — Alevín | 3rd | |
| 2006 | Spanish Championship — Alevín | 1st | |
| Copa Campeones — Cadet | 1st | ||
| 2007 | Trofeo delle Industrie — Minikart | 8th | |
| 2008 | Spanish Championship — Cadet | 13th | |
| Torneo Industrie — Minikart | Ramon Palou | 5th | |
| Euro Trophy — 60 Mini | 2nd | ||
| 2009 | Spanish Championship — Cadet | 3rd | |
| 2010 | Spanish Championship — KF3 | 5th | |
| Copa Campeones — KF3 | 8th | ||
| 2011 | Spanish Championship — KF3 | 1st | |
| South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 | Genikart Lpt | 20th | |
| WSK Master Series — KF3 | 20th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — KF3 | 14th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 | 8th | ||
| 2012 | Spanish Championship — KF3 | CRG | 1st |
| Copa Campeones — KZ2 | 2nd | ||
| South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 | 11th | ||
| Andrea Margutti Trophy — KF3 | 3rd | ||
| WSK Master Series — KF3 | 6th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — KF3 | 1st | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 | 2nd | ||
| CIK-FIA World Cup — KF3 | 4th | ||
| 2013 | Spanish Championship — KF2 | CRG | 1st |
| WSK Euro Series — KF | 16th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — KF | 10th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Cup — KF | 16th | ||
| 2014 | South Garda Winter Cup — KZ2 | CRG | 17th |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2014 | Euroformula Open Championship | Campos Racing | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 242 | 3rd |
| Spanish Formula 3 Championship | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 105 | 2nd | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | Fortec Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 16th | |
| BRDC Formula 4 Championship | Sean Walkinshaw Racing – Caterham F1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 23rd | |
| 2015 | GP3 Series | Campos Racing | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 10th |
| 2016 | GP3 Series | Campos Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15th |
| Ferrari Challenge Europe - Trofeo Pirelli (Pro) | StileF Squadra Corse | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 7th | |
| 2017 | Japanese Formula 3 Championship | Threebond with Drago Corse | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 102 | 3rd |
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th | ||
| World Series Formula V8 3.5 | Teo Martín Motorsport | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 10th | |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21st | |
| 2018 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Hitech Bullfrog GP | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 204 | 7th |
| Macau Grand Prix | B-Max Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
| 2019 | Super GT - GT300 | McLaren Customer Racing Japan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15th |
| Super Formula | TCS Nakajima Racing | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 3rd | |
| 2020 | IndyCar Series | Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 238 | 16th |
| 2021 | IndyCar Series | Chip Ganassi Racing | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 549 | 1st |
| 2022 | IndyCar Series | Chip Ganassi Racing | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 510 | 5th |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Cadillac Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 24th | |
| 2023 | IndyCar Series | Chip Ganassi Racing | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 656 | 1st |
| Formula One | McLaren F1 Team | Reserve driver | |||||||
| 2024 | IndyCar Series | Chip Ganassi Racing | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 544 | 1st |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | Cadillac Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 242 | 34th | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26th | ||
| GT World Challenge America - Pro | Mercedes-AMG Team Lone Star Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2025 | IndyCar Series | Chip Ganassi Racing | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 711 | 1st |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 587 | 28th | |
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
| 2014 | Campos Racing | NÜR11 | NÜR2Ret | ALG13 | ALG23 | JER14 | JER22 | HUN12 | HUN21 | SIL12 | SIL22 | SPA12 | SPA25 | MNZ1Ret | MNZ216 | CAT12 | CAT21 | 3rd | 242 |
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2015 | Campos Racing | CATFEA12 | CATSPR20 | RBRFEA14 | RBRSPRRet | SILFEARet | SILSPR13 | HUNFEA19 | HUNSPR18 | SPAFEA7 | SPASPR5 | MNZFEA7 | MNZSPR10 | SOCFEA4 | SOCSPR9 | BHRFEARet | BHRSPR10 | YMCFEA8 | YMCSPR1 | 10th | 51 |
| 2016 | Campos Racing | CATFEA19 | CATSPR14 | RBRFEA16 | RBRSPR11 | SILFEA10 | SILSPR2 | HUNFEA11 | HUNSPR14 | HOCFEA16 | HOCSPR19† | SPAFEA13 | SPASPR11 | MNZFEA11 | MNZSPR7 | SEPFEA14 | SEPSPR19 | YMCFEA10 | YMCSPR5 | 15th | 22 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2017 | Threebond with Drago Corse | OKA114 | OKA121 | OKA132 | SUZ112 | SUZ122 | FUJ111 | FUJ124 | OKA218 | OKA221 | SUZ214 | SUZ222 | FUJ213 | FUJ224 | MOT1Ret | MOT23 | MOT37 | AUT12 | AUT24 | SUG15 | SUG25 | 3rd | 102 |
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2017 | Teo Martín Motorsport | SIL1 | SIL2 | SPA1 | SPA2 | MNZ1 | MNZ2 | JER1 | JER2 | ALC1 | ALC2 | NÜR111 | NÜR21 | MEX13 | MEX2Ret | COA15 | COA22 | BHR1 | BHR2 | 10th | 68 |
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2017 | Campos Racing | BHRFEA | BHRSPR | CATFEA | CATSPR | MONFEA | MONSPR | BAKFEA | BAKSPR | RBRFEA | RBRSPR | SILFEA | SILSPR | HUNFEA | HUNSPR | SPAFEA | SPASPR | MNZFEA | MNZSPR | JERFEA8 | JERSPR8 | YMCFEA12 | YMCSPR12 | 21st | 5 |
| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race | Ref |
| 2017 | ThreeBond Racing with Drago Corse | Dallara F314 | 21st | 18th | 11th | |
| 2018 | B-Max Racing Team | Dallara F312 | 13th | 12th | DNF |
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
| 2018 | Hitech Bullfrog GP | Mercedes | PAU17 | PAU22 | PAU319 | HUN112 | HUN23 | HUN3Ret | NOR111 | NOR24 | NOR3Ret | ZAN110 | ZAN24 | ZAN36 | SPA12 | SPA211 | SPA39 | SIL17 | SIL211 | SIL37 | MIS18 | MIS22 | MIS36 | NÜR1Ret | NÜR26 | NÜR33 | RBR13 | RBR2Ret | RBR310 | HOC14 | HOC28 | HOC33 | 7th | 204 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | McLaren Customer Racing Japan | McLaren 720S GT3 | GT300 | OKA19 | FUJ14 | SUZ13 | CHA | FUJRet | AUT2 | SUG12 | MOT7 | 15th | 20 |
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | TCS Nakajima Racing | Honda | SUZRet | AUT6 | SUG13 | FUJ1 | MOT4 | OKA4 | SUZ19 | 3rd | 26 |
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | WDC | Points |
| 2022 | McLaren F1 Team | McLaren MCL36 | Mercedes AMG F1 M13 E Performance V6 t | BHR | SAU | AUS | EMI | MIA | ESP | MON | AZE | CAN | GBR | AUT | FRA | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | SIN | JPN | USATD | MXC | SAP | ABU | – | – |
| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2020 | Dale Coyne Racingw/ Team Goh | 55 | Dallara DW12 | Honda | TXS23 | IMS19 | ROA3 | ROA7 | IOW11 | IOW14 | INDY28 | GTW15 | GTW12 | MOH12 | MOH23 | IMS17 | IMS9 | STP13 | 16th | 238 | |||||
| 2021 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 10 | ALA1* | STP17 | TXS4 | TXS7 | IMS3 | INDY2 | DET15 | DET3 | ROA1 | MOH3 | NSH7 | IMS27 | GTW20 | POR1 | LAG2 | LBH4 | 1st | 549 | |||||
| 2022 | STP2 | TXS7 | LBH3 | ALA2 | IMS18 | INDY9 | DET6 | ROA27 | MOH2 | TOR6 | IOW6 | IOW13 | IMS10 | NSH3* | GTW9 | POR12 | LAG1* | 5th | 510 | ||||||
| 2023 | STP8 | TXS3 | LBH5 | ALA5 | IMS1* | INDY4 | DET1* | ROA1 | MOH1* | TOR2 | IOW8 | IOW3 | NSH3 | IMS7 | GTW7 | POR1* | LAG3 | 1st | 656 | ||||||
| 2024 | STP4 | THE11* | LBH3 | ALA5 | IMS1* | INDY5 | DET16 | ROA4 | LAG1* | MOH2* | IOW23 | IOW2* | TOR4 | GTW4 | POR2 | MIL5 | MIL19 | NSH11 | 1st | 544 | |||||
| 2025 | STP1 | THE1 | LBH2 | ALA1* | IMS1 | INDY1 | DET25 | GTW8 | ROA1 | MOH2* | IOW5 | IOW1* | TOR12* | LAG1* | POR3 | MIL2* | NSH2 | 1st | 711 | ||||||
| 2026 | STP | PHX | ARL | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | GTW | ROA | MOH | NSH | POR | MRK | MIL | MIL | LAG | -* | 0* | ||||||
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
| 2020 | Dallara | Honda | 7 | 28 | Dale Coyne Racing w/ Team Goh |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | |||
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | |||
| 2025 | 6 | 1 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2022 | Cadillac Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY7 | SEB | LBH | LGA | MOH | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | PET | 24th | 266 | |
| 2024 | Cadillac Racing | GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8 | DAY10 | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | 34th | 242 | ||
| 2025 | Acura Meyer Shank Racingw/Curb-Agajanian | GTP | Acura ARX-06 | Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 | DAY8 | SEB3 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | 28th | 587 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | mw- Pos. | ClassPos. |
| 2022 | Cadillac Racing | Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 722 | 14th | 7th |
| 2024 | Cadillac Racing | Sébastien Bourdais Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande | Cadillac V-Series.R | GTP | 423 | 47th | 10th |
| 2025 | Acura Meyer Shank Racingw/Curb-Agajanian | Kakunoshin Ohta Renger van der Zande Nick Yelloly | Acura ARX-06 | GTP | 741 | 14th | 14th |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points | |
| 2024 | Cadillac Racing | Hypercar | Cadillac V-Series.R | Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS7 | SAP | COA | FUJ | BHR | 26th | 12 | |
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| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | ClassPos. |
| 2024 | Cadillac Racing | Earl Bamber Alex Lynn | Cadillac V-Series.R | Hypercar | 311 | 7th | 7th |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded byNobuharu Matsushita | Super FormulaRookie Champion 2019 | Succeeded byToshiki Oyu |
| Preceded byScott Dixon | IndyCar SeriesChampion 2021 | Succeeded byWill Power |
| Preceded byWill Power | IndyCar SeriesChampion 2023–2025 | Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Preceded byJosef Newgarden | Indianapolis 500Winner 2025 | Succeeded byIncumbent |