Spain's Alex Palou won Sunday's IndyCar Thermal Club Grand Prix, opening the 2025 campaign with back-to-back wins as he chases a third consecutive season crown and fourth in five years.
Palou, who took the season opener three weeks ago at St. Petersburg, Florida, was 10.1 seconds ahead of runner-up Pato O'Ward of Mexico to capture his 13th IndyCar triumph.
"What an amazing weekend," Palou said. "We had a really fast car since practice. Everybody executed really well. The car executed perfectly."
Following Palou and O'Ward after 65 caution-free laps over a 3.067-mile, 17-turn road course in the California desert were Denmark's Christian Lundgaard and American Colton Herta.