IndyCar: The split between Ganassi and Palou has begun

The split between Chip Ganassi Racing and McLaren bound driver Alex Palou has begun. The first step has been taken.

Palou maintains nothing has changed in his commitment to Chip Ganassi Racing, but there is a twist in his working relationship with the team.

Palou revealed Friday before NTT IndyCar Series practice at Iowa Speedway that he no longer has remote access to engineering and setup data. The No. 10 Dallara-Honda driver said he still can look at the information at the track (but presumably with team supervision that would preclude saving the information).

“I don’t have the access I had before to the data and all that stuff from home,” Palou said. “When I’m here, I have it. Not from home like the same I had before. Which I understand. It’s normal. I think I’d do the same if it was my team. It changed, but I understand it. It’s not that I’m out of meetings and stuff like that.”