Friday's judgement arrived months after the trial took place at London's High Court last fall Kristin Enzor/For IndyStar / USA Today Network via Imagn Images McLaren has been awarded more than $12million in its legal case against four-time IndyCar Series champion Alex Palou. As previously reported by The Athletic, the dispute dates back to October 2022, when Palou agreed to sign for McLaren’s IndyCar team, Arrow McLaren. Under that deal, it was agreed Palou would take up a position as McLaren’s reserve Formula 1 driver in 2023, with the possibility of promotion, before racing for their IndyCar team across the 2024, 2025 and 2026 seasons. He would also continue to drive for his existing Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) team in the 2023 season. However, in August 2023, Palou opted against making the move, instead choosing to stay with CGR. Palou, who won the IndyCar championship in 2021 with CGR, followed that up with further titles in 2023, 2024 and 2025. As Justice Simon Picken said in his judgement on Friday: “He is considered to be a generational talent — possibly even what is known as the ‘G.O.A.T’ or ‘greatest of all time’.”
Published: January 23, 2026 2:03 pm
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