Álex Palou

Five — in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, all with Chip Ganassi Racing. Four of them are consecutive, and no other driver has won five in six seasons. Only A. J. Foyt, with seven, and Scott Dixon, with six, have won more American open-wheel championships.

Yes, in 2025. He passed Marcus Ericsson on lap 187 and led to the finish. It was the first oval victory of his career, and he became the first Spanish driver to have his face on the Borg-Warner Trophy.

Twenty-five, from 115 starts, along with 51 podium finishes. His first came at Barber in 2021, on his first start for Chip Ganassi Racing, and his most recent at Portland in 2026.

Not in a grand prix. He was a McLaren reserve driver in 2022 and 2023, tested the MCL35M and drove in free practice at the 2022 United States Grand Prix, which he described as "insane".

Chip Ganassi Racing announced a contract extension in July 2022 with a quote attributed to Palou that he said the team had written without his approval; McLaren announced signing him hours later. An arrangement to move him to McLaren for 2024 collapsed, and in January 2026 the London High Court ruled that he owed McLaren around twelve million dollars, while dismissing the claim relating to Formula One losses. Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing and McLaren announced a private settlement in February 2026.

Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, a town north of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. He now lives in Indianapolis with his wife Esther and their child.

Euroformula Open, the GP3 Series — where in 2016 he became the first Spaniard to win a race — a part-season of Formula V8 3.5, then Japanese Formula 3, Super GT and Super Formula, finishing third in the Japanese single-seater championship in 2019.

Yes. He clinched his fifth title at Milwaukee, with the Laguna Seca finale still to be run, having won six races including St. Petersburg, Barber, Long Beach, Detroit, Nashville and Portland.