The XPEL Grand Prix at Road America was anything but boring. No fewer than five cautions led to a wide variety of strategies, resulting in nine different drivers leading at least one lap and the race lasting a full 8.5 minutes longer than last year! In the end, it was once again Alex Palou who claimed victory, extending his championship lead to 93 points. What else stood out? We break down the race weekend by the numbers.

106.7814 - On the very final lap of the race, Felix Rosenqvist set the fastest lap of the race: 1:46.7814, or 106.7814 seconds. Rosenqvist was hoping to close the gap to the fuel-saving Palou during that lap.

93 - Thanks to his win, Alex Palou now holds a commanding 93-point lead in the championship over Kyle Kirkwood, who sits second in the standings.

55 - Felix Rosenqvist's second-place finish marked the first championship-points podium for Meyer Shank Racing since Simon Pagenaud’s second-place result in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis in 2022 — 55 races ago. Rosenqvist did finish third at The Thermal Club last year, but that race didn’t count toward the championship.

50 - Alex Palou's win marked his 50th top-five finish in just 90 races! That means he has finished in the top five in 56% of all his races.

23 - With 23 overtakes, Christian Rasmussen passed more cars than anyone else. However, it didn’t do him much good; he finished only 18th.

19 - Among the classified finishers, Christian Lundgaard had the roughest day. After starting fifth, he ended up 24th — a drop of 19 positions.

17 - Kyffin Simpson earned the award for most positions gained; he started 23rd and finished sixth — a gain of 17 spots!

17 - Alex Palou's win was the 17th of his IndyCar career, moving him up to 26th on the all-time IndyCar winners list. He now shares that spot with Jimmie Murphy, Danny Sullivan and Tony Kanaan.

15 - Santino Ferrucci, Rinus VeeKay, Scott McLaughlin, Will Power, Colton Herta, Graham Rahal and Marcus Ericsson all managed to complete 15 laps on a single tank of fuel during the final stint. More than anoyone under green conditions.

12 - After no Penske cars finished at Gateway, things didn’t go much better at Road America — Scott McLaughlin was the highest-placed Penske car in 12th position!

11 - Louis Foster was the highest-finishing rookie in 11th place. That matched his best IndyCar finish, which also came during the Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Still, the Brit likely wasn’t thrilled; he started the race from pole position.

9 - Race control had a busy day; a season-high of nine (!!) penalties were handed out:

Rinus VeeKay ‘won’ in the worst way — he received three penalties. First, he had to drop to the back of the field for a false restart. Then he pitted before serving his penalty and received a drive-through for that. Later in the race, he caused a collision and had to drop three positions.

Conor Daly, Callum Ilott and Devlin DeFrancesco each had to drop three spots for blocking.

Conor Daly also received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for ignoring the AMR Safety Team and driving off with a tow cable still attached to his car.

Christian Lundgaard had to drop one position and David Malukas three positions for causing collisions.

9 - No fewer than nine different drivers led at least one lap: Scott Dixon (27 laps), Scott McLaughlin (8), Alex Palou (6), Christian Lundgaard (4), Louis Foster (3), Felix Rosenqvist (2), Kyffin Simpson (2), David Malukas (2) and Kyle Kirkwood (1 lap).

9 - With Alex Palou’s win, Honda has now claimed victory in all nine races this season. The streak is even more impressive considering the Japanese manufacturer also won the 2024 season finale in Nashville with Colton Herta.

8.5 - Even though the Road America race featured only two more cautions than last year, it still ran 8.5 minutes longer — over the same number of laps!

4 - Santino Ferrucci has now finished in the top five in four straight races. It’s the second time he’s finished third — but this time he kept the points. In Detroit, his car was found illegal during post-race inspection.

3 - It wasn’t a great day for most drivers who started in the top ten; only three of them (Alex Palou, Kyle Kirkwood and David Malukas) ended up finishing there.

3 - Rinus VeeKay started 22nd, received three penalties and still finished 10th — a remarkable result.

3 - It’s been a disastrous season for Josef Newgarden. For the third time in the last four races, he failed to finish, this time crashing out on his own coming out of the final corner. The Penske driver has now dropped to 17th in the IndyCar championship standings.

2 - For the second year in a row, the IndyCar race at Road America had a rookie on pole position. Last year it was Linus Lundqvist, this year it was Louis Foster.