Chip Ganassi Racing as responded to the contract saga surrounding driver Alex Palou, after the Spaniard claimed that he would not be honouring his contract with McLaren for 2024. Both McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Palou's management team, Monaco Increase Management, expressed their disappointment with his decision. It is thought that McLaren has already been paid part of his wages for the 2024 season, with the team also running him in various F1 tests throughout last year.
Contract dispute rumbles on
Palou's current team, Chip Ganassi Racing, has issued a scathing response that is critical of McLaren management and accuses them of "playing victim" amid the while furore. It reads: "Anyone that knows me knows that I don't make a habit of commenting about contract situations. Subsequently, I have been quiet since day one of this story but now I feel I must respond. I grew up respecting the McLaren Team and their success. The new management does not get my same respect. "Alex Palou has been a part of our team and under contract since the 2021 season. It is the interference of that contract from McLaren that began this process and ironically, they are now playing the victim. Simply stated, the position of McLaren IndyCar regarding our driver is inaccurate and wrong; he remains under contract with CGR."
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