Power now has 40 IndyCar wins and 63 poles to his name but added only one to each tally in 2021, having had a difficult middle-third of the season in which not only luck but also his usual pace temporarily deserted him.
Following his victory in August’s race on the Indianapolis road course, he explained his dip in form.
“It was such a weird slump for me because normally when I’m not winning it’s not because of lack of pace,” the 2014 champion and 2018 Indy 500 winner told the media. “But there have been times this year where, yeah, it’s been a struggle to get the pace, to get the car right… I wouldn’t say it’s exactly a lack of pace: it was doing mistakes in qualifying, which is very unusual for me. I’d usually really put [a flying lap] together…
“This year I’ve been on laps that will get me through each round and then I’ll make a little mistake or something will go wrong, I’ll get traffic. All that is so important to control – and I wasn’t.
“Like, last week [at…
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