- Reigning and three-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou’s #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to feature HRC branding for Barber Motorsports Park round
- The HRC Honda machine will race in the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix May 4th
- The collaboration celebrates the success of the CGR and Honda partnership, while also bringing awareness to the new HRC US performance parts business
The current NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader, Alex Palou, will have a new look for the 2025 Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix this weekend as his #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda will sport a Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) livery.
The HRC livery is the same one previously run by Yuki Tsunoda at the HRC crossover event in Las Vegas last fall—an event in which Tsunoda, coached by CGR racer and six-time IndyCar champ Scott Dixon, got behind the wheel of an IndyCar for the first time.
Now, it will be Palou’s turn to take the striking red, white and blue livery to the track as he tries for his fourth win in three races to start the 2025 season—following victories at St. Petersburg and Thermal and a second-place finish at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The strong start to the year has Palou 34 points ahead in the championship as he looks for his third title in a row and fourth in just five years.
The three titles with Alex Palou and four of Dixon’s six titles make up just part of the 14 total championships Honda has scored with Chip Ganassi Racing. Other Honda-CGR championship winners include Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi, Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti.
In addition to celebrating the success Honda and Chip Ganassi Racing have had over the years, the livery brings awareness to the new HRC US business ventures announced in the last six months. This includes the HRC performance parts business which debuted at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas last November, and will feature genuine HRC parts for Acura and Honda road cars. Meanwhile, the HRC Originals clothing line was launched at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach earlier this month.
Quotes
David Salters (President, Honda Racing Corporation USA): “We are excited to be the primary partner on the #10 CGR Honda at Barber Motorsports Park. We’ve had a very successful long-term partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing and both of us have seen a lot of success from that collaboration. Alex Palou has done an incredible job the last few years and to kick off this 2025 season and coming on board the No. 10 car seemed liked a great opportunity for visibility around the HRC brand and our new performance parts business.”
Chip Ganassi (Owner, Chip Ganassi Racing): “Over the years, we have had many successes working with Honda, winning multiple championships and Indianapolis 500s. We are looking forward to partnering with them at Barber on the No. 10, and hope Alex and the team will continue their successful start to the year.”
