Alex Palou wins fifth IndyCar title, fourth consecutive, at Milwaukee

Four consecutive championships in a single-seater series is the kind of dominance that reframes how a driver is discussed historically, and Palou has now done it in a series where car parity and oval unpredictability make sustained supremacy genuinely hard to manufacture. The Milwaukee setting matters too — a short oval where races can unravel quickly — which means this wasn't a points-management formality. Five titles in six seasons puts Palou in a conversation that goes well beyond current-generation comparisons, and the trajectory shows no sign of plateauing.