Pato O’Ward finished the 2025 season 63 points ahead of third-place finisher Scott Dixon in the final standings. So combined with two victories, he enjoyed a great year. But he finished 196 points behind champion Alex Palou. And finishing that far behind the champion makes him know that work that had to be done in the offseason as INDYCAR heads into its 2026 opener Sunday on the streets of St. Petersburg (Noon ET, FOX). [POWER RANKINGS: Alex Palou Still the Driver to Beat in 2026] When O’Ward and Arrow McLaren went to work on trying to figure out how to catch Palou, there wasn’t just one simpl...

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