Alex Palou suffered a power failure seconds before Sunday’s race began at the Milwaukee Mile in a blow to the IndyCar season championship leader.

Palou was out of his car as it was being towed back to the garage for an evaluation of the hybrid engine as the race was roaring on around him. Chip Ganassi Racing said after Palou returned to the race 29 laps into it that the problem was with a battery.

Palou went into Sunday with a 43-point lead over Will Power and two races remaining on the schedule. The Spaniard theoretically could have wrapped up his third title in four years with a strong performance.

Instead, his car came to a stop during the warmup laps. The race started under yellow and Palou was pushed back to his pit stall, where the Ganassi team was frantically trying to diagnose the issue.

The race ended too late for this edition.

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