Romain Grosjean’s starring performance at Laguna Seca and a narrowed-down title fight between Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward at Long Beach are the key talking points on The Race IndyCar Podcast this week.

Two-thirds of the way through a rapid-fire IndyCar showdown on the west coast, hosts Jack Benyon and JR Hildebrand detail Colton Herta’s win, how he has the ability to be dominant on certain weekends and the way he’s able to develop his car set-up to suit his style.

With O’Ward’s late-race Laguna slump, he trails Palou by 34 points heading to Long Beach; Hildebrand is a double top five finisher in IndyCar at the venue and outlines what he expects from the title battle and the challenges the drivers will face at this circuit.

Grosjean’s outstanding overtaking was the obvious story of the race, but Hildebrand spotted something impressive in Grosjean’s driving which he explains, adding that he believes the established series veterans will be trying to find out the secrets of his braking style which is so aggressive.

JR and Jack also round up the latest news and speculation around the driver market for 2022, with Grosjean among the drivers expected to be switching seats over the winter.

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