First statement on the Speedway for the Spanish driver, who continues his seasonal domain: five successes and a second place in six races
Looking at the data of the 2025 season of the Indycar, the winner of the 500 miles of Indianapolis could seem obvious: with four successes and a second place in the first five races, the Spaniard Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing was the mandatory favorite at the start. After a positive, but not sparkling qualification, the three -time champion of the American series has distinguished himself for a careful and intelligent race conduct, without ever taking unnecessary risks. A feature that has distinguished him since he landed in the United States, together with the ability to better manage Firestone tires. The decisive overtaking against Marcus Ericsson He arrived at about twenty laps from the end: there was all the star of the 28 -year -old Catalan, who not surprisingly had declared that he could not be satisfied with a career in which he had not won the 500 miles. You will not have to worry about this eventuality, but it will be able to focus on the victory of a title that would already seem mortgaged after only six races, with 115 points ahead of the first pursuer Pato O’Ward.
Raish risk
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The day on the Indianapolis oval did not start best, with an uncertain weather in the hours before the race: A few drops of rain It caused a delay of about an hour in the departure. Even before the green flag waved, the first protagonist had to withdraw: the New Zealand Scott McLaughlin He ended up against the wall of the first curve while heating the tires. At the same point the race of Marco Andretti ended a few minutes later. The first laps of the race took place in a situation of the yellow flag and peace car on the track. At the first real restart, the poleman Robert Shwartzman of the Italian team Prema Racing has quickly lost its head to the benefit of Takuma Satobefore giving way to Pato O’ward and Felix Rosenqvist. The Japanese ex -Formula 1 veteran has kept the top of the ranking for a long time, before selling it due to an error in the pit stop phase: arrived long at the box, she lost several seconds before being put in place. In the meantime, the race has lost other protagonists, including the former winner Alexander Rossi, for a technical problem, and Shwartzman, finished against the pound of the pits during a Pit Stop phase. Collection also for the Nascar pilot Kyle Larsonwhich as last year tried to complete “The Double”, or the 500 miles of Indianapolis and the Coca-Cola 600 of the Nascar Cup Series on the Charlotte track.
Final battle
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After the first 100 laps characterized by numerous accidents and interruptions, the second half of the race took place in a more linear way and in the green flag regime. A clear group of pilots favored for the victory emerged, which saw the US Conor Daly and David Malukas, Alex Palou and the Mexican O’Ward inside. Marcus Ericsson, winner in 2022, has been inserted in this fight in the last 30 laps, emerging in command from the last stop and trying to resist the arrearous Spanish reigning champion. Palou has climbed the Swedish and kept the positiontaking advantage of two cars in front of him about to be dubbed, who pulled the trail allowing him to resist potential attacks. Ericsson crossed the finish line in second place in front of an excellent Malukaswhile the top 5 was completed by Pato O’ward and Felix Rosenqvist. To report a good 12th final place for the second car of Prema in the race, that of Callum Ilott.
Indy 500, the ranking of the top 10
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Here’s how the top 10 in the ranking crossed the finish line:
- Alex Palou (Spa \ Chip Ganassi \ Honda) 200 rpm
- Marcus Ericsson (Sve \ Andretti \ Honda) at 0 “682
- David Malukas (USA \ aj Foyt \ Chevrolet) at 1 “143
- Pato O’ward (Mex \ Arrow McLaren \ Chevrolet) at 2 “133
- Felix Rosenqvist (Sve \ Meyer Shank \ Honda) at 2 “946
- Kyle Kirkwood (USA \ Andretti \ Honda) at 3 “982
- Santino Ferrucci (USA \ aj Foyt \ Chevrolet) at 4 “990
- Christian Rasmussen (Dan \ and Carpenter Racing \ Chevrolet) at 6 “027
- Christian Lunggaard (Dan \ Arrow McLaren \ Chevrolet) at 9 “259
- Conor Daly (USA \ Juncos \ Chevrolet) at 13 “313
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