A driver-by-driver look at the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge:<\/p>\n
1. Felix Rosenqvist (No. 60 SiriusXM Honda): Played the fuel strategy perfectly before delivering a massive final lap that ended with the historic winning pass to become Sweden\u2019s third Indy winner (Kenny Brack in 1999, Marcus Ericsson in 2022).<\/p>\n
2. David Malukas (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): Was heartbroken to finish second for the second straight year, with this one hurting more given how close he was.<\/p>\n
3. Scott McLaughlin (No. 3 Pennzoil Team Penske Chevrolet): A year after crashing out ahead of the green flag, made a monstrous final charge, advancing from 10th position to finish a career-best third.<\/p>\n
4. Pato O\u2019Ward (No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet): Had the right fuel strategy but came up short in an outstanding run in a backup car.<\/p>\n
5. Marcus Armstrong (No. 66 Acura Honda): Had the lead for the one-lap shootout but couldn\u2019t hold back David Malukas, then fought teammate Felix Rosenqvist for second over most of the final lap before fading to fifth. He lifted rather than crashing.<\/p>\n
6. Rinus VeeKay (No. 76 Wedbush JHR DRR Chevrolet): Led six laps, giving him six leads in eight races, delivering his best Indy finish (was eighth in 2021 and ninth in 2024).<\/p>\n
7. Alex Palou (No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda): Pole sitter had one of the best cars throughout race, leading a race-high 59 laps before being on the wrong fuel strategy and getting buried in pack for final restart.<\/p>\n
8. Santino Ferrucci (No. 14 Homes For Our Troops Chevrolet): Continued his streak of top-10 Indy finishes, pushing total to eight races in succession to begin his career.<\/p>\n
9. Romain Grosjean (No. 18 Bmax.IO Honda): After receiving pit lane penalty, scored first top-10 Indy finish after finishing 31st, 30th and 19th; also led his first three laps in \u201c500.\u201d<\/p>\n
10. Takuma Sato (No. 75 Amada Honda): Two-time Indy winner used the alternate fuel strategy to quietly score his third top-10 finish in the past four \u201c500s.\u201d<\/p>\n
11. Nolan Siegel (No. 7 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet): For a driver who failed to earn an Indy starting position in 2024, this race\u2019s youngest driver has finished 13th and 11th in consecutive years.<\/p>\n
12. Conor Daly (No. 23 DRR Kingspan ARCO Chevrolet): Posted race\u2019s fastest lap and led four laps before being on the wrong side of the strategies. Drove a full segment with a mirror askew.<\/p>\n
13. Marcus Ericsson (No. 28 Phoenix Investors Honda): On the wrong strategy but moved up to fifth in the second half of the race before needing to pit for the final time.<\/p>\n
14. Kyffin Simpson (No. 8 Sunoco Chip Ganassi Racing Honda): Led four laps on alternate fuel strategy to boost his career Indy total to seven laps led (in three races).<\/p>\n
15. Scott Dixon (No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda): Led 32 laps to push his career Indy record to 709. Was leading at the halfway point when light rain covered the track.<\/p>\n
16. Kyle Kirkwood (No. 26 Sam\u2019s Club Honda): Steadily moved up from 25th starting position, but lost ground to Alex Palou this month in pursuit of season championship.<\/p>\n
17. Christian Lundgaard (No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet): Joined the group on the alternate fuel strategy, but it was a difficult day mostly mid-pack.<\/p>\n
18. Mick Schumacher (No. 47 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda): Was the top-finishing rookie and second-highest finisher among the four Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing drivers; brushed the Turn 2 wall to bring out final caution.<\/p>\n
19. Dennis Hauger (No. 19 Only Bulls Honda): Came to pit road on Lap 165 in second place, but was penalized for speeding, a crushing blow to a solid performance.<\/p>\n
20. Graham Rahal (No. 15 United Rentals Honda): He said he couldn\u2019t follow other closely, a disappointing race on the 40th anniversary of his father\u2019s 1986 victory.<\/p>\n
21. Louis Foster (No. 45 Droplight Honda): He was happy to complete all 200 laps given how loose his car was throughout the race.<\/p>\n
22. Jack Harvey (No. 24 DRR INVST Chevrolet): Seemed positioned for a better result with smart fuel strategy, but starting on the last row is a challenge.<\/p>\n
23. Sting Ray Robb (No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Coodheart Chevrolet): One of five drivers to finish a lap off the winner\u2019s pace.<\/p>\n
24. Jacob Abel (No. 51 Abel Construction Company Chevrolet): Completed 198 laps in his first \u201c500.\u201d<\/p>\n
25. Helio Castroneves (No. 06 Cleveland Cliffs Honda): Suffered a failed hybrid system but passed A.J. Foyt as the driver with the most miles completed in Indy history; also won the race as a minority owner of Meyer Shank Racing w\/ Curb-Agajanian.<\/p>\n
26. Caio Collet (No. 4 Combitrans Amazonia Chevrolet): Led nine laps and was in 11th place when he lost control in Turn 2 and slammed the wall in a fiery impact.<\/p>\n
27. Christian Rasmussen (No. 21 Splenda Chevrolet): Led the race for the second consecutive year, pushing his career total to 11 laps led.<\/p>\n
28. Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet): Two-time Indy winner charged from 23rd and was fourth on the Lap 125 restart when he dropped his left front tire on the rumble strip, spun and hit the Turn 4 wall.<\/p>\n
29. Will Power (No. 26 TWG AI Honda): A challenging month for the 2018 winner ended with fluid on his rear tires, leading to a spin as he drove onto Turn 1 access road.<\/p>\n
30. Alexader Rossi (No. 20 Java House Chevrolet): Race ended as last year\u2019s race did, with the ECR car smoking on pit road prior to the race\u2019s halfway point.<\/p>\n
31. Ed Carpenter (No. 33 Slimfast Special Chevrolet): Was in the middle of a three-wide battle when the group arrived in Turn 3; he wasn\u2019t pleased with how Takuma Sato handled being on the outside of him.<\/p>\n
32. Ryan Hunter-Reay (No. 31 Prize Picks Arrow McLaren Chevrolet): Fought loose car through the race\u2019s first segment before losing control and spinning in Turn 2 on Lap 18.<\/p>\n
33. Katherine Legge (No. 11 e.l.f. Cosmetics Chevrolet): Advanced from 33rd starting position to 27th before Ryan Hunter-Reay spun, and she did a marvelous job to avoid hitting his car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A driver-by-driver look at the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge: 1. Felix Rosenqvist (No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-459141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}