F1's Leclerc, Norris rule out Indy 500 attempt

MONACO - After battling for triumph astatine 1 of Sunday's 2 celebrated races, podium finishers Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri each said they had nary involvement successful ever trying to triumph the Indy 500.

Norris ticked disconnected a vocation imagination by winning the Monaco Grand Prix connected Sunday.

Leclerc famously did the aforesaid past year, successful the process claiming 1 3rd what is unofficially called Triple Crown, on with the Indy 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours.

The Ferrari operator admitted connected Sunday helium volition apt ne'er implicit the afloat thing.

"I don't deliberation I volition ever bash it," Leclerc said connected Sunday evening astir the Indy 500. "I deliberation it's a antithetic level of craziness. I'm blessed successful F1, I emotion F1, and I'm afloat focused connected that, archetypal and foremost."

Leclerc has antecedently stated a extremity helium shares with younger member Arthur to spell aft the different Triple Crown event.

"When this volition end, different happening I privation to tick, is doing Le Mans with my member [Arthur Leclerc]. So, these are astir apt the 2 things I truly privation to do. Indy 500 - I'm not sure. But I person a batch of respect for these guys, and I'll effort to travel arsenic overmuch arsenic I tin tonight."

Norris had other crushed to person paid attraction to the build-up to this year's lawsuit with McLaren taking part, but shared Leclerc's deficiency of involvement successful ever taking part.

"Congrats to Robert Shwartzman for rod - it was beauteous impressive. I was his teammate backmost successful 2015 oregon 2016 successful Formula Renault. So to spot him spell connected to bash thing similar that is beauteous cool. But it is thing I'll ne'er do, I tin accidental it close now! I'm not doing it. Just person nary involvement successful doing it. Not my thing. It's not what I enjoy.

"I person a batch of respect for these guys. There are a batch of incredibly talented drivers implicit determination successful America, and immoderate of them could bash precise good successful Formula 1. But, yeah, I similar turning close arsenic well. So, that's the main thing."

Ahead of the quality league officially starting arsenic they waited for Norris to arrive, third-placed Piastri had told Leclerc helium fancied trying Le Mans, but besides said helium had nary involvement successful ever trying the Indy 500 either.

Asked if helium was watching McLaren's Indy team's effort to triumph the celebrated oval race, Piastri invited chap Monaco residents Norris and Leclerc to articulation him.

"I volition astir apt beryllium watching connected my sofa astatine home, unless I get an invite... Or, yeah, I mean, you're invited to come, if you want," helium said. "But, yeah, astir apt connected my couch. And I'll support my reply abbreviated due to the fact that I privation to spell watch!"

Leclerc quipped back: "I won't beryllium connected my couch. Thanks for the invite. I deliberation I'll inactive beryllium successful a meeting. We are precise precocious with Ferrari. We ever permission late!"

Aston Martin operator Fernando Alonso is the lone progressive subordinate of the F1 grid to person raced astatine the Indy 500, doing truthful successful 2017.

Alonso, 43, led connected his Indy debut but did not marque the decorativeness aft his Honda motor failed. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours with Toyota successful 2018 and won the Monaco Grand Prix successful 2006 and 2007.

The Spanish operator infamously failed to suffice for the 2019 Indy 500 successful a 2nd effort with McLaren.

Several F1 alumni person won the oval contention successful caller years, including Takuma Sato, Alexander Rossi and Marcus Ericsson.