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IndyCar prima Pato O’Ward sounded disconnected astir the Indianapolis 500 aft Alex Palou passed Marcus Ericsson with 14 laps to spell to triumph the contention for the archetypal clip successful his career.
The Arrow McLaren operator took contented with the deficiency of combat from Ericsson erstwhile Palou passed him for the pb precocious successful the race, arsenic good arsenic however immoderate of the restarts took place.
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Arrow McLaren operator Pato O'Ward, #5, claps Sunday, May 25, 2025 up of the 109th moving of the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
"Pretty crap contention I would say. Just kinda sucks that it went down to -- the switcheroo was for the past presumption of the contention and Ericsson really kinda choked determination and fto Palou by and conscionable benignant of … helium conscionable had to pedal it there," helium told FOX Sports. "I don’t deliberation it’s a decorativeness anybody present woulda wanted to see.
"I conscionable consciousness similar determination was a clump of non-experience successful the beforehand of the restarts and immoderate of those restarts were pathetic. Those were not of the level that we should beryllium seeing astatine the Indy 500. It conscionable felt similar we were playing roulette successful a casino and picking extracurricular oregon wrong and conscionable depending connected what everyone other was choosing you either got screwed oregon you made similar 10 positions."
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Arrow McLaren SP operator Pato O'Ward, #5, races during the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis connected May 25, 2025. (Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)
O’Ward finished successful 4th spot aft starting the contention successful third.
"We got hosed determination a mates times but we made it backmost up a small spot aft being a spot much successful the middle," helium said. "I fought my mode arsenic hard arsenic I could."
There were 44 laps tally nether caution, starting from the precise opening arsenic rainfall plagued portion of the contention and past started with a Scott McLaughlin clang earlier the greenish emblem waves.
On the archetypal green-flag lap, Marco Andretti crashed into the wall.
Alex Palou is joined by his woman Esther Valle, right, and girl Lucia successful kissing the Yard of Bricks connected the start/finish enactment aft winning the Indianapolis 500 car contention astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis connected Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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However, the contention featured 22 pb changes among 14 drivers. It was Palou who ended up successful the winner’s ellipse by the clip the contention was over.
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