29 May, 2017
This time it is with Sato, who joined the team just this season and had largely been overlooked at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Following that fourth caution, Fernando Alonso made a pair of passes to take the lead in the race, ahead of Hunter-Reay and Rossi. As a matter of fact, it wasn't exactly a typical week for him either. I think not many race-car drivers in this world are courageous enough to do what Fernando just did.
Fans were hiding under umbrellas before last year's race, but shorts and sunglasses are the order of the day.
Only one of the team's five drivers, Will Power, qualified in the top half of the 33-car field.
"With three laps to go I really didn't know but I just knew I had to go for it!"
But he challenged for the lead much of the day, leading 27 laps before his Honda engine blew after 179 of 200 laps.
Takuma Sato, of Japan, heads into the first turn during the running of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 28, 2017, in Indianapolis.
He was among a six-car Andretti Autosport contingent that dominated most of the race. "We showed the great result today and I am very proud of it". "That's a good target for me to have something in mind". Alonso has enjoyed every minute at Indy, but hes not letting the hype around his quest to win racings version of the Triple Crown hes already won at Monaco in F1 and would like to someday run Le Mans distract him from his mission.
Now, it's back to the day job in Canada in two weeks' time. Fernando Alonso has two Formula One championships and 32 victories.
"It's tough", Dixon said. "Today he delivered the goods". The third cation came not long after that for a piece of debris on the track. "It was nice to come here", he said, noting that he has also been in Austin, Texas for the U.S. Grand Prix. This was an unbelievable experience. When he came back out, he was in front of Raikkonen. But just, you know, waiting the moment.
"To be here is not possible to compare (to) that thing".
It only took one to win "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing". "My tires were overshot a little bit, so I had to back off a bit. See you in Austin". Taku wasn't happy with the vehicle, we went back on it.
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It is the first time the 40-year-old Japanese driver has won the race.
Indy 500 rookie Jack Harvey was taken out by debris that came off Daly's vehicle, striking a piece and spinning off track as a result. Paul loves to explore abandoned race tracks both here and in Europe, with the Brooklands track in Weybridge England being his favorite.
British driver Jenson Button appeared to cause the incident when he got his McLaren too close to Wehrlein's Sauber as they turned into the lone tunnel on the course.