Starting from 8th place Car 6 Helio Castroneves, Honda, won the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500. This is his 31st win & 4th Indy 500 win. This is his 1st win of 2021. After being let go by Team Penske the 46 year old proved there is still wins in him. 2nd Place Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, started from 6th place. 3rd Place Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, started from 26th place.
4th Place Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, started from 12th place followed by 5th place Car 20 Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, started from 4th place. 6th Place Car 45 Santino Ferrucci, Honda, started from 23rd place followed by 7th place Car 24 Sage Karam, Chevrolet, started from 31st place. 8th Place Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, started from 3rd place followed by 9th place Car 86 Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, started from 5th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 48 Tony Kanaan, Honda, in 10th place, started from 16th place. Canadian Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda finished in 21st place. Canadian Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet finished in 23rd place.
The race had 2 Cautions for 18 laps: 1st Caution on lap 34 for Contact: Car 25 in Pit Lane. 2nd Caution on lap 119 for Contact: Car 15 in Turn 2.
The race had 35 Lead changes among 13 drivers: Lap Leaders: Herta, 1, VeeKay, 2-30, Herta, 31-32, Dixon, 33-35, Castroneves, 36-38, Herta, 39-48, VeeKay, 49, Daly, 50-70, Castroneves, 71-76, Palou, 77, O’Ward, 78, Rahal, 79-81, VeeKay, 82-83, Daly, 84-102, O’Ward, 103-113, Rahal, 114-118, Palou, 119-124, Castroneves, 125-126, O’Ward, 127-130, Palou, 131-147, Castroneves, 148-149, O’Ward, 150, Sato, 151-156, Rosenqvist, 157, Dixon, 158-161, Palou, 162-168, Castroneves, 169-171, Palou, 172, Pagenaud, 173-175, Karam, 176-177, Ferrucci, 178-179, Rosenqvist, 180-192, Sato, 193, Castroneves, 194-195, Palou, 196-198, Castroneves, 199-200.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings: Palou 248, Dixon 212, O’Ward 211, Pagenaud 201, VeeKay 191, Newgarden 184, Herta 154, Rahal 148, McLaughlin 143, Ericsson 138.
105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge Race Results:
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – Results Sunday of the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, car, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
| 1. (8) Car 6 Helio Castroneves, Honda, 200, Running |
| 2. (6) Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, 200, Running |
| 3. (26) Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 4. (12) Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 5. (4) Car 20 Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 6. (23) Car 45 Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 200, Running |
| 7. (31) Car 24 Sage Karam, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 8. (3) Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 9. (24) Car 86 Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 10. (5) Car 48 Tony Kanaan, Honda, 200, Running |
| 11. (9) Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 200, Running |
| 12. (21) Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 13. (19) Car 47 Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 14. (15) Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, 200, Running |
| 15. (22) Car 1 JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 16. (2) Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, 200, Running |
| 17. (1) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, 200, Running |
| 18. (20) Car 60 Jack Harvey, Honda, 200, Running |
| 19. (25) Car 98 Marco Andretti, Honda, 200, Running |
| 20. (17) Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 200, Running |
| 21. (16) Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 200, Running – Canadian |
| 22. (7) Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 200, Running |
| 23. (30) Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 199, Running – Canadian |
| 24. (29) Car 59 Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 199, Running |
| 25. (13) Car 51 Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 199, Running |
| 26. (27) Car 14 Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 199, Running |
| 27. (14) Car 7 Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 199, Running |
| 28. (11) Car 18 Ed Jones, Honda, 199, Running |
| 29. (10) Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, 198, Running |
| 30. (32) Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, 197, Running |
| 31. (33) Car 16 Simona De Silvestro, Chevrolet, 169, Contact |
| 32. (18) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, 118, Contact |
| 33. (28) Car 25 Stefan Wilson, Honda, 32, Contact |
Race Statistics:
Winner’s average speed: 190.690 mph
Time of Race: 2:37:19.3846
Margin of victory: 0.4928 of a second
Cautions: 2 for 18 laps
Lead changes: 35 among 13 drivers
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