Felix Rosenqvist and David Malukas crossed the finish line separated by 0.0233 seconds, the smallest margin in 110 editions of the Indianapolis 500. Rosenqvist came third on the final‑lap restart, went to the high lane to pass Marcus Armstrong in Turn 4 and aimed for Malukas, who was already leading on the front straight. Malukas moved his car toward the wall to break the tow and then back to the middle of the track, but Rosenqvist went back to the outside, avoided contact and stuck the Honda No. 60 of Meyer Shank Racing out just before the checkered flag.

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The race saw 70 lead changes, a record for the event. Rosenqvist had become a father twenty days earlier, on May 4, and joked in the celebration that he and his wife Emille had fantasised about winning the race and having a baby in the same month. Meyer Shank Racing scored its second IndyCar victory, both in this very race. The previous one came in 2021 with Helio Castroneves.

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The race split into two pit strategies. Rosenqvist, Armstrong and Pato O'Ward made their final stops between laps 164 and 166, right on the fuel limit to make it to the end. Malukas, Scott McLaughlin and Alex Palou stopped between laps 175 and 176, more than twenty seconds behind, forcing them into a desperate charge. Rosenqvist used O'Ward's tow to save fuel, passed him on lap 185 and began building an advantage that seemed safe to manage without trouble.
That advantage vanished on lap 192, when Caio Collet hit the barrier in Turn 2 and brought out the sixth yellow flag of the day. Race control displayed the red flag, the cars were stopped in the pits, and all the fuel and pace calculations fell apart. "It was the perfect situation for us before that. Pato was just on the fuel limit and we had plenty. But when the red flag came out, everything turned upside down," Rosenqvist said.

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The restart came on lap 196, with Rosenqvist leading and O'Ward second. Armstrong took the lead on the outside in Turn 1, and Malukas tucked into his wake to move up to second. The seventh caution, caused by Mick Schumacher brushing the barrier on lap 197, left only one lap to decide the race. Armstrong led the restart, Malukas passed him into Turn 1, and Rosenqvist executed the move that gave him the victory.

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The margin of 0.0233 seconds broke the record from 1992, when Al Unser Jr. beat Scott Goodyear by 0.043 seconds. The top five finishers were separated by 0.4360 seconds, the closest top‑5 margin in the history of the race. The race featured 629 on‑track passes, 567 of them for position.
Malukas spoke with a broken voice in front of his team. Rosenqvist, who had been fastest in two qualifying rounds before dropping to fourth in the Fast Six, described the finish as the coolest way to end and win an Indy 500. Alex Palou started from pole and led 59 laps, more than any other driver. The second round of pit stops dropped him out of contention, and he finished seventh. With the 12 extra points from qualifying, the Spaniard keeps the championship lead with a 42‑point advantage over Malukas.

Scott McLaughlin was third in the other Penske, and Pato O'Ward fourth for Arrow McLaren. Armstrong completed the top five in the second Meyer Shank car. Josef Newgarden, winner in 2023 and 2024, retired on lap 124 after contact while climbing from 23rd place. Alexander Rossi retired on lap 91 with a mechanical problem after leading six laps. Katherine Legge and Ryan Hunter-Reay crashed in Turn 2 on lap 17, an incident that put them out of the race in the early stages.

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The next event on the calendar is the Detroit Grand Prix on May 31 on the city's street circuit. Rosenqvist will arrive with the Borg‑Warner freshly engraved.

110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Pos	Nº	driver	team	time
1	#60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian	Leader
2	#12	David Malukas	Team Penske	+0.023
3	#3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	+0.421
4	#5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	+0.427
5	#66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian	+0.436
6	#76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger Racing	+1.076
7	#10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	+1.095
8	#14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	+1.575
9	#18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne Racing	+2.073
10	#75	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	+2.451
11	#6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	+2.678
12	#23	Conor Daly	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	+2.724
13	#28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	+3.322
14	#8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	+3.806
15	#9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	+3.843
16	#27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian	+5.227
17	#7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	+6.302
18	#47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	+14.931
19	#19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne Racing	1 vuelta
20	#15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1 vuelta
21	#45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1 vuelta
22	#24	Jack Harvey	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1 vuelta
23	#77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	1 vuelta
24	#51	Jacob Abel	Abel Motorsports	2 vueltas
25	#06	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian	6 vueltas
26	#4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	9 vueltas
27	#21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	56 vueltas
28	#2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	76 vueltas
29	#26	Will Power	Andretti Global	109 vueltas
30	#20	Alexander Rossi	ECR	109 vueltas
31	#33	Ed Carpenter	ECR	174 vueltas
32	#31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Arrow McLaren	183 vueltas
33	#11	Katherine Legge	HMD Motorsports w/ AJ Foyt Racing	183 vueltas