Alex Palou is in his sixth season in IndyCar and he has already cemented himself as an all-time great.
The Spanish driver won the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 over Marcus Ericsson and David Malukas. Palou faced challenges in the closing laps, but no one could close the distance.
Palou is a three-time champion of the series, winning the title in three of the last four seasons, but had not won on an oval before Sunday.
Palou's win continues an unbelievably dominant start to the season, where Palou has won all but one race, in which he came in second.
Who won the Indy 500? Full finishing order
Palou worked his way up the field to take the victory, while 2022 winner Ericsson came up just short once again. Pato O'Ward grabbed his fifth top six finish in six races at Indy after not qualifying in his first attempt.
Kyle Larson crashed before the halfway point, and Josef Newgarden's run for a three-peat ended due to a mechanical issue.
The Greatest Spectacle in Racing lacked passing in some key moments, but had plenty of chaos. One of the favorites to win, Scott McLaughlin, crashed before the green flag ever came out.
Position | Driver | Running/Cause of DNF |
|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Palou | |
2 | Marcus Ericsson | |
3 | David Malukas | |
4 | Pato O'Ward | |
5 | Felix Rosenqvist | |
6 | Kyle Kirkwood | |
7 | Santino Ferrucci | |
8 | Christian Rasmussen | |
9 | Christian Lundgaard | |
10 | Connor Daly | |
11 | Takuma Sato | |
12 | Callum Ilott | |
13 | Helio Castroneves | |
14 | Devlin Defrancesco | |
15 | Louis Foster | |
16 | Nolan Siegel | 1 lap down, crash |
17 | Colton Herta | 1 lap down |
18 | Ed Carpenter | 1 lap down |
19 | Will Power | 1 lap down |
20 | Graham Rahal | 1 lap down |
21 | Marcus Armstrong | 2 laps down |
22 | Jack Harvey | 2 laps down |
23 | Scott Dixon | 3 laps down |
24 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | DNF - Mechanical |
25 | Josef Newgarden | DNF - Mechanical |
26 | Sting Ray Robb | DNF - Crash |
27 | Kyle Larson | DNF - Crash |
28 | Kyffin Simpson | DNF - Crash |
29 | Robert Shwartzman | DNF - Crash |
30 | Rinus Veekay | DNF - Crash |
31 | Alexander Rossi | DNF - Mechanical |
32 | Mario Andretti | DNF - Crash |
33 | Scott McLaughlin | DNF - Crash |
Alex Palou continues his unprecedented dominance
Alex Palou's 2025 season has been an unbelievable one. He has an average finish of 1.16 -- winning five races and coming in second in the one race he didn't win.
Palou is the 2021, 2023 and 2024 champion of IndyCar, and is in great position to win his fourth title with 11 races to go.
When is the next IndyCar race?
The next race is just a week away. IndyCar takes on the streets of Detroit for the Chevrolet Grand Prix on June 1.
On June 15, the series returns to ovals at Worldwide Technology Raceway in Illinois.