Felix Rosenqvist won the Indianapolis 500 by just 0.0233 seconds from David Malukas in the tightest finish in the race’s history.
The 34-year-old Swede drove Meyer Shank Racing to its second IndyCar win in a race that featured 70 lead changes, a record for the famous event.
It is Rosenqvist’s second victory since joining the IndyCar Series in 2019, with his previous success in 2020.
There was a chaotic end to the 200-lap race, with red and yellow flags bunching up the field.
Rosenqvist passed Pato O’Ward for first place shortly before Caio Collet’s crashed car caught fire, prompting a red flag on lap 192.
With close to four laps left, Marcus Armstrong and Malukas moved to first and second respectively before Mick Schumacher grazed the wall, resulting in another yellow flag.
That led to a one-lap shootout, with Malukas passing Armstrong as the flags went green and holding the lead for most of the lap before Rosenqvist pipped him on the line.
Competitors slowed on lap 18 to pay tribute to NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, who died from severe pneumonia that turned into sepsis on Thursday at the age of 41.
British driver Katherine Legge completed only 18 laps in the first leg of her ‘Double Duty’ attempt, the feat of racing in both the Indy500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina on the same day.
She is seeking to become only the sixth driver to do it and will be the first woman, the first non-American and oldest competitor to do so.
The 45-year-old was involved in a spinout in the Indy500 with Ryan Hunter-Reay and placed last, before flying to Charlotte to compete in the second event.
Only one driver, Tony Stewart in 2001, has managed to complete the combined 1,100 miles of both events.
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