{"id":42800,"date":"2026-05-25T05:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/indianapolis-500-felix-rosenqvist-wins-from-david-malukas-in-close-finish\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:25:01","slug":"indianapolis-500-felix-rosenqvist-wins-from-david-malukas-in-close-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/indianapolis-500-felix-rosenqvist-wins-from-david-malukas-in-close-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis 500: Felix Rosenqvist wins from David Malukas in close finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Felix Rosenqvist won the Indianapolis 500 by just 0.0233 seconds from David Malukas in the tightest finish in the race&#8217;s history.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 34-year-old Swede drove Meyer Shank Racing to their second IndyCar win in a race that featured 70 lead changes, a record for the famous event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is Rosenqvist&#8217;s second victory since joining the IndyCar Series in 2019, with his previous success in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was a chaotic end to the 200-lap race, with red and yellow flags bunching up the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rosenqvist passed Pato O&#8217;Ward for first place shortly before Caio Collet&#8217;s crashed car caught fire, prompting a red flag on lap 192. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Competitors slowed on lap 18 to pay tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clyp2lrpxm0o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">NASCAR driver Kyle Busch,<\/a> who died from severe pneumonia that turned into sepsis on Thursday at the age of 41.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">British driver Katherine Legge completed only 18 laps in the first leg of her &#8216;Double Duty&#8217; attempt, the feat of racing in both the Indy500 and NASCAR&#8217;s Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina on the same day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She was seeking to become only the sixth driver to do it and is the first woman, the first non-American and the oldest competitor to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 45-year-old was involved in a spin-out with Ryan Hunter-Reay in the Indy500 and placed last, before flying to Charlotte to compete in the second event, where she finished 31st.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Only one driver, Tony Stewart in 2001, has managed to complete the combined 1,100 miles of both events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/motorsport\/articles\/czj2wldz080o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix Rosenqvist won the Indianapolis 500 by just 0.0233 seconds from David Malukas in the tightest finish in the race&#8217;s history. The 34-year-old Swede drove Meyer Shank Racing to their second IndyCar win in a race that featured 70 lead changes, a record for the famous event. 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