CASTRONEVES WINS THE 500 MILES 2021 AT INDIANAPOLIS. PAGENAUD, THREE
FLASH
The starting grid this Sunday, May 30, 2021
New victory this Sunday, MAY 30, 2021 for Brazilian Helio Castroneves of Michael Shank’s Team, at the 500 miles in Indianapolis. He triumphs and wins by beating in order, the Spaniard Alex Palou and the French Simon Pagenaud, who complete the podium
INDY 500 – VICTORY… THE 4th FOR HELIO CASTRONEVES!
Castroneves, who had started from eighth position on the third row, wins and takes his fourth victory at the Indianapolis 500, winning again at 46, after his previous successes of 2001, 2002 and 2009.
AT INDY 500 2021 HELIO CASTRONEVS VICTORIOUS FOR THE 4th TIME
Helio who confided:
“To begin with, I would first like to thank this whole team. This state is incredible. I love Indianapolis. These fans give me such energy. From the start and the first ride at the start of the fortnight I felt good. I knew it would be okay. I couldn’t have done all of this without my family. It’s incredible. Tom Brady won the Super Bowl and we won the Indy 500. Nobody ever gave up, everyone believed it. We did it. «
The famous Dd milk bottle that Indiana farmers offer each year to the winner of the Indian 500
Hélio Castroneves joins Al Unser, AJ Foyt and Rick Mears, the three most victorious drivers of the Indy 500 with four successes.
But if he had won his three previous victories with Roger Penske’s Team, this Sunday, he gave Meyer Michael Shank Racing his very first Indy 500 success!
INDY-500-2021-THE FAMOUS RING OFFERED EACH YEAR TO THE WINNER OF THE 500 MILES.
Everything was played five laps from the checkered flag, when Palou took command from Helio Castroneves, then constantly trying to prevent the Brazilian from taking advantage of his aspiration …
Unfortunately, Hélio recovered the lead at the start of the last two loops and in the final lap, in the middle of traffic, Castroneves managed to remain leader and win with a breath with 0 ″ 4928, obtaining as has been said, his fourth victory at the Indianapolis 500.
The joy of the winner and Simon PAGENAUD, 3rd and who were teammates at PENSKE, when the French won INDY 500 in 2019
As for Alex Palou, he managed to keep his second place, resisting a hyper-swift Pagenaud who offered himself a good third place and which missed him the victory for….0 ″ 5626 !!!
Top 5 for the Mexican Pato o’Ward and for the American Ed Carpenter. Next come Santino Ferrucci, Sage Karam, Rinus Veekay, Juan-Pablo Montoya and Tony Kanaan, tenth
Finally, to remember the seventeenth place only of the ooleman, the New Zealander of Chip Ganassi, Scott Dixon and the 26th place for the other French driver Sébastien Bourdais
Peter GRISWOLD
Pictures : INDYCAR
4th SUCCESS FOR CASTRONEVES AT THE INDY 500
THE RANKING OF THE INDY 500 SUNDAY MAY 30, 2021
1 – Helio Castroneves (Dallara-Honda) Meyer Shank – 200 rounds
2 – Alex Palou (Dallara-Honda) Chip Ganassi, at 0 ″ 4928
3 – Simon Pagenaud (Dallara-Chevy) Penske, at 0 ″ 5626
4 – Pato O’Ward (Dallara-Chevy) Arrow McLaren Schmidt Peterson, at 0 ″ 9409
5 – Ed Carpenter (Dallara-Chevy) Ed Carpenter, at 1 ″ 2424
6 – Santino Ferrucci (Dallara-Honda) Rahal RLL, at 9 ″ 0876
7 – Sage Karam (Dallara-Chevy) Dreyer & Riscol, at 13 ″ 4359
8 – Rinus VeeKay (Dallara-Chevy) Ed Carpenter, at 14 ″ 2415
9 – Juan Pablo Montoya (Dallara-Chevy) Arrow McLaren Schmidt Peterson at 14 ″ 8808
10 – Tony Kanaan (Dallara-Honda) Chip Ganassi, at 15 ″ 4428
11 – Marcus Ericsson (Dallara-Honda) Chip Ganassi, at 16 ″ 5166
12 – Josef Newgarden (Dallara-Chevy) Penske, at 22 ″ 3045
13 – Conor Daly (Dallara-Chevy) Ed Carpenter, at 22 ″ 6921
14 – Takuma Sato (Dallara-Honda) Rahal RLL, at 23 ″ 2955
15 – JR Hildebrand (Dallara-Chevy) AJ Foyt, at 23 ″ 5277
16 – Colton Herta (Dallara-Honda) Andretti, at 28 ″ 8029
17 – Scott Dixon (Dallara-Honda) Chip Ganassi, at 38 ″ 6410
18 – Jack Harvey (Dallara-Honda) Meyer Shank, at 40 ″ 1572
19 – Marco Andretti (Dallara-Honda) Andretti, at 40 ″ 3591
20 – Scott McLaughlin (Dallara-Chevy) Penske, at 40 ″ 8337
21 – James Hinchcliffe (Dallara-Honda) Andretti, at 40 ″ 8464
22 – Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara-Honda) Andretti, at 41 ″ 5762
23 – Dalton Kellett (Dallara-Chevy) AJ Foyt, at 1 turn
24 – Max Chilton (Dallara-Chevy) Carlin, at 1 turn
25 – Pietro Fittipaldi (Dallara-Honda) Dale Coyne, at 1 turn
26 – Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara-Chevy) AJ Foyt, at 1 turn
27 – Felix Rosenqvist (Dallara-Chevy) Arrow McLaren Schmidt Peterson, at 1 turn
28 – Ed Jones (Dallara-Honda) Dale Coyne, at 1 turn
29 – Alexander Rossi (Dallara-Honda) Andretti, at 2 rounds
30 – Will Power (Dallara-Chevy) Penske, at 3 rounds
ABANDON
170 ° tour: Simona De Silvestro
119 ° lap: Graham Rahal
33 ° lap: Stefan Wilson
PROVISIONAL RANKING OF THE 2021 INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
- Palou : 248 points – 2. Dixon: 212 – 3. O’Ward: 211– 4. Pagenaud: 201- 5. VeeKay: 191.
