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INDY 500: Takuma SATO in the right place at the right time, ALONSO with no chance of winning

Scott Dixon dominated the Indianapolis 500-mile race, but in the end, Takuma Sato was in the right place at the right time, recording his second victory in this legendary American race.

For the first time in its long history without spectators at the famous oval and for the first time not in May but in August, it took place on Sunday at the racetrack Indianapolis Motor Speedway took place the 104th performance of the 500-mile Indianapolis race, better known as Indy 500.

Forced absence of spectators it hardly diminished the tension and curiosity of the competition at the height of the series season IndyCar. In the end, however, nothing of an exciting conclusion was reached, as the race accidentally ended at the end of the race. ended at a holiday pace behind the safety car.

takuma sato (Rahal-Honda) was in the lead at the right time and thus earned his second win Indy 500. He won back in 2017. Scott Dixon (Ganassi-Honda), who led as many as 111 of the 200 laps, was second in the end. Due to a background accident that happened just before the end of the race, he was a five-time series champion IndyCar deprived of the opportunity for a final attack on the Japanese.

Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Chevrolet) was not at the level it showed three years ago this year. The two-time Formula 1 world champion is his second Indy 500 finished for the first time since 2017 after failing to qualify for the race in 2019. After resigning due to an engine failure on his 2017 debut, he is Alonso this time crossed the finish line. But for the Spaniard, it was a race he will try to forget as soon as possible.

Fernando Alonso didn’t have enough of a competitive car this year to be able to step in more for the top.

He started the race with 26th out of 33 starting places, spending almost the entire first half of the race in this part of the standings. He managed to avoid being overtaken by the leader by a lap Scott Dixon. It's just before halfway through the race Alonso briefly landed in the top fifteen before falling back to places around the twentieth.

Asturian eventually crossed the finish line at 21. place. But even with the late resumption of the race, it would not have been possible to achieve a much better result, as it was Alonso the third of the drivers who had already been overtaken for the lap.

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