INDY 500 RESULTS 2020: TAKUMA SATO WIN AT ICONIC RACE

Takuma Sato of Japan drenching himself with milk, an Indianapolis 500 tradition, after winning the 104st running of the race on Sunday

Indy 500 results 2020 Takuma Sato win – The Indy 500 is the biggest race in the United States and this year there will also be a couple of F1 drivers. Spaniard Fernando Alonso will start at the back of the grid while Marcus Ericsson starts a bit further up the grid.

Unfortunately, Alonso couldn’t quite make it. He was way off the pace during the whole race. Marcus Ericsson crashed early in the race but he is OK.

The battle for the win went into the final rounds between Takuma Sato and Scott Dixon. Graham Rahal also crept closer at the end, but in the end it was Sato who took the win! Alonso was disappointed and drove much of the race in the back.

.@TakumaSatoRacer is a two-time #Indy500 winner, and he's loving that milk! pic.twitter.com/Cb7QI71kj5

— Indy 500 on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) August 23, 2020

INDIANAPOLIS 500

Aug 23, 2020 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Indianapolis, Indiana | 500.0 mi (200 of 200 Laps)

Pos	Driver	Car #	Started
1	Takuma Sato	30	3
2	Scott Dixon	9	2
3	Graham Rahal	15	8
4	Santino Ferrucci	18	19
5	Josef Newgarden	1	13
6	Pato O’Ward	5	15
7	James Hinchcliffe	29	6
8	Colton Herta	88	10
9	Jack Harvey	60	20
10	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	5
11	Helio Castroneves	3	28
12	Felix Rosenqvist	10	14
13	Marco Andretti	98	1
14	Will Power	12	22
15	Zach Veach	26	17
16	J.R. Hildebrand	67	32
17	Max Chilton	59	30
18	Charlie Kimball	4	29
19	Tony Kanaan	14	23
20	Rinus VeeKay	21	4
21	Fernando Alonso	66	26
22	Simon Pagenaud	22	25
23	Ben Hanley	81	33
24	Sage Karam	24	31
25	Spencer Pigot	45	12
26	Ed Carpenter	20	16
27	Alexander Rossi	27	9
28	Alex Palou	55	7
29	Conor Daly	47	18
30	Oliver Askew	7	21
31	Dalton Kellett	41	24
32	Marcus Ericsson	8	11
33	James Davison	51	27

MEGA CRASH OF SPENCER PIGOT JUST BEFORE THE END OF INDY 500

Scary incident involving @SpencerPigot. #IndyCar | #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/sSeKKbWQ2n

— JJ (@TomcatNASCAR_2) August 23, 2020

It was Takuma Sato that took victory during the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a late accident for Spencer Pigot brought out the caution that would end the race.

Scott Dixon would come home in second, as Graham Rahal ended the race in third, making it a first and third for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.

Poleman Marco Andretti led away on the green flag but was passed by Dixon as the cars made their way to the first corner, while Josef Newgarden made up a number of positions on the first lap.

James Davison’s Indy 500 would only see six laps after his brakes overheated and caught fire, forcing a retirement for Davison.

The second caution of the race came out for Marcus Ericsson after the Swede at turn two. Ericsson explained how he just lost the rear coming into the corner, putting him in the wall in the process.

As the race reached quarter distance, Dixon led from Alexander Rossi, with rookie Rinus Veekay up in third.

Rookie Dalton Kellett brought out the third caution of the race, taking away Dixon’s early lead after Kellett crashed in turn three.

Conor Daly and Oliver Askew was involved in a big accident in the final corner, which saw Daly spin coming out of the corner, while Askew, unsighted by the smoke from Daly’s spin, slammed the inside wall hard, hitting Daly in the process. Both drivers emerged unscathed from the accident as the third caution came out.

Fourth and fifth went to Santino Ferrucci and Newgarden, while Pato O’Ward and James Hinchcliffe finished in sixth and seventh.

Alex Palou was the next driver to fall foul to the wall on lap 123, after the Spanish driver crashed coming out of turn two, with the caution overseeing a flurry of cars enter the pits.

Despite staying in second throughout the race, Rossi hit the wall also at turn two twenty laps later, being forced to leave the car after attempting to drive back to the pits, ending the race for the Andretti driver, who was also awarded an earlier penalty for contact with Takuma Sato in the pit-lane. 

With forty laps to go, Sato took the lead from Dixon, with the Kiwi pulling back in an effort to save fuel while Graham Rahal found himself sitting in third position.

Zack Veach led the race with twenty laps to go, as himself and Max Chilton opted to extend their strategies as Sato and Dixon sat behind in third and fourth.

Sato retook the lead with fifteen to go, and blocked of Dixon as the Chip Ganassi car tried to go around the outside of Sato at the first corner.

Only a half of a second separated both cars as they moved onto the final ten laps, with Santino Ferrucci and Josef Newgarden closing in behind. 

Rahal and Ferrucci closed right up to the back of Dixon’s car as the lead cars battled to lap traffic. Sato broke away after lapping Tony Kanaan.

Yet another caution came out for a massive incident involving Spencer Pigot, who slammed into the tyre wall at the start of pit lane after spinning off at turn four. Despite being helped from the car by the medical crew, Pigot was relative okay.

It was then confirmed that Takuma Sato would take the win as the race would not be red-flagged with only three laps to go, as the Japanese driver took his second win in three years, ahead of Dixon and Rahal.

Eighth and ninth went to Colton Herta and Jack Harvey while Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top ten. Fernando Alonso, on his third attempt at the Indy 500, could only manage 21st.

The sweet taste of victory for @TakumaSatoRacer!#Indy500 | #WinnersDrinkMilk pic.twitter.com/1A48pXKN3l

— Indianapolis Motor Speedway (@IMS) August 23, 2020

INDY 500 RESULTS 2020: TAKUMA SATO WIN AT ICONIC RACE INDY 500 RESULTS 2020: TAKUMA SATO WIN AT ICONIC RACE

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