Alex Palou scored his maiden victory 🌠in the In🅷dianapolis 500 on Sunday to continue his stellar run in the 2025 IndyCar season.

Andretti Global's Marcus Ericsson grabbed the lead with 25 laps to go courtesy of an off-sequence strategy, which gave him🌊 more than enough fuel to go till the end of the൲ race.

Palou had to resort to some fuel-saving having pitted several laps earlier, but he took Er𒀰icsson by a surprise by passing him with 14 laps to run.

The Chip Ganassi driver was fortunate that two backmarkers were running just ahead of him, meaning he wasn't burning as much fuel🅰 as he would have he was in clear air.

With five laps to run, he was told by his team that he had saved enough fuel, allowing him to resist a late challenge from Erics♔son.

This was Palou's first victory at an oval and puts him on th🐎e list of IndyCar's all-time greats.

David Malukas bagged jus🎀t his second career podium in IndyCar wi💃th an impressive drive to third place, while Arrow McLaren's finished fourth after a slow first pitstop earlier in the race.

The 🔴top 10 was completed by Meyer Shank Racing'ౠs Felix Rosenqvist.

Sev🌃eral frontrunners were eliminated from contention over the course of 200 laps at the Indianapolis Motor Spe💧edway.

Ryan Hunt💮er-Reay, who was on a similar strategy to Ericsson, stalled exiting his pitbox while running in first position.

Conor Daly was also in the l🍸ead fight heading into the final 50 laps, but suffered a massive drop-off in tyre performance at the end of his penultimate stint, forcing Junc🧔os Holinger Racing to bring him early into the pits.

Takuma Sato, who led a major portion of the race early on, missed🐲 his braking marker in the pits and fell back through the field.

Joseꦗf Newgarden's bid for a third consecutive Indy 500 win ended with a fuel pressure issue. He was running inside the top 10, having started 32nd after a penalty, when he parked his car in the pits to retire.

Update: Andretti duo Ericsson an♏d Kirkwood, plus Prema's Ilott were relegated to the three last positions after failing post-race technical checks

2025 Indy 500 at Indianaplis Motor Speedway - Updated race results: