The victory is Palou’s fifth in six races in 2025 and the Barcelona native is the first Spanish driver to win the Indy 500. After winning the 2023 and 2024 IndyCar titles, Palou is even better in 2025. The only race of the season he didn’t win was the Long Beach Grand Prix. And Palou was second to Kyle Kirkwood in that event.

The Spaniard will not finish the Detroit Grand Prix. His dominant stretch, winning the Indy 500 as his fifth win in six starts, followed by a crash continues a historic trend.

Alex Palou has become the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing continued their winning ways in 2025 by racing to victory in the Indy 500, marking Palou’s first career oval win. The remarkable Palou became the first driver since A.J. Foyt in 1979 to win five of the season’s first six races, and he has claimed three of the last four championships, including two in a row.

Palou, seeking his third series championship in four years, has won five of this year's six races.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Palou celebrates on the front straightaway.

Alex Palou talks about his first Indianapolis 500 victory in 2025. Find out what Palou had to say about his first win in the Indy 500!

Ericsson landed a breakthrough Indy 500 victory in 2022 that allowed him to escape the ‘pay driver’ moniker he not only shouldered throughout his Formula 1 career, but several seasons into his shift to IndyCar. But Sunday’s runner-up 500 finish, his second in three years, will feel like the race the Swede gave away.

Alex Palou is finally an Indianapolis 500 champion after taking the checkered flag on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and holding off hard-charging Marcus Ericsson and David Malukas trying to chase him down.

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” certainly lived up to its name after Álex Palou took the checkered flag to win the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

Would Indianapolis 500 winner Alex Palou race in a NASCAR road or street course? In Palou's own words, he "absolutely" would.

Alex Palou's win of his first Indy 500 came from a lesson he learned a few years earlier about the value of lapped cars in front of the leader.