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.

Alex Palou made a dramatic late pass around Marcus Ericsson and held him off on the final handful of laps to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.

He's done it. Alex Palou wins the 2025 Indy 500. He fends off past Indy 500 champion Marcus Ericsson to capture his first-ever win on an oval. Palou has won five of six races this season. One lap to go. Alex Palou in the lead. Can he hold on and fend off Marcus Ericsson to win the Indy 500?

Ericsson finished second, followed by David Malukas, Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist as the race ended under a caution flag for a crash involving Nolan Siegel. Kyle Larson finished 27th in his bid to race the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.

IndyCar superstar driver Alex Palou denied he was going to drive over to Formula 1 after he rode to victory at the Indianapolis 500 over the weekend.

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, the race's first Spanish winner, is the two-time defending IndyCar champion and has opened this year with victories in five of the first six races.

Celebrate Alex Palou's thrilling first Indianapolis 500 victory with a commemorative page print from the IndyStar.

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.