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Indycar -rookie Robert Shwartzman’s Indianapolis 500 ended on Sunday.
Shwartzman started the race on the rod as he finished the fastest time around Indianapoli’s engine speedway in the qualification, but all the cheer turned to pain like a debacle on Pit Road almost seriously wounded a handful of his crew members.
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The Indycar series runs Robert Shwartzman, #83, goes down into the PIT herd during the 109th operation of the Indianapolis 500 on Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on May 25, 2025. (Marc Lebrik-Imag images)
He entered his pit stall after finishing about 87 laps and his car slid as he entered the box. Four of his crew members tried to avoid the sliding car but failed. A crew member was taken away on a stretcher.
“I honestly felt really strange brakes when I got slowly in Pit Lane. I locked both front tires, which is usually not the case,” Shwartzman said. “I wasn’t sure if it was the brakes or because the tires were cold. I was trying to be very slow. But as soon as I touched my brakes, my whole front was lost and I went straight into the guys.
“It was really scary because I was currently slowing down that I was just a passenger.”
A wounded crew member speaks with other crew members after Prema Racing driver Robert Shwartzman, #83, hit the wall during his pit stop on Sunday, May 25, 2025 during the 109th operation of Indianapolis 500 on Indianapoli Motor Speedway. (Kristin Enzor / USA Today Network via Imag images)
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The accident was enough to end his day.
The Prema Racing driver was the first rookie to take the pole position since 1983.
“It’s just really sad because we did such a good job of qualifying,” he said. “But it’s Indy 500. Everything can happen. A lot of strong drivers are out of the race or back. This is Indy 500. This happens.”
Robert Shwartzman is introduced before the start of the Indianapolis 500 Auto Race at Indianapoli Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Sunday 25 May 2025. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Alex Palou took home the routed flag. It was his first win in the Indy 500 and the fifth in the first six races in the 2025 season.
