With a several late-race passes over leader Max Chilton and a fierce battle for the win with Helio Castroneves, Takuma Sato won the 2017 Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His car was the Andretti Honda engine that could... actually survive the race.

The race was full of wrecks and Honda engine troubles, which , . It was a script all too well known for Alonso, who and all the time.

The wrecks got started when Jay Howard and Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon . Conor Daly later while attempting to pass the pre-blown engine Kimball, and 49-year-old Buddy Lazier . Lazier, the 1996 Indy 500 winner, took a trip to the hospital after the wreck complaining of chest pains.

Alonso’s engine brought out a late yellow flag with just over 20 laps to go, and the field didn’t make it long after the restart before . Things and Max Chilton in the lead, but Helio Castroneves shot through the field from fourth to take it away.

Chilton fell back, and Sato climbed up to the second spot behind Castroneves. The two battled it out for the last few laps, with Sato passing him to take the win and Castroneves finishing second. Ed Jones , Chilton fourth and Tony Kanaan fifth. Juan Pablo Montoya, , got sixth.