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The Spaniard was quiet for the majority of qualifying, but managed to deliver a late flyer of 1m09.0004s to claim the top spot on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn IMS circuit.

The problems began 25 minutes into practice as the No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda of Rahal pulled out of the last corner and began slowing along the front straight of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit.

The ex-Formula 1 racer, who moved to Andretti Global’s IndyCar team from Chip Ganassi Racing on the off-season, came within 0.0974s of being the first back-to-back winner of the Indy 500 since Helio Castroneves achieved the feat in 2002. The race was red flagged while he was leading and, instead…

After starting 19th, Lundqvist was put into a unique three-stop strategy that began on lap 7, switching off from the harder primary tire and running on the softer alternates for the remainder of the 90-lap race.

After starting on pole in the No. 3 Chevrolet, McLaughlin made the best of a three-stop strategy to lead a race-high 58 of 90 laps around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn road course, beating Power, who underwent an engine change after the morning warm-up, by 1.3194s.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s reigning champion Palou set the pace overall in the first round of qualifying, lapping in the day’s quickest time of 1m05.5862s on fresh alternate tires.

The 23-year-old Dutchman rocketed to the top of the leaderboard with a quick lap of 1m06.5463s at the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course.

You can read all about the strategy here, with Hull revealing the lap that Dixon needed to get to in order to make his final pitstop and have enough fuel to reach the finish.

The second points-paying round of the 2024 season saw 85 laps run around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit, with an early caution – the only one of the day – proving to be the pivotal moment that altered strategies.

Scott Dixon's strategic fuel-saving win at Grand Prix of Long Beach nears A.J. Foyt's record, with Chip Ganassi Racing's success. Exciting IndyCar action!

Reigning Indy 500 champion Newgarden was running second and chasing Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon for the win when Herta – who had just caught up with the two leaders – rammed into the back of him at the Turn 11 hairpin with eight laps to go.