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Indycar Rookie Robert Shwartzman’s Indianapolis 500 came to an unfortunate end on Sunday.
Shwartzman started the race on the shelf when he completed the fastest time Indianapolis Motor Speedway In qualifying, but the entire jubilation made pain as a debacle on the Pit Road, a handful of his crew members almost seriously injured.
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The driver of the Indycar series, Robert Shwartzman, #83, crashes into the box crew on May 25, 2025 during the 109th run of the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. (Marc Lebryk-Mimagn pictures)
He came to his pit stand after he ended about 87 laps and sliding his car when he climbed into the box. However, four of his occupation members tried to avoid the sliding, but failed. A crew member was taken away on a stretcher.
“To be honest, I felt really strange brakes when I came slowly in the pit lane. I locked up both front tires, which is usually not the case,” said Shwartzman. “I was not sure whether it was the brakes or because the tires were cold. I tried to be very slow. But as soon as I touched my brakes, my whole front was lost and I went straight to the boys.
“It was really scary because at the moment I was just a passenger.”
An injured crew member speaks to other crew members after the Prema racing driver Robert Shwartzman, #83, had reached the wall during his pit stop on Sunday, May 25, 2025 during the 109th run of the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Kristin Enzor / USA Today Network about iMagn images)
Indycar driver Scott McLaughlin speaks in Indy 500 catastrophe
The crash was enough to end his day.
The Prema racing driver was the first rookie to have the pole position since 1983.
“It’s just really sad because we did such a good job in qualifying,” he said. “But it is the Indy 500. Everything can happen. Many strong drivers are from the race or behind it. This is the Indy 500. That happens.”
Robert Shwartzman will be introduced on Sunday, May 25, 2025, before the start of the Indianapolis 500 car mode on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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Alex Palou took the checkered flag home. It was his first win in the Indy 500 and the fifth in the first six races of the 2025 season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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