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The Sant Antoni de Vilamajor native, the reigning IndyCar Series defending champion, has won four of the season’s five races, although he has never won the Indianapolis 500.

In Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, a race Honda has won 15 times since 2004, four of the top six starters will have Honda engines, including two-time winner Takuma Sato, who qualified second.

It is considered one of motorsport's triple crown events - an unofficial achievement - along with the Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans.

The Brazilian former Indianapolis 500 winner was an inspirational but under-appreciated part of McLaren's revival in two stints with the team in F1, first as sporting director from 2018-20, and then as an adviser from April 2023 until his untimely death on 29 December last year.

She’s won the drag race but now she shows every sign of winning the Indianapolis 500.