Scott Dixon narrowly beats Sato at Gateway

Scott Dixon continues his march towards the title. Starting third, the New Zealand driver held off Takuma Sato, the winner of the Indianapolis 500, until the end to win his fourth victory of the season and his fiftieth of his career at Gateway. A rematch of the Indy 500.

The 140 thousandths which separated the two drivers on the line constitutes the second smallest gap at the finish in the history of theIndycar.

“Sato was strong at the end, but I didn’t realize he was coming back so strong.” Dixon responded. “ We were in reserve mode, to pay attention to the engine, and it arrived at my wheels in the blink of an eye. »

Very in good shape at the moment, the duo Dixon and Sato are ahead of Pato O’Ward in the Arrow Chevrolet McLaren, Colton Herta in the Capstone Turbine Honda and Marcus Ericsson on another Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

To win, Scott Dixon overtook O'Ward at the final pit stop. Sato, for his part, tried to stay on the track as late as possible to take advantage of the free lane. His bet could have succeeded without a small error from his team in the pits which dropped him into third position.

Despite a lightning comeback and overtaking O'Ward with 16 laps to go, he failed in Dixon's escapes. “ We lost a few places at the start of the race, I wasn't feeling great in the car. But we were strong. »

simon pagenaud was caught in a pile-up from the start.

Scott Dixon now has a 117-point championship lead over defending champion Joseph Newgarden, who finished twelfth on the Gateway oval in the Team Penske Chevrolet.

Firmly installed in the lead, he still has to go after Mario Andretti, second driver in the number of victories in Indycar with 52 successes. There are four races remaining, the next of which will take place this evening at 21 p.m.

The classification of the race.