IndyCar star Pato O'Ward sounds off on Indy 500 after 4th-place finish

Chip Ganassi reflected on the impact of Alex Palou and his first Indy 500 win.

IndyCar star Pato O’Ward sounded off about the Indianapolis 500 after Alex Palou passed Marcus Ericsson with 14 laps to go to win the race for the first time in his career.

The Arrow McLaren driver took issue with the lack of fight from Ericsson when Palou passed him for the lead late in the race, as well as how some of the restarts took place.

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Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward, #5, claps Sunday, May 25, 2025 ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"Pretty crap race I would say. Just kinda sucks that it went down to -- the switcheroo was for the last position of the race and Ericsson actually kinda choked there and let Palou by and just kind of … he just had to pedal it there," he told FOX Sports. "I don’t think it’s a finish anybody here woulda wanted to see.

"I just feel like there was a bunch of non-experience in the front of the restarts and some of those restarts were pathetic. Those were not of the level that we should be seeing at the Indy 500. It just felt like we were playing roulette in a casino and picking outside or inside and just depending on what everyone else was choosing you either got screwed or you made like 10 positions."

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Arrow McLaren SP driver Pato O'Ward, #5, races during the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on May 25, 2025. (Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)

O’Ward finished in fourth place after starting the race in third.

"We got hosed there a couple