The Indy Racing League has confirmed that Marco Andretti has been moved up to a third-place finish in today’s Indianapolis 500 after a review of the race’s finish. Andretti said in post-race that multiple cars passed him during the final yellow that was brought out at Lap 200 due to the Mike Conway-Ryan Hunter-Reay crash in the Turn 3-4 short chute. He was originally shown as the sixth-place finisher.
“When I saw the crash in [Turns] three and four, I slowed down,” he said. “I mean, [IRL president of competition Brian Barnhart] is actually awarding me for that, because he’s the one who is only on us about carrying speed through there. If I would have carried speed, I would have had no problem. I would have been a lot quicker. I actually had to stop and use a lot more fuel to start going again.
“It’s a written rule that you can’t pass under yellow. We’re all cooling down. We saw a horrific incident. I’m talking to my team saying, ‘Great job all day,’ and here comes three people doing 150 miles an hour right by me. I kept pace car speed, which is what we’re supposed to do under yellow.”
Alex Lloyd, Danica Patrick and Scott Dixon were moved down one position to fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.
Rookie drivers Mario Romancini and Simona de Silvestro also swapped spots thanks to the review. Romancini is now credited as the top rookie finisher in 13th place, with de Silvestro going to a 14th place finish.
