INDIANAPOLIS — Takuma Sato will obtain an overdue celebration this weekend for successful final yr’s Indianapolis 500 in entrance of empty grandstands.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway was empty apart from important personnel final August when Sato gained his second Indianapolis 500. The pandemic had prevented a crowd and it denied Sato among the conventional spoils that include the victory.
To assist in giving Sato his due, the speedway will break from custom Sunday and single out Sato throughout driver introductions. The hope is that the 135,000 followers in attendance will give the Japanese driver the cheers he missed final yr. Sato can even participate in a particular race day interview in entrance of the followers.
Sato, who additionally gained in 2017, will take the Borg-Warner Trophy with him on Saturday throughout a parade the place the 33 drivers within the subject go to properties round Indianapolis embellished for the five hundred.
He begins fifteenth on Sunday driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and is making an attempt to change into the sixth driver to win consecutive Indianapolis 500s.