Many places are known as Golden Mile..of Madrid, Marbella, Caracas, Medellín or San Juan I found a site with such a name. But you probably need to add another two miles to that list. Specifically, 2.5 miles in Indiana. united states of america, It has the shape of an oval in the famous city of Indianapolis.Businessman there Karl G. Fisher Founded in 1909, it now has a mythical layout built on the surface of the original brick.Brick line now known as “Brick garden”, What all motorsport drivers dream of crossing with their arms raised. This has been an iconic race of heroes and legends since the first Indianapolis 500 was held in 1911.Put them together 24 Hours of Le Mans and Monaco GP Awards a prestigious title to the pilot Triple crownPersecuted by Fernando Alonso.. But apart from its historical value and the pilot’s desire to write his name and put his carved face on the BorgWarner trophy, everyone has financial benefits.

Winner does not take the trophy BorgWarner It’s a house, but it’s a miniature replica. But the most important thing is how fat it makes your wallet. The prize that the winner won after the pandemic last year is Elio CastronevesIt was $ 1.8 million. And if he repeated this year, apart from another millionaire award, he would have been able to steal $ 400,000 from the jackpots he had accumulated to reach the drivers who won twice in a row. He got it in 2001 and 2002, but this time he couldn’t, but because everyone had a prize, it didn’t erase his smile.

What surprised me most about this edition was the amount of money given to the Indy 500 Champion. A year later, the prize has doubled. Marcus Ericsson won the prestigious event for the first time, defeating the $ 1 million Pato O’Ward with a great final defense, earning over $ 3.1 million. But it’s impressive to see the good luck with the rest in your pocket. This is all due to a very fair distribution system. The winner received about 20% of the total prize pool. That was $ 16 million this year.

And from there, 33 cars made money based on qualifying and top lap positions and special bonuses.

Money taken by each pilot

1. Marcus Ericsson, $ 3,100,000
2. Duck O’Ward, ,000,000
3. Tony Kanaan, $ 400,000
4. Felix Rosenqvist, $ 570,500
5. Alexander Rossi, $ 548,000
6. Conor Daly, $ 527,100
7. Elio Castroneves, $ 205,300
8. Simon Pagenaud, $ 507,000
9. Alex Palou, $ 569,600
10. Santino Ferrucci, 34,500
11. Juan Pablo Montoya, 27,000
12. JR Hildebrand, 75,300
13. Josef Newgarden, $ 530,000
14. Graham Rahal, $ 483,000
15. Will Power, $ 474,500
16. David Marcus, $ 463,000
17. Kyle Kirkwood, $ 463,000
18. Christian Lungard, $ 463,000
19. Ed Carpenter, 17,000
20. Devlin de Francesco, $ 463,000
21. Scott Dixon, $ 707,000
22. Marco Andretti, 14,400
23. Sage Karam, 04,500
24. Jak Ali Harvey, 58,800
25. Takuma Sato, $ 462,000
26. Stephen Wilson, 02,000
27. Dalton Keret, $ 462,000
28. Jimmie Johnson, $ 207,900
29. Scott McLaughlin, $ 462,000
30. Colton Herta, $ 469,500
31. Romain Grosjean, $ 478,500
32. Callum Ilott, $ 463,000
33. Rinus Vee Kay, $ 487,800

In this sense, each pilot has a contract income, and the remaining money is distributed to the entire group. The prize money is so great that Linus Vikay, who was finally classified as the first retirement of the Indy 500 after suffering an accident on lap 200 and lap 38, spent more than $ 487,000.

Alex Palou Award

Alex Palou was unable to win the long-awaited victory, despite a fast-paced lead at the start. With the Yellow Flag at the worst moment, he has a lot of choices to fight in the lead, so he has to return to 9th place from the last position and scored some important points to defend the IndyCar title. (He is 14 points behind in 3rd place) New leader Ericsson). But in addition to that, he cost as much as $ 596,000. That is about 530,000 euros. He is good at digesting disgust.

Whole milk won

Parrow was one of the people who chose whole milk for the celebration if he won the race. All winners must follow the tradition of this race, celebrating the victory by drinking milk from the local farm. Yes, to taste. For example, Juan Pablo Montoya ordered chocolate milk, and Castroneves Lilot, Canaan, Karam, Sato, and Marcus chose 2 percent milk. The rest is whole milk like the winner Ericsson.

Verstappen: “It’s crazy”

Stephen Wilson, the last driver to announce his participation in the Indy 500, made his debut in 26th place for $ 102,000. Who doesn’t want to attend this mythical event with such a juicy prize? But not everyone wants to be in the Indy 500, an example is Max Verstappen.

“I am grateful for their work,” said a Red Bull driver about an IndyCar driver facing the most feared oval danger at speeds above 370 km / h. “It’s crazy. I have a lot of respect for their actions, but I don’t have to put my life in Indianapolis at risk.”