Sato, who leads a driver development program as part of his role as an Executive Advisor at Honda Racing, has won the Indianapolis 500 twice. His first win came back in 2017, and he won it again ...

The Prema Racing driver was the first rookie to take the pole position since 1983. "It's just really sad because we did such good work in qualifying," he said. "But it's the Indy 500.

INDIANAPOLIS — A rookie driver for a brand new team won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 on a strange day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Team Penske was disqualified