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Jacques Villeneuve went on to win the 1995 CART championship, and subsequently signed with Williams in the offseason. With a growing cloud of controversy and uncertainty over a potential and looming open wheel "split", the 1995 Indianapolis 500 marked a turning point in the sport.
Winning just his second Indianapolis 500 start, Villeneuve took the Drivers' Championship lead. Villeneuve went on to win both the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America and the Grand Prix of Cleveland, also scoring points in all but one of the remaining rounds to clinch the title at the final race in Laguna Seca.
This was the last season before the formation of the Indy Racing League (IRL) by Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George and the last time the United States Auto Club-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 would appear in the Series, while Villeneuve became the last driver to win both the Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar drivers' championship in ...
Montoya won the Indianapolis 500 twice (2000 and 2015) while Alonso has two overall wins for the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2018 and 2019). For the alternative Triple Crown, the only active drivers who have won two legs are Jacques Villeneuve and Fernando Alonso. Villeneuve won the Indianapolis 500 in 1995 and is the F1 World Champion for 1997.
The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded a small replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy. The Indianapolis 500 (also called the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race) [a] [2] is an annual American open-wheel car race held on American Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), in Speedway, Indiana. [3]
What you need to know about every driver in the Indianapolis 500 with full race results
Won Indianapolis 500 and F1 World Championship: 5 Jim Clark (1965 / 1963, 1965) Graham Hill (1966 / 1962, 1968) Mario Andretti (1969 / 1978) Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993 / 1972, 1974) Jacques Villeneuve (1995 / 1997) Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans: 2 A. J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1967) Graham Hill (1966 / 1972)
Helio Castroneves ran the fastest Indy 500 in 2021, completing the race in 2 hours, 37 minutes, 19 seconds. But raw speed isn't the key over 200 laps.