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Alonso awarded Indy 500 Rookie of the Year
McLaren Andretti Autosport driver Fernando Alonso scooped the Rookie of the Year award for the 2017 edition of the Indianapolis 500. Despite retiring from the race with a smoking Honda engine failure and finishing 24th, Alonso got the nod over the race's top-finishing rookie Ed Jones who took the chequered flag in third, finishing 0.528 of a second off race winner Takuma Sato. Alonso-mania dominated the build-up to race day and attracted enormous interest from fans who do not commonly follow the Indycar series, while winning the hearts of die-hard fans with his enthusiasm and impressive pace. The Indy 500 Rookie of the Year honours were decided by a media vote, based off of four criteria:...
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