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Alonso wins virtual Indy 500

Fernando Alonso won at Indianapolis, in the virtual world at least, on Saturday in a field featuring 80-year-old U.S. great Mario Andretti and a cast of Indy 500 winners and Formula 1 champions. The Spaniard, who will return to the Indianapolis oval for real in August to try to win the 500 and become only the second driver to seal the ‘Triple Crown of Motorsport’, beat Jenson Button by 0.037 seconds. The two times Le Mans 24 Hours winner, who has a Monaco Grand Prix victory and two F1 titles on his resume, also took the later reverse grid race from 21st on the grid. “Mega fun JB!!! Now you come to the real 500,” Alonso tweeted to 2009 F1 champion Button. Andretti, making his...
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