Will there be at least 6 caution flags during this Sunday's running of the Indianapolis 500?
67% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 36 predictions cast.
The 110th Indianapolis 500, run May 24, 2026, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, produced seven caution periods accounting for 51 laps — clearing the six-caution threshold by one. Caio Collet triggered the sixth caution on Lap 192, and Mick Schumacher brought out the seventh on Lap 197 after making contact with the SAFER Barrier in Turn 2, setting up a one-lap, green-white-checkered restart.
Felix Rosenqvist won that final sprint by 0.0233 seconds over David Malukas — the closest margin in Indianapolis 500 history — with Scott McLaughlin third and Pato O'Ward fourth. The race also featured two red-flag stoppages, shifting weather conditions, and 70 lead changes, itself a new record for the event.
The high caution count reflected an unusually incident-filled afternoon; IndyCar subsequently announced a rule adjustment addressing the timing of full-course cautions in the race's final laps. The 2026 edition was widely characterized as among the most chaotic and dramatic in the event's 110-year history.
The community correctly anticipated a caution-heavy race, with 67 percent of participants voting yes.