Alexander Rossi says that resisting the urge to push during the final stint of Sunday's Indianapolis 500 despite having a fast car ultimately proved to be the key to his surprise win. Rossi stretched his final tank of fuel to an extraordinary 36 laps while all those around him were forced to make late stops to top up, but admitted that hitting the fuel numbers that Bryan Herta was asking of him required self-discipline. "It was just patience," Rossi said. "Bryan kept reminding me the way we were going to win this race was by hitting the fuel number. It was very difficult because obviously I had cars in front of me that I knew I was quicker than. Throughout the whole race we...
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