# 2025 IndyCar Series

The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series is the ongoing 114th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 30th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event will be the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou entered the season as the back-to-back defending champion and is seeking a three-peat, while Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden is the defending back-to-back Indianapolis 500 winner and is also seeking a three-peat.

## Background and series news

After IndyCar's television contract with NBC Sports lapsed in 2024, the series signed a new agreement with Fox Sports that saw all races being covered on the Fox broadcast network. On January 14, 2025, Fox announced its broadcast team for the 2025 season. Will Buxton was named the lead commentator while Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe, who previously served as analysts for NBC and are also former Indycar drivers, retained their roles in the new lineup.
On September 23, 2024, IndyCar announced its first ever charter system, which will begin in 2025 and extend until 2031. 25 charters were awarded among all teams that competed full-time in the 2024 season, with a maximum of 3 for each team. Chartered entries are qualified to compete for the 22 Leaders Circle contracts. At every race on the calendar outside of the Indianapolis 500, starting fields were limited to 27 cars, and chartered entries were guaranteed a starting position. Qualification for the Indianapolis 500 would remain open, and no teams would have a guaranteed entry in the 33-car starting field.
As a new entrant in the series, Prema Racing was excluded from receiving charters. If a race event outside of the Indianapolis 500 were to feature additional cars, those would have to compete against the two Prema cars for the two 'open' spots in the field.
On February 11, Doug Boles was named as the new president of IndyCar, replacing Jay Frye. Boles will also continue to hold his role as president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

## Confirmed entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with 2018 universal aero kit and Firestone tires.
| Team | Engine | No. | Driver(s) | Status | Round(s) |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 4 | David Malukas | | All |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | | All |
| Andretti Global | Honda | 26 | Colton Herta | | All |
| Andretti Global | Honda | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | | All |
| Andretti Global | Honda | 28 | Marcus Ericsson | | All |
| Andretti Global | Honda | 98 | Marco Andretti | | 6 |
| Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 5 | Pato O'Ward | | All |
| Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 6 | Nolan Siegel | | All |
| Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 7 | Christian Lundgaard | | All |
| Arrow McLaren/Rick Hendrick | Chevrolet | 17 | Kyle Larson | R | 6 |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 8 | Kyffin Simpson | | All |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 9 | Scott Dixon | | All |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 10 | Álex Palou | | All |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 18 | Rinus VeeKay | | All |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 51 | Jacob Abel | R | All |
| DRR-Cusick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 23 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | | 6 |
| DRR-Cusick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 24 | Jack Harvey | | 6 |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 20 | Alexander Rossi | | All |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 21 | Christian Rasmussen | | All |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 33 | Ed Carpenter | | 6 |
| Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 76 | Conor Daly | | All |
| Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | Sting Ray Robb | | All |
| Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 06 | Hélio Castroneves | | 6 |
| Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | | All |
| Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 66 | Marcus Armstrong | | All |
| Prema Racing | Chevrolet | 83 | Robert Shwartzman | R | All |
| Prema Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | Callum Ilott | | All |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 15 | Graham Rahal | | All |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 30 | Devlin DeFrancesco | | All |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 45 | Louis Foster | R | All |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 75 | Takuma Sato | | 6 |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 2 | Josef Newgarden | | All |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | | All |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 12 | Will Power | | All |
| Icon | Status |
| R | Eligible for Rookie of the Year |
| RY | Rookie of the Year |

### Driver changes
#### Preseason

* On July 2, 2024, Arrow McLaren announced that Christian Lundgaard would replace a departing Alexander Rossi, after Rossi and the team were unable to agree on a new contract.
* On August 13, 2024, A. J. Foyt Racing confirmed it had signed David Malukas full-time on a multi-year deal. Malukas departs Meyer Shank Racing after running the final 10 races of 2024 with them.
* On September 17, 2024, Prema Racing confirmed reports that Callum Ilott would join full-time in the No. 90 entry for the 2025 season. Ilott moves from Jota Sport in the World Endurance Championship and also competed in two IndyCar races in 2024 as an injury substitute for Arrow McLaren.
* On September 19, 2024, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed that it had signed Marcus Armstrong for the 2025 season, replacing David Malukas in the No. 66 entry. Armstrong departs Chip Ganassi Racing after two seasons.
* On September 20, 2024, Racer reported that Ed Carpenter Racing informed Rinus VeeKay that it would end their relationship after five seasons. On September 23, VeeKay confirmed this report via social media.
* On September 25, 2024, Ed Carpenter Racing confirmed its driver line-up, with Alexander Rossi joining the team on a multi-year deal in the No. 20 entry, Christian Rasmussen moving from the No. 20 to the No. 21 entry full-time on a multi-year deal, and owner/driver Ed Carpenter returning to an Indy 500-only role in a third entry.
* On October 9, 2024, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced the signing of 2024 Indy NXT Champion Louis Foster to a multi-year deal, in the No. 45 entry, replacing Lundgaard.
* On October 30, 2024, Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed reports that Kyffin Simpson would move from the No. 4 entry to the No. 8, taking the place of a departing Linus Lundqvist.
* On November 5, 2024, Prema Racing confirmed reports that it had signed Robert Shwartzman to fill its second race seat for the 2025 season. Shwartzman moves from AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance championship.
* On November 20, 2024, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced the signing of Sting Ray Robb to one of its entries for the 2025 season. He was later confirmed to be assigned to the No. 77 entry.
* On December 4, 2024, DRR-Cusick Motorsports confirmed its Indy 500 lineup, with Jack Harvey joining the team in the No. 24 car at the Indianapolis 500.
* On December 9, RLL confirmed Devlin DeFrancesco to drive its third entry, replacing Pietro Fittipaldi after one season.
* On December 18, 2024, Juncos Hollinger Racing confirmed that Conor Daly would drive the No. 78 entry full-time in 2025, after driving it part-time in 2024, and replacing a departing Romain Grosjean. On February 28, 2025, the car appeared with No. 76 instead, using the number representing a brand, and the respective font, of sponsor Phillips 66. Daly said a sponsorship announcement was expected for Thermal.
* On January 13, 2025, Dale Coyne announced that Jacob Abel would drive the No. 51 entry full-time, moving from Indy NXT.
* On February 14, 2025, Dale Coyne announced Rinus VeeKay would drive the No. 18 entry full time.
* On March 11, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced that Takuma Sato would return to the team as an Indianapolis 500 only entry for the second year in a row.

### Team changes
#### Preseason

* On April 9, 2024, Italian junior formula and endurance racing team Prema Racing announced it would enter two full-time entries in IndyCar in 2025, having secured a supply of Chevrolet engines.
* On August 19, 2024, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed that it would be switching technical alliance partners from Andretti Global to Chip Ganassi Racing, having been with Andretti since 2020.
* On September 4, 2024, Racer reported that Chip Ganassi Racing would downsize its IndyCar operation from five to three cars.
* On January 3, 2025, Arrow McLaren announced that McLaren Group had purchased the remaining 25% stake of the team from Sam Schmidt and Ric Peterson as of December 31, 2024.
* On January 13, 2025, with the confirmation of Jacob Abel to the No. 51 entry, the Dale Coyne's partnership with Rick Ware Racing has ended, reverting the Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing entry name back to Dale Coyne Racing.

## Schedule

The schedule was released on June 13, 2024.
| Rd. | Race name | Track | Location | Date |
| 1 | Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | S Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida | March 2 |
| 2 | The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix | R The Thermal Club | Thermal, California | March 23 |
| 3 | Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach | S Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 13 |
| 4 | Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix | R Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama | May 4 |
| 5 | Sonsio Grand Prix | R Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | Speedway, Indiana | May 10 |
| 6 | 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 | O Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana | May 25 |
| 7 | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | S Streets of Detroit | Detroit, Michigan | June 1 |
| 8 | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 | O World Wide Technology Raceway | Madison, Illinois | June 15 |
| 9 | XPEL Grand Prix at Road America | R Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 22 |
| 10 | Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 6 |
| 11 | IndyCar Race Weekend Race 1 | O Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa | July 12 |
| 12 | IndyCar Race Weekend Race 2 | O Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa | July 13 |
| 13 | Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto | S Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | July 20 |
| 14 | Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey | R WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | July 27 |
| 15 | BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland | R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | August 10 |
| 16 | Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 | O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | August 24 |
| 17 | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix | O Nashville Superspeedway | Lebanon, Tennessee | August 31 |
O Oval/Speedway  R Road course  S Street circuit

### Schedule changes

* The race at the Thermal Club that was the non-championship $1 Million Challenge in 2024 will become a full points-paying race in 2025. It will be the first American open-wheel racing championship race in Riverside County, California since the 1983 CART season.
* The Milwaukee Mile, which hosted a double-header in 2024, will only host a single race in 2025.
* The race at World Wide Technology Raceway will move from August to June.
* On February 18, 2025, INDYCAR announced race lengths will be extended for six races.
** Long Beach - 90 Laps (five additional laps)
** Mid-Ohio - 90 Laps (ten additional laps)
** Iowa - 275 Laps (25 additional laps each race)
** Toronto - 90 Laps (five additional laps)
** Nashville - 225 Laps (19 additional laps)

### Sponsorship changes

On February 21, Hy-Vee announced that they were ending their event sponsorships for Iowa and Milwaukee. Snap-on was announced as the new title sponsor for Milwaukee, but no sponsor has yet been named for Iowa.

## Results

| Rd. | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Race winner | Race winner | Race winner | Report |
| Rd. | Race | Pole position | Fastest lap | Most laps led | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Report |
| 1 | St. Petersburg | Scott McLaughlin | Josef Newgarden | Scott McLaughlin | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | Report |
| 2 | Thermal Club | | | | | | | Report |
| 3 | Long Beach | | | | | | | Report |
| 4 | Barber | | | | | | | Report |
| 5 | IMS GP | | | | | | | Report |
| 6 | Indianapolis 500 | | | | | | | Report |
| 7 | Detroit | | | | | | | Report |
| 8 | Gateway | | | | | | | Report |
| 9 | Road America | | | | | | | Report |
| 10 | Mid-Ohio | | | | | | | Report |
| 11 | Iowa 1 | | | | | | | Report |
| 12 | Iowa 2 | | | | | | | Report |
| 13 | Toronto | | | | | | | Report |
| 14 | Laguna Seca | | | | | | | Report |
| 15 | Portland | | | | | | | Report |
| 16 | Milwaukee | | | | | | | Report |
| 17 | Nashville | | | | | | | Report |

## Points standings

* Ties will be broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th+ |
| Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 |

### Driver standings

* At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier will earn 1 point (unless qualifying is not held). The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualify for the fast 12 session will receive points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place.
* Drivers who lead at least one race lap will be awarded 1 point. The driver who leads the most laps during a race will score an additional 2 points.
* Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run result in the loss of 10 points.
| Pos | Driver | STP | THE | LBH | ALA | IGP | INDY | DET | GAT | ROA | MDO | IOW | IOW | TOR | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | Pts |
| 1 | Álex Palou | 1$^L$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 51 |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | 2$^L$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 41 |
| 3 | Josef Newgarden | 3$^L$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 4 | Scott McLaughlin | 4$^L$* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 |
| 5 | Kyle Kirkwood | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 6 | Marcus Ericsson | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 |
| 8 | Christian Lundgaard | 8$^L$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 9 | Rinus VeeKay | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 10 | Alexander Rossi | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 11 | Pato O'Ward | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 12 | Graham Rahal | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 13 | David Malukas | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 |
| 14 | Santino Ferrucci | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |
| 15 | Christian Rasmussen | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 16 | Colton Herta | 16$^L$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 17 | Conor Daly | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 18 | Kyffin Simpson | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 19 | Callum Ilott | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 20 | Robert Shwartzman R | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 21 | Sting Ray Robb | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 22 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 23 | Jacob Abel R | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 24 | Marcus Armstrong | 24$^L$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 25 | Nolan Siegel | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 26 | Will Power | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 27 | Louis Foster R | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Pos | Driver | STP | THE | LBH | ALA | IGP | INDY | DET | GAT | ROA | MDO | IOW | IOW | TOR | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | Pts |
| Color | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd-place finish |
| Bronze | 3rd-place finish |
| Green | Top 5 finish |
| Light Blue | Top 10 finish |
| Dark Blue | Other flagged position |
| Purple | Did not finish |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrew (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did Not Start (DNS) |
| White | Race abandoned (C) |
| Blank | Did not participate |
In-line notation :
| Bold | Pole position (1 point; except Indy) |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| $^L$ | Led race lap (1 point) |
| * | Led most race laps (2 points) |
| $^{1–12}$ | Indy 500 "Fast Twelve" bonus points |
| $^c$ | Qualifying canceled (no bonus point) |
| RY | Rookie of the Year |
| R | Rookie |