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2025 Sonsio Grand Prix

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United States 2025 Sonsio Grand Prix
Race details
5th round of the 2025 IndyCar season
DateMay 10, 2025
Official nameSonsio Grand Prix
LocationIndianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
CoursePermanent road course
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance85 laps
207.315 mi / 333.641 km
Pole position
DriverSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:09.3417
Fastest lap
DriverSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:19.2353 (on lap 74 of 85)
Podium
FirstSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondMexico Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
ThirdAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)

The 2025 Sonsio Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 10, 2025, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.[1] The race was contested of 85 laps. Álex Palou won the race. Pato O'Ward finished 2nd, and Will Power finished 3rd. Scott McLaughlin and Scott Dixon rounded out the top five, and Graham Rahal, Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Rinus VeeKay, and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top ten.

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
4 United States David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet
5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
6 United States Nolan Siegel  R  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 United States Alexander Rossi  W  ECR Chevrolet
21 Denmark Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda
28 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda
30 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 United Kingdom Louis Foster  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 United States Jacob Abel  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda
60 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda
66 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda
76 United States Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
77 United States Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
83 Israel Robert Shwartzman  R  Prema Racing Chevrolet
90 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.9790
2 8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.0677
3 45 United Kingdom Louis Foster  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:10.1235
Practice 1 results

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.7242
2 45 United Kingdom Louis Foster  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.8626
3 30 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:10.0690
Practice 2 results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held at 4:30 PM ET on May 9, 2025.

Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
1 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.3417 1
2 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01.09.7516 2
3 45 United Kingdom Louis Foster  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01.09.8801 3
4 3 Australia Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01.09.8910 4
5 30 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01.09.9432 5
6 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01.09.9829 6
7 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.9973 7
8 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.0083 8
9 20 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:10.0684 9
10 8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.1423 10
11 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:10.1736 11
12 60 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:11.4104 12
13 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:10.2231 13
14 7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.0949 14
15 66 Australia Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:10.2303 15
16 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.1158 16
17 77 United States Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:10.2339 17
18 6 United States Nolan Siegel  R  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.1178 18
19 21 United States Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:10.2543 19
20 28 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 01:10.1307 20
21 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 01:10.2554 21
22 76 United States Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:10.4295 22
23 90 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:10.2784 23
24 18 Netherlands Rinus Veekay  W  Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:10.5208 24
25 51 United States Jacob Abel  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:10.6609 25
26 4 United States David Malukas A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:10.6039 26
27 83 Israel Robert Shwartzman  R  Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:11.1172 27
Full qualifying results
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time.

Warmup

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.5606
2 7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.6477
3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.8647
Official warmup results

Race

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The race was held at 4:30 PM ET on May 10, 2025.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 10 Spain Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 01:48:00.6615 3 1 29 52
2 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 01:48:06.1455 3 8 0 40
3 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 01:48:09.1144 3 7 0 35
4 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 01:48:11.2006 3 4 0 32
5 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 01:48:11.9260 3 16 0 30
6 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 01:48:19.7375 3 2 49 31
7 66 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 01:48:20.6259 3 15 6 27
8 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 85 01:48:22.6573 3 21 0 24
9 18 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 01:48:23.2759 3 24 0 22
10 60 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 01:48:23.8928 3 12 0 20
11 45 United Kingdom Louis Foster  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 01:48:26.7891 3 3 0 19
12 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 01:48:27.1373 3 6 0 18
13 6 United States Nolan Siegel  R  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 01:48:27.3851 3 18 0 17
14 20 United States Alexander Rossi  W  ECR Chevrolet 85 01:48:28.4366 3 9 0 16
15 76 United States Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85 01:48:31.5049 3 22 0 15
16 7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 01:48:31.7029 3 7 0 14
17 30 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 01:48:32.9423 3 5 1 14
18 83 Israel Robert Shwartzman  R  Prema Racing Chevrolet 85 01:48:33.7658 3 27 0 12
19 21 Denmark Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 85 01:48:34.1135 3 19 0 11
20 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 85 01:48:35.0540 4 11 0 10
21 77 United States Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85 01:48:35.4159 3 17 0 9
22 90 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 79 01:48:36.2002 5 23 0 8
23 4 United States David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 68 Power Loss 3 26 0 7
24 51 United States Jacob Abel  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda 67 01:25:18.8044 3 25 0 6
25 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 64 01:23:27.9125 4 13 0 5
26 28 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 6 Mechanical 0 20 0 5
27 8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 0 00:00:00.0000 0 10 0 5
Fastest lap: Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) - 1:19.2353 (lap 4)
Official race results

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 6, 2025.


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