2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
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1st round of the 2025 IndyCar season
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Layout of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | |||||
| Date | March 2, 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | ||||
| Location | Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida | ||||
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.800 mi / 2.897 km | ||||
| Distance | 100 laps 180.000 mi / 289.682 km | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) | ||||
| Time | 59.4624 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) | ||||
| Time | 1:01.6900 (on lap 89 of 100) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Second | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Third | Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 2, 2025, in St. Petersburg, Florida at the streets of St. Petersburg. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Álex Palou won the race. Scott Dixon finished 2nd, and Josef Newgarden finished 3rd.[1] Scott McLaughlin and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the top five, and Marcus Ericsson, Felix Rosenqvist, Christian Lundgaard, Rinus VeeKay, and Alexander Rossi rounded out the top ten.
A collision on the first lap resulted in the retiring of Nolan Siegel, Will Power, and Louis Foster.[2]
Entry list
| Key | Meaning |
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| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
Practice 1
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Global | Honda | 01:00.4409 |
| 2 | 10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:00.6004 |
| 3 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:01.0002 |
| Practice 1 results | |||||
Practice 2
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson W | Andretti Global | Honda | 01:00.5151 |
| 2 | 18 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 01:00.6081 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:00.6406 |
| Practice 2 results | |||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM ET on March 1, 2025.
Qualifying classification
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time.
Warmup
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:01.1952 |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:01.5426 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:01.7536 |
| Warmup results | |||||
Race
The race was held at 12:00 PM ET on March 2, 2025.
Race classification
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops |
Grid | Laps Led |
Pts. |
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| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 100 | 01:51:08.5118 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 100 | 01:51:11.3787 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 41 |
| 3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:14.7162 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:17.1996 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 36 |
| 5 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Global | Honda | 100 | 01:51:19.4872 | 3 | 9 | - | 30 |
| 6 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson W | Andretti Global | Honda | 100 | 01:51:31.5953 | 3 | 7 | - | 28 |
| 7 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 100 | 01:51:32.8013 | 3 | 3 | - | 26 |
| 8 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:40.7163 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 |
| 9 | 18 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 100 | 01:51:47.4561 | 3 | 12 | - | 22 |
| 10 | 20 | Alexander Rossi W | ECR | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:50.8503 | 3 | 20 | - | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | Pato O'Ward W | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:51.2411 | 4 | 23 | - | 19 |
| 12 | 15 | Graham Rahal W | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 100 | 01:51:57.0110 | 3 | 21 | - | 18 |
| 13 | 4 | David Malukas | A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:57.6618 | 3 | 17 | - | 17 |
| 14 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:51:58.0334 | 3 | 19 | - | 16 |
| 15 | 21 | Christian Rasmussen | ECR | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:52:00.8953 | 3 | 24 | - | 15 |
| 16 | 26 | Colton Herta W | Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 100 | 01:52:01.2166 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 17 | 76 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:52:08.1442 | 3 | 22 | - | 13 |
| 18 | 8 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 100 | 01:52:08.6819 | 3 | 15 | - | 12 |
| 19 | 90 | Callum Ilott | Prema Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:52:09.7427 | 3 | 27 | - | 11 |
| 20 | 83 | Robert Shwartzman R | Prema Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 01:52:10.8872 | 3 | 18 | - | 10 |
| 21 | 77 | Sting Ray Robb | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 99 | 01:51:18.9181 | 3 | 26 | - | 9 |
| 22 | 30 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 99 | 01:51:36.6424 | 4 | 14 | - | 8 |
| 23 | 51 | Jacob Abel R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 99 | 01:52:05.2339 | 3 | 25 | - | 7 |
| 24 | 66 | Marcus Armstrong | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 46 | 00:57:39.3556 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | 6 | Nolan Siegel R | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 0 | Accident | 0 | 11 | - | 5 |
| 26 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 0 | Accident | 0 | 13 | - | 5 |
| 27 | 45 | Louis Foster R | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 0 | Accident | 0 | 16 | - | 5 |
| Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) - 1:01.6900 (Lap 89) | ||||||||||
| Race Results | ||||||||||
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ Simmons, Marcus (March 3, 2025). "How Dixon's woes gave Palou an unlikely victory in the 2025 IndyCar opener". Autosport. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "The Winner's and Losers of 2025's Indycar Season Opener at St. Pete". Motorsport.com. March 3, 2025. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ^ "NTT INDYCAR SERIES Race Results | Official Site of INDYCAR". www.indycar.com. Retrieved 2025-03-05.