2025 Sonsio Grand Prix

2025 Sonsio Grand Prix
Race details
5th round of the 2025 IndyCar season
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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
Driver Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:09.3417
Fastest lap
Driver Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:19.2353 (on lap 74 of 85)
Podium
First Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
Third Will Power (Team Penske)
Chronology
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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

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

Practice

Practice 1

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

Practice 2

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

Qualifying

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

Qualifying classification

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

Warmup

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

Race

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

Race classification

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

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  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.