2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

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, while Marcus Ericsson, Felix Rosenqvist, Christian Lundgaard, Rinus VeeKay, and Alexander Rossi rounded out the top ten.

2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race details
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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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A collision on the first lap resulted in the retiring of Nolan Siegel, Will Power, and Louis Foster.^[2]

Entry list

Further information: 2025 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward  W	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	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Alexander Rossi  W	ECR	Chevrolet
21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet
24	Jack Harvey	DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta  W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson  W	Andretti Global	Honda
30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
33	Ed Carpenter	ECR	Chevrolet
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	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

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
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

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time	Final grid
							1	3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	59.4624	1
					2		26	Colton Herta  W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	59.6393	2
3	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	59.6989	3
4	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	59.8278	4
5	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	59.8663	5
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	59.9216	6
7	28	Marcus Ericsson  W	Andretti Global	Honda	01:00.0034	7
8	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:00.0363	8
9	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	01:00.0491	9
10	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:00.1424	10
11	6	Nolan Siegel  R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:00.2257	11
12	18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	01:00.3086	12
13	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	59.8752	13
14	30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:00.1019	14
15	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:00.0095	15
16	45	Louis Foster  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:00.2365	16
17	4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	01:00.0128	17
18	83	Robert Shwartzman  R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	01:00.4609	18
19	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	01:00.0141	19
20	20	Alexander Rossi  W	ECR	Chevrolet	01:00.4871	20
21	15	Graham Rahal  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:00.0513	21
22	76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:00.5856	22
23	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:00.3671	23
24	21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet	01:00.6207	24
25	51	Jacob Abel  R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	01:00.8076	25
26	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:00.7986	26
27	90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	01:00.8349	27
Qualifying results

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds^[3]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
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.
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	Accident	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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 51 2 Scott Dixon 41 (–10) 3 Josef Newgarden 36 (–15) 4 Scott McLaughlin 36 (–15) 5 Kyle Kirkwood 30 (–21)

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 90 2 Chevrolet 67 (–23)

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.