2025 Sonsio Grand Prix

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.

2025 Sonsio Grand Prix

Race details
5th round of the 2025 IndyCar season ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
Date	May 10, 2025
Official name	Sonsio Grand Prix
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent road course 2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance	85 laps 207.315 mi / 333.641 km
Pole position
Driver	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:09.3417
Fastest lap
Driver	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:19.2353 (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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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	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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 248 2 Kyle Kirkwood 151 (–97) 3 Christian Lundgaard 150 (–98) 4 Pato O'Ward 148 (–100) 5 Scott McLaughlin 137 (–111)

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 452 2 Chevrolet 359 (–93)

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.