2025 Indianapolis 500
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||
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| Indianapolis 500 | |||||
| Sanctioning body | IndyCar | ||||
| Season | 2025 IndyCar season | ||||
| Date | May 25, 2025 | ||||
| Winner | Álex Palou | ||||
| Winning team | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||||
| Average speed | 168.883 mph (271.791 km/h) | ||||
| Pole position | Robert Shwartzman | ||||
| Pole speed | 232.790 mph (374.639 km/h) | ||||
| Fastest lap | Hélio Castroneves (39.791 seconds) | ||||
| Rookie of the Year | Robert Shwartzman | ||||
| Most laps led | Takuma Sato (51) | ||||
| Pre-race ceremonies | |||||
| National anthem | Natalie Grant | ||||
| "Back Home Again in Indiana" | Jim Cornelison | ||||
| Starting command | Roger Penske | ||||
| Pace car | Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 | ||||
| Pace car driver | Michael Strahan | ||||
| Starter | Aaron Likens | ||||
| Honorary starter | Casey Foyt | ||||
| Estimated attendance | 350,000 | ||||
| TV in the United States | |||||
| Network | Fox (including WXIN, blackout lifted due to sellout) | ||||
| Announcers | Will Buxton, James Hinchcliffe, Townsend Bell | ||||
| Nielsen ratings | 7.05 million | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The 2025 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge) was an IndyCar Series race that was held on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race was round six of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. The month of May activities formally began with the Sonsio Grand Prix on the combined road course. The race was televised on Fox for the first time in its history.
Practice officially began on Tuesday, May 13, and Time Trials were held on May 17–18. Carb Day, the traditional final day of practice, along with the Pit Stop Challenge, took place on May 23. Rookie driver Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing qualified for the pole position, the first rookie pole winner since Teo Fabi in 1983.
Three-time series champion Álex Palou won the race, his first Indianapolis 500 victory and first oval-track victory in IndyCar, assuming the lead late in the race and holding off 2022 race winner Marcus Ericsson. Ericsson and his Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood, who initially finished in sixth, were moved to the back of the field along with Prema Racing driver Callum Ilott after all three of their cars failed post-race technical inspections. Consequently, David Malukas finished in second and Pato O'Ward in third.
Josef Newgarden attempted but failed to accomplish the first Indianapolis 500 three-peat. He and Will Power were moved to the back of the grid due to technical infractions during qualifying. Kyle Larson made his second attempt at "Double Duty" after failing to succeed in 2024, as that year's Coca-Cola 600 was called for rain, but crashed out of the Indianapolis 500 on the 92nd lap. The 2025 race marked the first year of hybrid energy recovery system powertrains at Indianapolis.