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2025 IndyCar Series

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2025 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 2
End dateAugust 31
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The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series is scheduled to be the 114th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 30th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event will be the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou will enter the season as the defending champion, while Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden is the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.

Background and series news

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After IndyCar's television contract with NBC Sports was not renewed in 2024, the series signed a new agreement with Fox Sports that will see all races being covered on the Fox Broadcast Network.[1]

On September 23, 2024, IndyCar announced its first ever charter system, which would begin in 2025 and extend until 2031. 25 charters were awarded, with a maximum of 3 for each team. Chartered entries are guaranteed a starting position for every race, excluding the Indianapolis 500. Charters are required to qualify for the Leaders Circle.[N 1][4]

Confirmed entries

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The following teams, entries, and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with 2018 universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

All full-season entries barring the two from Prema Racing were awarded "charters" which enables those entries to participate in the Leaders Circle program. 25 charters were awarded in total, and those chartered entries will compete for 22 Leaders Circle contracts.[5]

As there are 27 or fewer entries confirmed for the full season (including Prema), no entries will be "bumped" from (fail to qualify for) events outside the Indianapolis 500, which maintains its 33-car starting grid with no guaranteed entries.[5]

As part of the language contained in the charter agreement, teams will be limited to three drivers per entry during a season.[5]

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s) Ref(s)
A. J. Foyt Racing[N 2] Chevrolet 14 United States Santino Ferrucci All [6]
41 United States David Malukas All [7]
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 26 United States Colton Herta All [8]
Andretti Global 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood All [9]
28 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All [10]
TBA TBA 6 [11]
Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward All [12]
6 United States Nolan Siegel All [13]
7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard All [14]
Arrow McLaren/Rick Hendrick 17 United States Kyle Larson  R  6 [15]
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson All [16]
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon All [17]
10 Spain Álex Palou All [18]
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 TBA TBA
TBA TBA TBA
DRR-Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet 23 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 6 [19]
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Alexander Rossi All [20]
21 Denmark Christian Rasmussen All [20]
TBA United States Ed Carpenter 6 [20]
Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 TBA TBA
78 TBA TBA
Meyer Shank Racing[N 3] Honda 60 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist All [21]
66 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong All [22]
TBA Brazil Hélio Castroneves 6 [23]
Prema Racing Chevrolet TBA[N 4] United Kingdom Callum Ilott All [24]
TBA[N 5] Israel Robert Shwartzman  R  All [25]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal All [26]
TBA[N 6] United Kingdom Louis Foster  R  All [27]
TBA TBA TBA
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 United States Josef Newgarden All [28]
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin All [29]
12 Australia Will Power All [30]
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver changes

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Preseason

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Team changes

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Preseason

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  • On April 9, 2024, Italian junior formula and endurance racing team Prema Racing announced it would enter two full-time entries in IndyCar in 2025 and will utilizing Chevrolet engines.[33][34]
  • On August 19, 2024, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed that it would be switching technical alliance partners from Andretti Global to Chip Ganassi Racing, having been with Andretti since 2020.[35]
  • On September 4, 2024, Racer reported that Chip Ganassi Racing would downsize its IndyCar operation from five to three cars.[36]

Schedule

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The schedule was released on June 13, 2024.[1]

Rd. Race name Track Location Date
1 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 2
2 The Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix  R  The Thermal Club Thermal, California March 23
3 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 13
4 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama May 4
5 Sonsio Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana May 10
6 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 25
7 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan June 1
8 Bommarito Automotive Group 500  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois June 15
9 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 22
10 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 6
11 Hy-Vee Homefront 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa July 12
12 Hy-Vee One Step 250 July 13
13 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario July 20
14 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California July 27
15 BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 10
16 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin August 24
17 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee August 31

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

Schedule changes

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  • The race at the Thermal Club that was the non-championship $1 Million Challenge in 2024 will become a full points-paying race in 2025.
  • The Milwaukee Mile that hosted a double-header in 2024 will only host a single race in 2025.
  • The race at World Wide Technology Raceway will move from August to June.

Points standings

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Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems
  • Ties will be broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.[37]
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th+ 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5

Driver standings

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  • At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier will earn 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).[38] The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualify for the fast 12 session will receive points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place.[39]
  • Drivers who lead at least one race lap will be awarded 1 point.[40] The driver who leads the most laps during a race will score an additional 2 points.[40]
  • Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run result in the loss of 10 points.[41]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The Leaders Circle program provides approximately $1 million dollars to the top-22 eligible entries by entrant points at the end of a season, in what has been described by sources as a "socialized financial incentive program"[2][3].
  2. ^ Technical partnership with Team Penske.
  3. ^ Technical partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing.
  4. ^ Prema announced their car numbers to be 83 and 90, though it has not been announced which drivers will be assigned which number.
  5. ^ Prema announced their car numbers to be 83 and 90, though it has not been announced which drivers will be assigned which number.
  6. ^ RLL car numbers are No. 30 and 45, but it has not been confirmed which number Foster will drive.

References

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  1. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (June 13, 2024). "IndyCar signs multiyear broadcast deal with FOX". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  2. ^ Pruett, Marshall (January 17, 2024). "IndyCar to increase Leaders Circle payouts for 2024". RACER. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Blackstock, Elizabeth (September 16, 2024). "Leaders Circle: The IndyCar championship you may not know about". PlanetF1. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Martin, Bruce. "IndyCar Announces Charter System". Forbes. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Pruett, Marshall (September 23, 2024). "IndyCar charter program launches after final team owners sign". RACER. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Ferrucci To Stay with AJ Foyt Racing in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  7. ^ a b Brown, Nathan. "David Malukas lands multi-year deal with AJ Foyt Racing starting in 2025". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  8. ^ Fryer, Jenna (October 25, 2022). "Herta signs 4-year Andretti IndyCar extension through 2027". AP NEWS. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  9. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 26, 2023). "Kirkwood extends deal with Andretti". RACER. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  10. ^ Benyon, Jack (August 23, 2023). "Ericsson to leave Ganassi for IndyCar rival Andretti". The Race. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "How Andretti Global is preparing for an IndyCar future without Michael". RACER. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "O'Ward signs contract extension with AMSP". racer.com. May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  13. ^ "Arrow McLaren signs Nolan Siegel to multiyear contract, set to race Laguna Seca onward". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  14. ^ a b Fryer, Jenna (July 2, 2024). "Arrow McLaren to replace Rossi with Lundgaard in yet another driver lineup change for IndyCar team". AP News. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  15. ^ Brown, Nathan. "Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports returning for 2025 Indy 500 despite rollercoaster debut". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  16. ^ "Chip Ganassi Racing finalizes its 2025 lineups for IndyCar and Indy NXT programs". www.motorsport.com. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  17. ^ Barnes, Joey (September 18, 2024). "Ganassi's take on the charters: IndyCar "benefitting" from Penske's NASCAR experience". Motorsport.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  18. ^ "Seven things we learned as McLaren escalates Palou claim to $30m". The Race. February 28, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  19. ^ "2025 Lineup Scorecard: Seats Filling Quickly". IndyCar.com. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  20. ^ a b c d Brown, Nathan; Newell, Nat. "Alexander Rossi joins Ed Carpenter Racing; Carpenter only doing Indy 500". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  21. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 5, 2023). "Rosenqvist signs multiyear IndyCar deal with Meyer Shank Racing". Racer.com.
  22. ^ a b Newell, Nat (September 19, 2024). "Meyer Shank Racing adds Marcus Armstrong to 2025 IndyCar driver lineup". indystar.com.
  23. ^ Balsa, Daniel (May 26, 2024). "Hélio Castroneves ended his participation in the 2024 Indy 500 by announcing that he will run the 2025 edition: "See you next year". lineup". grandepremio.com.br.
  24. ^ a b Wilde, Dominik (September 17, 2024). "Ilott becomes first PREMA IndyCar driver". RACER. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  25. ^ a b Benyon, Jack (November 5, 2024). "Another Ferrari F1 junior heads to IndyCar - all you need to know". The Race. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  26. ^ Barnes, Joey (November 13, 2023). "Rahal signs multi-year deal to remain with Rahal Letterman Lanigan". Autosport. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  27. ^ "Indy NXT champion Foster signs multi-year deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing". www.motorsport.com. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  28. ^ Brown, Nathan. "Days after 2nd Indy 500 win, Josef Newgarden, Team Penske announce multi-year contract extension". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  29. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 2, 2024). "IndyCar silly season update, August 2". Racer.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  30. ^ Martin, Bruce (March 31, 2023). "Power Signs Multi-Year Extension With Team Penske". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  31. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 20, 2024). "VeeKay departs Ed Carpenter Racing". RACER. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  32. ^ Dejewski, Kevin (September 23, 2024). "Rinus VeeKay parts with ECR after five IndyCar seasons together". Motorsport Week. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  33. ^ "PREMA Racing To Join NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  34. ^ "PREMA Picks 83, 90 as Car Numbers for First Season in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  35. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 19, 2024). "Meyer Shank shifts IndyCar alliance from Andretti to Ganassi". RACER. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  36. ^ "Chip Ganassi Racing confirms IndyCar downsizing, plans Indy NXT return". RACER. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  37. ^ Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.4.1..
  38. ^ Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.6.3.1..
  39. ^ Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.6.4..
  40. ^ a b Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.6.2..
  41. ^ Rulebook 2024, Rule 16.6.2.2..

Sources

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