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. 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.
A collision on the first lap resulted in the retiring of Nolan Siegel, Will Power, and Louis Foster.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner
Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden 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 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 Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 24 Jack Harvey DRR-Cusick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Colton Herta 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 33 Ed Carpenter ECR Chevrolet 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51 Jacob Abel 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 Prema Racing Chevrolet 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet
Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds 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 Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.0002 Practice 1 results
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 28 Marcus Ericsson 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 Driver Team Engine Time 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 59.4624 1 2 26 Colton Herta 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 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 Team Penske Chevrolet 01:00.1424 10 11 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:00.2257 11 12 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:00.3086 12 13 12 Will Power 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 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 Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:00.4609 18 19 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:00.0141 19 20 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 01:00.4871 20 21 15 Graham Rahal 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 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:00.3671 23 24 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 01:00.6207 24 25 51 Jacob Abel 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 Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 2 Josef Newgarden 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 Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 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 Team Penske Chevrolet 100 01:51:14.7162 3 10 2 36 4 3 Scott McLaughlin 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 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 ECR Chevrolet 100 01:51:50.8503 3 20 - 20 11 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100 01:51:51.2411 4 23 - 19 12 15 Graham Rahal 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 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 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 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 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 0 Accident 0 11 - 5 26 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 0 Accident 0 13 - 5 27 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 0 Accident 0 16 - 5Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) - 1:01.6900 (Lap 89) Race Results
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 512 Scott Dixon 41 (–10)3 Josef Newgarden 36 (–15)4 Scott McLaughlin 36 (–15)5 Kyle Kirkwood 30 (–21)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 90 2 Chevrolet 67 (–23)
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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