The 2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 13, 2025 in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach Street Circuit. The race was contested of 90 laps. Kyle Kirkwood won the race, Álex Palou finished 2nd, and Christian Lundgaard finished 3rd. Felix Rosenqvist and Will Power rounded out the top five, while Scott McLaughlin, Colton Herta, Scott Dixon, Sting Ray Robb, and Kyffin Simpson rounded out the top ten.
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 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.3227 2 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 01:07.3503 3 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 01:07.3523 Practice 1 results
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.1169 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 1:07.1648 3 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:07.2093 Practice 2 results
Qualifying Qualifying was held at 11:30 AM PT on April 12, 2025. Kyle Kirkwood qualified on pole position for the race, while his Andretti Global teammate Colton Herta qualified second. Championship leader Álex Palou qualified in third. A number of drivers suffered incidents during qualifying. The most significant incident came at the end of the Fast 12 session, when Christian Lundgaard slid wide at turn 9 and impacted the tire barriers. The incident brought out a red flag in the session, which, by IndyCar rules, forced Lundgaard to lose his fastest two laps that he had already set. Other incidents included Santino Ferrucci suffering damage during his group 1 qualifying session that forced him to pull off the course in to a run-off area, and Scott Dixon clipping the wall in his group 1 session, forcing him to abandon what would have been his fastest lap.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Group 1 Group 2 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:06.9367 1:06.4219 1:06.1921 1 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 1:07.2181 1:06.5648 1:06.4232 2 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.0031 1:06.6076 1:06.6254 3 4 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:07.3325 1:06.9121 1:06.6358 4 5 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:07.2142 1:06.7172 1:06.7061 5 6 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.1104 1:06.7592 1:07.0393 6 7 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:07.4324 1:06.9381 7 8 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:07.3304 1:07.1989 8 9 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.3978 1:07.5540 9 10 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:07.5468 1:07.9818 10 11 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.1909 1:08.2861 11 12 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.2092 1:12.0583 12 13 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.6606 13 14 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.3777 14 15 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.6905 15 16 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:07.3806 16 17 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.7026 17 18 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:07.4664 18 19 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:07.7925 19 20 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:07.5295 20 21 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:07.9223 21 22 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 1:07.5890 22 23 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:08.0824 23 24 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 1:07.6606 24 25 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:08.2326 25 26 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:08.5051 26 27 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:08.6268 27 Qualifying results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:08.0151 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:08.3474 3 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:08.4736 Warmup results
Race The race was held at 1:30 PM PT on April 13, 2025. Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 127 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 90 1:45:51.2058 3 1 46 54 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +2.6859 3 3 0 40 3 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +18.7784 3 12 26 36 4 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +19.8193 3 4 0 32 5 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +23.3641 3 13 0 30 6 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +25.7113 3 6 0 28 7 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 90 +26.5802 3 2 0 26 8 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +27.0975 3 14 2 25 9 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +27.6913 3 19 12 23 10 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +28.1025 3 17 3 21 11 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 90 +31.4467 3 27 0 19 12 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 90 +32.1430 3 5 0 18 13 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +39.3900 3 9 0 17 14 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +41.6832 3 7 1 17 15 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 90 +42.7421 3 8 0 15 16 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +44.2727 3 20 0 14 17 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 90 +47.0318 3 10 0 13 18 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 90 +49.6677 3 24 0 12 19 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 +57.6710 3 25 0 11 20 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +58.2876 3 11 0 10 21 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 22 0 9 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 16 0 8 23 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 18 0 7 24 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 23 0 6 25 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 88 +2 Laps 3 21 0 5 26 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 88 +2 Laps 3 26 0 5 27 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 88 +2 Laps 5 15 0 5Fastest lap: Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing) — 1:08.1355 (lap 32) Official results
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 1422 Kyle Kirkwood 108 (–34)3 Christian Lundgaard 96 (–46)4 Felix Rosenqvist 88 (–54)5 Scott Dixon 86 (–56)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 278 2 Chevrolet 209 (–69)
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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