2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

The 2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 4, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. The race was contested of 90 laps. Álex Palou won the race, Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, and Scott McLaughlin finished 3rd. Rinus VeeKay and Will Power rounded out the top five, while Pato O'Ward, Colton Herta, Alexander Rossi, Nolan Siegel, and Josef Newgarden 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 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 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 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 01:07.7470 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:07.7602 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:07.7728 Official report

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:08.1661 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:08.1958 3 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:08.3082 Official report

Qualifying Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM ET on May 3, 2025.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Group 1 Group 2 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.1674 1:07.3168 1:07.2918 1 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.2437 1:07.4405 1:07.4387 2 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:07.2725 1:07.3820 1:07.4576 3 4 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.7711 1:07.2343 1:07.5616 4 5 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:07.5504 1:07.4440 1:07.9103 5 6 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.7236 1:07.6163 1:08.0470 6 7 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.4148 1:07.6950 7 8 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.6356 1:07.7056 8 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.3983 1:07.7684 9 10 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.5082 1:07.8806 10 11 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:07.5686 1:08.2031 11 12 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:07.7328 1:08.4427 12 13 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:07.8228 13 14 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:07.7483 14 15 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:07.8807 15 16 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 1:07.7733 16 17 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:07.8874 17 18 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:07.8239 18 19 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:08.0017 19 20 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:07.8459 20 21 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:08.0106 21 22 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:08.1802 22 23 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:08.0146 23 24 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 1:08.2584 24 25 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:08.3762 25 26 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:08.8715 26 27 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:09.0373 27 Qualifying results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.9015 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:08.1494 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:08.1801 Warmup results

Race The race was held at 1:30 PM ET on May 4, 2025.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:46:33.1523 3 1 81 54 2 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +16.0035 3 7 0 40 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +23.4453 3 2 3 36 4 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 +23.7783 3 5 0 32 5 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +32.7718 3 4 0 30 6 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +33.2559 3 8 0 28 7 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 +34.0216 3 3 0 26 8 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 90 +45.7556 3 15 0 24 9 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +46.2254 3 6 0 22 10 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +48.0484 3 9 0 20 11 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 90 +57.9913 3 18 0 19 12 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +58.6974 3 26 0 18 13 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +59.3510 3 14 0 17 14 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +1:08.2589 3 21 0 16 15 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 90 +1:09.2260 3 17 0 15 16 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 90 +1:10.1133 3 20 0 14 17 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 4 11 6 14 18 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 4 13 0 12 19 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 19 0 11 20 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 23 0 10 21 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 10 0 9 22 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 22 0 8 23 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 16 0 7 24 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 27 0 6 25 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 24 0 5 26 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 88 +2 Laps 3 12 0 5 27 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 88 +2 Laps 4 25 0 5Fastest lap: Álex Palou — 1:09.0177 (lap 4) Official results

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 1962 Christian Lundgaard 136 (–60)3 Kyle Kirkwood 127 (–69)4 Pato O'Ward 108 (–88)5 Scott McLaughlin 105 (–91)

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 366 2 Chevrolet 284 (–82)

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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