2025 IndyCar Series

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.

2025 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races	17
Start date	March 2
End date	August 31
Awards
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Background and series news

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]

2025 was scheduled to be the supposed final season with Firestone as the series's official tire partner and supplier, with their current contract expiring at the end of 2025.^[2] On September 12, 2024 IndyCar and Firestone announced an multi-year extension of their contract, with Firestone staying as the official series' tire partner and supplier for the foreseeable future.

Confirmed entries

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.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)	Ref(s)
A. J. Foyt Racing[N 1]	Chevrolet	14	Santino Ferrucci	All	[3]
		TBA	David Malukas	All	[4]
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	26	Colton Herta	All	[5]
Andretti Global		27	Kyle Kirkwood	All	[6]
		28	Marcus Ericsson	All	[7]
Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	5	Pato O'Ward	All	[8]
		6	Nolan Siegel	All	[9]
		7	Christian Lundgaard	All	[10]
Arrow McLaren/Rick Hendrick		17	Kyle Larson	6	[11]
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	8	TBA	All	[12]
		9	TBA	All
		10	Álex Palou	All	[13]
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	18	TBA	TBA
		TBA	TBA	TBA
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	TBA	TBA
		21	TBA	TBA
Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	77	TBA	TBA
		78	TBA	TBA
Meyer Shank Racing[N 2]	Honda	60	Felix Rosenqvist	All	[14]
		66	TBA	TBA
Prema Racing	Chevrolet	83	TBA	TBA
		90	TBA	TBA
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal	All	[15]
		30	TBA	TBA
		45	TBA	TBA
Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	Josef Newgarden	All	[16]
		3	Scott McLaughlin	All	[17]
		12	Will Power	All	[18]

R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver changes

Preseason

• On July 2, 2024, Arrow McLaren announced that Christian Lundgaard would replace a departing Alexander Rossi, after Rossi and the team were unable to agree on a new contract.^[10]
• On August 13, 2024, A. J. Foyt Racing confirmed it had signed David Malukas full-time on a multi-year deal. No number was named at the time of the announcement. Malukas departs Meyer Shank Racing after running the final 10 races of 2024 with them.^[4]

Team changes

Preseason

• 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.^[19][20]
• 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.^[21]
• On September 4, 2024, Racer reported that Chip Ganassi Racing would downsize its IndyCar operation from five to three cars.^[22]

Schedule

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	TBA	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

• The race at the Thermal Club that was the non-championship Thermal Club $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

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.^[23]

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

• At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier will earn 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).^[24] 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.^[25]
• Drivers who lead at least one race lap will be awarded 1 point.^[26] The driver who leads the most laps during a race will score an additional 2 points.^[26]
• Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run result in the loss of 10 points.^[27]

See also

• 2025 Indy NXT
• 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship
• 2025 USF2000 Championship
• 2025 USF Juniors

Footnotes

1. Technical partnership with Team Penske.
2. Technical partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing

References

1. Pruett, Marshall (June 13, 2024). "IndyCar signs multiyear broadcast deal with FOX". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
2. Malsher-Lopez, David (February 6, 2019). "Firestone extends IndyCar deal through 2025". motorsport.com. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
3. "Ferrucci To Stay with AJ Foyt Racing in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
4. Brown, Nathan. "David Malukas lands multi-year deal with AJ Foyt Racing starting in 2025". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
5. Fryer, Jenna (October 25, 2022). "Herta signs 4-year Andretti IndyCar extension through 2027". AP NEWS. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
6. Pruett, Marshall (September 26, 2023). "Kirkwood extends deal with Andretti". RACER. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
7. Benyon, Jack (August 23, 2023). "Ericsson to leave Ganassi for IndyCar rival Andretti". The Race. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
8. "O'Ward signs contract extension with AMSP". racer.com. May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
9. "Arrow McLaren signs Nolan Siegel to multiyear contract, set to race Laguna Seca onward". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
10. 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.
11. Brown, Nathan. "Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports returning for 2025 Indy 500 despite rollercoaster debut". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
12. Pruett, Marshall (September 5, 2024). "Chip Ganassi Racing confirms IndyCar downsizing, plans Indy NXT return". RACER. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
13. "Seven things we learned as McLaren escalates Palou claim to $30m". The Race. February 28, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
14. Pruett, Marshall (September 5, 2023). "Rosenqvist signs multiyear IndyCar deal with Meyer Shank Racing". Racer.com.
15. Barnes, Joey (November 13, 2023). "Rahal signs multi-year deal to remain with Rahal Letterman Lanigan". Autosport. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
16. Brown, Nathan. "Days after 2nd Indy 500 win, Josef Newgarden, Team Penske announce multi-year contract extension". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
17. Pruett, Marshall (August 2, 2024). "IndyCar silly season update, August 2". Racer.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
18. Martin, Bruce (March 31, 2023). "Power Signs Multi-Year Extension With Team Penske". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
19. "PREMA Racing To Join NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
20. "PREMA Picks 83, 90 as Car Numbers for First Season in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
21. Pruett, Marshall (August 19, 2024). "Meyer Shank shifts IndyCar alliance from Andretti to Ganassi". RACER. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
22. "Chip Ganassi Racing confirms IndyCar downsizing, plans Indy NXT return". RACER. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
23. Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.4.1..
24. Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.6.3.1..
25. Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.6.4..
26. Rulebook 2024, Rule 12.6.2..
27. Rulebook 2024, Rule 16.6.2.2..

Sources

• NTT IndyCar Series Official Rulebook (PDF). IndyCar Series, Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. March 5, 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.

External links

• Official website