2025 Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix

The 2025 Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix was the second round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 23, 2025, at the Thermal Club private race resort in Thermal, California. The race took the scheduled 65 laps to complete. Álex Palou won the race, Pato O'Ward finished 2nd, and Christian Lundgaard finished 3rd. Colton Herta and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top five, while Will Power, Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Alexander Rossi, and Scott Dixon 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 ChevroletSource:

Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda01:40.5486 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda01:40.6387 3 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda01:40.7370Practice 1 results

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet01:40.6421 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda01:41.1247 3 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda01:41.2831Practice 2 results

Qualifying Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM PT on March 22, 2025. Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:39.9567 1 2 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:40.1245 2 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:40.3092 3 4 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:40.3978 4 5 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 01:40.7435 5 6 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 01:41.0359 6 7 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:40.6824 7 8 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 01:40.7306 8 9 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:40.9824 9 10 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:41.2256 10 11 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:41.2319 11 12 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:41.2997 12 13 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:40.6490 13 14 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 01:40.6658 14 15 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:40.6592 15 16 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:40.7040 16 17 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:40.6956 17 18 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:40.8433 18 19 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 01:40.8884 19 20 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:41.1684 20 21 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:40.9750 21 22 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:41.2929 22 23 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:41.1118 23 24 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:41.3356 24 25 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:41.5133 25 26 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:41.3664 26 27 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 01:43.0781 27 Qualifying results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time.

Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda01:40.3667 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda01:40.8267 3 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet01:40.9362Warmup results

Race The race was held at 12:00 PM PT on March 23, 2025. Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 65 01:56:23.2677 3 3 13 51 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 65 01:56:33.4531 3 1 51 44 3 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 65 01:56:46.0007 3 2 - 35 4 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 65 01:56:58.3399 3 4 - 32 5 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 65 01:56:58.8974 3 9 - 30 6 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 65 01:57:03.6464 3 21 - 28 7 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 65 01:57:04.7803 3 7 - 26 8 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 65 01:57:15.5158 3 8 - 24 9 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 65 01:57:15.8750 3 6 1 23 10 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 65 01:57:17.3202 3 11 - 20 11 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 65 01:57:21.5409 3 18 - 19 12 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 65 01:57:24.3275 3 19 - 18 13 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 65 01:57:33.6959 3 17 - 17 14 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 65 01:57:36.3049 3 14 - 16 15 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 65 01:57:36.5074 3 20 - 15 16 76 Connor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 65 01:57:05.3097 3 15 - 15 17 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 65 01:58:06.9962 3 13 - 13 18 4 David Malukas A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 65 01:58:10.5788 3 12 - 12 19 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 65 01:58:11.0634 4 16 - 11 20 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 64 01:56:28.8054 3 26 - 10 21 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 64 01:56:32.5720 3 5 - 9 22 83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevrolet 64 01:56:41.3067 3 27 - 8 23 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 64 01:56:51.8213 3 24 - 7 24 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 64 01:57:08.6783 3 10 - 6 25 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 64 01:57:22.1476 3 23 - 5 26 90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevrolet 64 01:57:48.9642 4 22 - 5 27 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 53 01:46:05.5060 3 25 - 5Fastest lap: Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) - 1:43.3875 (Lap 3) Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 1022 Pato O'Ward 63 (–39)3 Scott Dixon 61 (–41)4 Christian Lundgaard 60 (–42)5 Felix Rosenqvist 56 (–46)

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 182 2 Chevrolet 144 (–38)

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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