The 2025 Java House Grand Prix of Monterey was the fourteenth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 27, 2025, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The race was contested of 95 laps. Álex Palou won the race, his 8th of the season, Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, and Colton Herta finished 3rd. Pato O'Ward and Scott Dixon rounded out the top five, while Callum Ilott, Will Power, Marcus Armstrong, Christian Rasmussen, and Scott McLaughlin 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 Enterprises 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 Enterprises Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global 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 with Curb-Agajanian Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 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 The first practice session was held on Friday, July 25, at 5:00 PM ET. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:09.2069 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 01:09.3173 3 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:09.3174 Source:
Practice 2 The second practice session was to be held on Saturday, July 26, at 11:30 AM ET, but was canceled due to weather.
Qualifying Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM ET on July 26, 2025.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:08.3413 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:08.6280 2 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 01:08.8824 3 4 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.6695 4 5 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.0062 5 6 4 David Malukas A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:10.1811 6 7 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:09.2131 7 8 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.2658 8 9 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.2791 9 10 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:09.2993 10 11 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:09.7246 11 12 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:09.8116 12 13 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:08.9903 13 14 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.3156 14 15 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 01:09.0966 15 16 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:09.3535 16 17 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:09.2042 17 18 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 01:09.3875 18 19 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.2652 19 20 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:09.4663 20 21 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:09.3942 21 22 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:09.4788 22 23 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:09.4508 23 24 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 01:09.5751 24 25 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 01:09.5634 25 26 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:10.0509 26 27 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:15.8287 27 Source:
Race The race was held at 3:00 PM ET on July 27, 2025. Álex Palou, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, would earn his 19th career victory and eighth of the year.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95 02:05:00.1159 3 1 84 54 2 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 95 3.7965 3 7 0 40 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 95 4.4630 3 3 0 35 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 95 6.6484 3 2 0 32 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95 7.3422 3 19 0 30 6 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 95 8.9243 3 24 0 28 7 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 95 11.5298 3 5 0 26 8 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 95 13.0055 3 10 0 24 9 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 95 14.0988 3 11 0 22 10 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 95 14.5960 3 13 0 20 11 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 95 15.2224 3 4 0 19 12 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 95 16.5256 3 8 0 18 13 4 David Malukas A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 95 16.9614 4 6 0 17 14 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 95 17.8336 5 23 0 16 15 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 95 19.1194 4 22 0 15 16 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 95 19.7294 5 18 0 14 17 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 95 21.5898 3 9 0 13 18 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 95 29.3009 4 16 11 12 19 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 95 30.4964 5 26 0 11 20 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 94 -1 Lap 5 27 0 10 21 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 94 -1 Lap 5 25 0 9 22 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 94 -1 Lap 4 20 0 8 23 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 92 -3 Laps 4 17 0 7 24 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 91 -4 Laps 6 12 0 6 25 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 78 Mechanical 3 15 0 5 26 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 10 Contact 0 51 0 5 27 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 0 Contact 0 14 0 5Fastest lap: Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 1:10.7851 sec (lap 9) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 5902 Pato O'Ward 469 (–121) 13 Scott Dixon 392 (–198) 13 Kyle Kirkwood 363 (–213)5 Christian Lundgaard 317 (–233)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1314 2 Chevrolet 1090 (–224)
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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