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Indy 500 Starting Lineup 2025: See Who Starts Where

Indy 500 Starting Lineup 2025: See Who Starts Where

See who starts where in the 2025 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on May 25 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

May 19, 2025 by Kyle McFadden
Indy 500 Starting Lineup 2025: See Who Starts Where

The lineup for the 109th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge is set for May 25 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Rookie Robert Shwartzman, driving for upstart PREMA Racing, stunned the field, captured pole position with an impressive four-lap average of 232.790 mph, the first rookie to do so since 1983. Shwartzman entered qualifying weekend with +20000 odds of winning the Indy 500.

Veteran Takuma Sato (232.478 mph) and Arrow McLaren's Pato O’Ward (232.098 mph) rounded out an eclectic front row representing Israel (Shwartzman), Japan (Sato) and Mexico (O'Ward).

Saturday’s Day 1 fast qualifier Alex Palou at 233.043 mph was nearly 2 mph slower on Sunday as he timed sixth among Fast 6 drivers.

Scott Dixon, Felix Rosenqvist, and Palou make up the second row. Team Penske endured an adverse day staeting with last year's Indy 500 polesitter Scott McLaughlin crashing in practice, while Josef Newgarden and Will Power missed the pole shootout due to inspection failures, landing 11th and 12th.

The Last Chance Qualifying saw Marco Andretti, Marcus Armstrong, and Rinus VeeKay edge out Jacob Abel for the final spots. 

2025 Indianapolis 500 Starting Lineup

Start

Driver

Qualifying

1

Robert Shwartzman

232.790

2

Takuma Sato

232.478

3

Pato O'Ward

232.098

4

Scott Dixon

232.052

5

Felix Rosenqvist

231.987

6

Alex Palou

231.378

7

David Malukas

231.599

8

Christian Lundgaard

231.360

9

Marcus Ericsson

231.014

10

Scott McLaughlin

233.013

11

Conor Daly

231.725

12

Alexander Rossi

231.701

13

Kyffin Simpson

231.641

14

Ed Carpenter

231.633

15

Santino Ferrucci

231.593

16

Devlin DeFrancesco

231.575

17

Sting Ray Robb

231.461

18

Christian Rasmussen

231.438

19

Kyle Larson

231.326

20

Louis Foster

231.058

21

Callum Ilott

230.993

22

Helio Castroneves

230.978

23

Kyle Kirkwood

230.917

24

Nolan Siegel

230.571

25

Ryan Hunter-Reay

230.363

26

Jack Harvey

230.348

27

Colton Herta

230.192

28

Graham Rahal

229.863

29

Marco Andretti

229.741

30

Marcus Armstrong

229.091

31

Rinus Veekay

226.913

32

Josef Newgarden

Penalized 

33

Will Power

Penalized