2025 Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 2nd round of the 2025 IndyCar season | |
 Layout of the Thermal Club circuit | |
| Date | March 23, 2025 |
| Official name | Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix |
| Location | Thermal, California |
| Course | Permanent circuit 3.067 mi / 4.936 km |
| Distance | 65 laps 199.36 mi / 320.84 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) |
| Time | 01:39.9567 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) |
| Time | 1:43.3875 (on lap 3 of 65) |
| Podium | |
| First |  Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) |
| Third |  Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) |
The 2025 Thermal Club IndyCar Grand Prix was the second round of the 2025 IndyCar season.[1] The race was held on March 23, 2025, in Thermal, California at The Thermal Club private race resort.[2][3] 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, and Will Power, Marcus Armstrong, Kyle Kirkwood, Alexander Rossi, and Scott Dixon rounded out the top ten.
Entry list
[edit]| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
[edit]Practice 1
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:40.5486 |
| 2 | 27 |  Kyle Kirkwood
|
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:40.6387 |
| 3 | 28 |  Marcus Ericsson
|
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:40.7370 |
| Practice 1 results | |||||
Practice 2
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:40.6421 |
| 2 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:41.1247 |
| 3 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson
|
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:41.2831 |
| Practice 2 results | |||||
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM PT on March 22, 2025.[5]
Qualifying classification
[edit]- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time.
Warmup
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:40.3667 |
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:40.8267 |
| 3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:40.9362 |
| Warmup results | |||||
Race
[edit]The race was held at 12:00 PM PT on March 23, 2025.[5]
Race classification
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops |
Grid | Laps Led |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
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 | - | 22[a] |
| 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 | 01:57.3202 | 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 R
|
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 R
|
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 R
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 64 | 01:57:08.6783 | 3 | 10 | - | 6 |
| 25 | 51 | Jacob Abel R
|
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 | - | 5 |
| Fastest lap: Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) - 1:43.3875 (Lap 3)
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| Source: [6] | ||||||||||
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Herta was penalised ten points for a safety violation
References
[edit]- ^ "NTT INDYCAR SERIES Race Schedule, Results, Dates, Times | Official Site of INDYCAR". IndyCar.com. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ Bohannan, Larry. "It's official: IndyCar coming back to the desert in March, this time with an official race". The Desert Sun. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ "NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers | Official Site of INDYCAR". IndyCar.com. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ a b "The Thermal Club INDYCAR Grand Prix". IndyCar.com. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
- ^ "NTT INDYCAR SERIES Race Results | Official Site of INDYCAR". IndyCar.com. Retrieved March 25, 2025.