2025 IndyCar season | |
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NTT IndyCar Series | |
Season | |
Races | 17 |
Start date | March 2 |
End date | August 31 |
Awards | |
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.
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou will enter the season as the defending champion, while Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden is the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.
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.
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) |
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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 R | 6 | [11] | |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 8 | TBA | All | [12] |
9 | Scott Dixon | All | [13] | ||
10 | Álex Palou | All | [14] | ||
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 | [15] |
66 | Marcus Armstrong | All | [16] | ||
Prema Racing | Chevrolet | TBA [N 3] | Callum Ilott | All | [17] |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |||
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 15 | Graham Rahal | All | [18] |
30 | TBA | TBA | |||
45 | TBA | TBA | |||
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 2 | Josef Newgarden | All | [19] |
3 | Scott McLaughlin | All | [20] | ||
12 | Will Power | All | [21] |
The schedule was released on June 13, 2024. [1]
O Oval/Speedway
R Road course
S Street circuit
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+ |
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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 |
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