IndyCar 2025: St Pete Grand Prix starting lineup with penalties applied

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IndyCar: St Pete Grand Prix starting lineup with penalties applied

The full starting grid for the IndyCar St Pete Grand Prix is in after qualifying on Saturday

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson

Sunday 2 March 2025 12:30 Updated: 20:46

The starting lineup for the 2025 IndyCar season opener is officially set after an exciting qualifying session on Saturday afternoon.

The St Pete Grand Prix is now just hours away, with Team Penske star Scott McLaughlin set to start from pole after putting in a stunning lap around the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

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McLaughlin's lap time was just enough to edge Andretti Global's Colton Herta, but it will be fascinating to see how the pair get on during Sunday's race.

Of course, they will not be the only ones eyeing a victory, with the likes of Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong and Scott Dixon all set to start inside the top six.

With all of that said, let's take a look at today's starting lineup in full, with any overnight penalties that may or may not have been dished out applied.

IndyCar St Pete Grand Prix starting lineup

After qualifying on Saturday afternoon, here is the starting lineup for Sunday's IndyCar race in St. Petersburg, with lap times from the final stage of qualifying —the fast six — included.

Starting Position	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Fastest Six Lap Time
1st	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	59.4624s
2nd	Colton Herta	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	59.6393s
3rd	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	59.6989s
4th	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	59.8278s
5th	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	59.8663s
6th	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	59.9216s
7th	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	N/A
8th	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A
9th	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	N/A
10th	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A
11th	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A
12th	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	N/A
13th	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A
14th	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A
15th	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A
16th	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A
17th	David Malukas	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A
18th	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	N/A
19th	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A
20th	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A
21st	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A
22nd	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A
23rd	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A
24th	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A
25th	Jacob Abel	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	N/A
26th	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A
27th	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	N/A