IndyCar 2025: Thermal Club start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

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IndyCar 2025: Thermal Club start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

All of the details you need to know ahead of the 2025 IndyCar race at Thermal Club, Californa

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson

Thursday 20 March 2025 17:00

The 2025 NTT IndyCar series hits California this weekend for The Thermal Club Grand Prix.

The race follows an exciting season-opener earlier this month in which Chip Ganassi Racing star Alex Palou showed once again why he is a three-time IndyCar champion.

The Spaniard beat the likes of Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden to the checkered flag around the streets of St. Pete, starting his title defense in the best possible fashion.

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Palou will fancy his chances this weekend too having been victorious at the 2024 IndyCar race at The Thermal Club. Last year's event was a non-championship exhibition, however, whereas for 2025, the race is a full point-scoring event.

It will be exciting to see if Palou comes out on top once again, or whether one of his rivals can halt the Spaniard's early season momentum to kickstart their own title bid.

IndyCar Thermal Club start times

The 65-lap race starts on Sunday, March 22, 2025, at 3 pm (ET). Here's the full IndyCar Thermal Club schedule for the weekend converted to your time zone.

Date	Session	New York, United States (ET)	Chicago, United States (CT)	Denver, United States (MT)	Los Angeles, United States (PT)	London, United Kingdom (GMT)	Central Europe (CET)
Friday, March 21	Practice 1	6:30PM	5:30PM	4:30PM	3:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM
Saturday, March 22	Practice 2	1PM	12PM	11AM	10AM	5PM	6PM
Saturday, March 22	Qualifying	5PM	4PM	3PM	2PM	9PM	10PM
Sunday, March 23	Race	3PM	2PM	1PM	12PM	7PM	8PM

How to watch IndyCar on TV

In the United States, IndyCar action this weekend and all season will be exclusively broadcast live on FOX Sports.

This weekend, all of the action ahead of the race itself will be shown live on FOX Sports 1. However, the race itself on Sunday will be shown live on FOX.

Outside the United States, the answer depends on your location. Here's a breakdown of how to catch this weekend's action in some major countries around the world.

Country	Broadcaster(s)
United States	FOX
Canada	TSN, TSN+
Australia	Stan Sport, Sky Sport
United Kingdom	Sky Sports F1
Spain	Movistar+
France	Canal+
Germany	Sky Sports
Belgium	VOO Sport World
Brazil	ESPN, TV Cultura
Middle East	IndyCar LIVE
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport
Italy	Sky
Portugal	Sport TV
Singapore	IndyCar LIVE
Japan	NHK
Hong Kong	IndyCar LIVE
Hungary	Arena 4
Turkey	S Sport