2025 Indy 500 starting grid with official penalties applied

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2025 Indy 500 starting grid with official penalties applied

The official starting lineup for the 109th Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson

Sunday 25 May 2025 09:00 Updated: 10:11

After a thrilling weekend of qualifying action earlier this month, the official starting lineup for the 109th Indianapolis 500 was set, with rookie driver Robert Shwartzman set to start Sunday's race on pole.

To everyone's astonishment, Shwartzman and his PREMA team not only made it to the Fast Six at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last Sunday, but also went on to register the fastest speed at 232.790 miles per hour (mph).

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With that speed, Shwartzman beat the likes of Takuma Sato (232.478 mph) and Pato O'Ward (232.098 mph) to Indy 500 pole, with the Japanese and Mexican drivers set to start alongside him on the three-wide front row.

Elsewhere, Scott Dixon, Felix Rosenqvist, and Alex Palou also made the Fast Six last weekend and will therefore start on the second row in Sunday's race. However, the huge talking point coming out of qualifying was the fact that two Team Penske cars failed pre-qualifying technical inspection.

Then, on Monday, IndyCar announced that both drivers would lose the 11th and 12th spots that they had earned and be sent to the back of the field due to their infraction. Power now starts Sunday's race in 33rd position, with Newgarden in 32nd.

With that said, let's take a look at the full lineup below.

2025 Indy 500: Who is on pole for Sunday's race?

After two qualifying days last weekend, here is the full starting lineup for the 2025 Indy 500 with penalties applied.

Starting Position	Driver	Car No.	Entrant	Engine
1	Robert Shwartzman	83	PREMA Racing	Chevrolet
2	Takuma Sato	75	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
3	Pato O'Ward	5	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
4	Scott Dixon	9	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Felix Rosenqvist	60	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda
6	Alex Palou	10	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
7	David Malukas	4	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
8	Christian Lundgaard	7	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
9	Marcus Ericsson	28	Andretti Global	Honda
10	Scott McLaughlin	3	Team Penske	Chevrolet
11	Conor Daly	76	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
12	Alexander Rossi	20	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
13	Kyffin Simpson	8	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
14	Ed Carpenter	33	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
15	Santino Ferrucci	14	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
16	Devlin DeFrancesco	30	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
17	Sting Ray Robb	77	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
18	Christian Rasmussen	21	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
19	Kyle Larson	17	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
20	Louis Foster	45	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
21	Callum Ilott	90	PREMA Racing	Chevrolet
22	Helio Castroneves	06	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda
23	Kyle Kirkwood	27	Andretti Global	Honda
24	Nolan Siegel	6	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
25	Ryan Hunter-Reay	23	DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet
26	Jack Harvey	24	DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet
27	Colton Herta	26	Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda
28	Graham Rahal	15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
29	Marco Andretti	98	Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian	Honda
30	Marcus Armstrong	66	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda
31	Rinus VeeKay	18	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
32	Josef Newgarden	2	Team Penske	Chevrolet
33	Will Power	12	Team Penske	Chevrolet