2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
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4th round of the 2025 IndyCar season
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 Layout of the Barber Motorsports Park | |||||
| Date | May 4, 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama | ||||
| Course | Permanent road course 2.380 mi / 3.830 km | ||||
| Distance | 90 laps 214.200 mi / 344.700 km | ||||
| Weather | Partially Cloudy 19 °C (66 °F) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |  Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 01:07.2918 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:09.0177 (on lap 4 of 90) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Second |  Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Third |  Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The 2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 4, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.[1] The race was contested of 90 laps. Álex Palou won the race, Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, and Scott McLaughlin finished 3rd. Rinus VeeKay and Will Power rounded out the top five, while Pato O'Ward, Colton Herta, Alexander Rossi, Nolan Siegel, and Josef Newgarden rounded out the top ten.
Entry list
[edit]| Key | Meaning |
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| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
[edit]Practice 1
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |  Marcus Ericsson |
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:07.7470 |
| 2 | 10 | Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:07.7602 |
| 3 | 26 |  Colton Herta |
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:07.7728 |
| Official report | |||||
Practice 2
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 4 | David Malukas |
A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 01:08.1661 |
| 2 | 10 | Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:08.1958 |
| 3 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:08.3082 |
| Official report | |||||
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM ET on May 3, 2025.
Qualifying classification
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 1:07.1674 | N/a | 1:07.3168 | 1:07.2918 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin W |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1:07.2437 | N/a | 1:07.4405 | 1:07.4387 | 2 |
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta |
Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian | Honda | N/a | 1:07.2725 | 1:07.3820 | 1:07.4576 | 3 |
| 4 | 12 |  Will Power W |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1:07.7711 | N/a | 1:07.2343 | 1:07.5616 | 4 |
| 5 | 18 |  Rinus VeeKay |
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | N/a | 1:07.5504 | 1:07.4440 | 1:07.9103 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | Nolan Siegel R |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 1:07.7236 | N/a | 1:07.6163 | 1:08.0470 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/a | 1:07.4148 | 1:07.6950 | N/a | 7 |
| 8 | 5 |  Pato O'Ward W |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 1:07.6356 | N/a | 1:07.7056 | N/a | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | Josef Newgarden |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/a | 1:07.3983 | 1:07.7684 | N/a | 9 |
| 10 | 8 |  Kyffin Simpson |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/a | 1:07.5082 | 1:07.8806 | N/a | 10 |
| 11 | 66 | Marcus Armstrong |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 1:07.5686 | N/a | 1:08.2031 | N/a | 11 |
| 12 | 45 |  Louis Foster R |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/a | 1:07.7328 | 1:08.4427 | N/a | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci |
A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 1:07.8228 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 13 |
| 14 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/a | 1:07.7483 | N/a | N/a | 14 |
| 15 | 20 | Alexander Rossi |
ECR | Chevrolet | 1:07.8807 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 15 |
| 16 | 90 | Callum Ilott |
Prema Racing | Chevrolet | N/a | 1:07.7733 | N/a | N/a | 16 |
| 17 | 21 | Christian Rasmussen |
ECR | Chevrolet | 1:07.8874 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 17 |
| 18 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Global | Honda | N/a | 1:07.8239 | N/a | N/a | 18 |
| 19 | 76 | Conor Daly |
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 1:08.0017 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 19 |
| 20 | 4 | David Malukas |
A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | N/a | 1:07.8459 | N/a | N/a | 20 |
| 21 | 15 | Graham Rahal |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 1:08.0106 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 21 |
| 22 | 77 | Sting Ray Robb |
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | N/a | 1:08.1802 | N/a | N/a | 22 |
| 23 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson |
Andretti Global | Honda | 1:08.0146 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 23 |
| 24 | 83 |  Robert Shwartzman R |
Prema Racing | Chevrolet | N/a | 1:08.2584 | N/a | N/a | 24 |
| 25 | 51 | Jacob Abel R |
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 1:08.3762 | N/a | N/a | N/a | 25 |
| 26 | 9 | Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/a | 1:08.8715 | N/a | N/a | 26 |
| 27 | 30 |  Devlin DeFrancesco |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/a | 1:09.0373 | N/a | N/a | 27 |
| Qualifying results | |||||||||
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 1:07.9015 |
| 2 | 5 | Pato O'Ward W |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 1:08.1494 |
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta |
Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 1:08.1801 |
| Warmup results | |||||
Race
[edit]The race was held at 1:30 PM ET on May 4, 2025.
Race classification
[edit]Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
[edit]- ↑ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
