2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

Race details
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Layout of theBarber 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
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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The2025 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 4, 2025, inBirmingham, Alabama atBarber Motorsports Park.^[1] The race was contested of 90 laps.Álex Palou won the race,Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, andScott McLaughlin finished 3rd.Rinus VeeKay andWill Power rounded out the top five, whilePato O'Ward,Colton Herta,Alexander Rossi,Nolan Siegel, andJosef Newgarden rounded out the top ten.

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Nolan Siegel R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Alexander Rossi	ECR	Chevrolet
21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global withCurb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda
30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Jacob Abel R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
83	Robert Shwartzman R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet
90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet

Top Practice Speeds

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 withCurb-Agajanian	Honda	01:07.7728
Official report

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
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 was held at 2:30 PMET on May 3, 2025.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2
1	10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:07.1674	—	1:07.3168	1:07.2918	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:07.2437	—	1:07.4405	1:07.4387	2
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global w/Curb-Agajanian	Honda	—	1:07.2725	1:07.3820	1:07.4576	3
4	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:07.7711	—	1:07.2343	1:07.5616	4
5	18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	—	1:07.5504	1:07.4440	1:07.9103	5
6	6	Nolan Siegel R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1:07.7236	—	1:07.6163	1:08.0470	6
7	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	—	1:07.4148	1:07.6950	—	7
8	5	Pato O'Ward W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1:07.6356	—	1:07.7056	—	8
9	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	—	1:07.3983	1:07.7684	—	9
10	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	—	1:07.5082	1:07.8806	—	10
11	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	1:07.5686	—	1:08.2031	—	11
12	45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	—	1:07.7328	1:08.4427	—	12
13	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	1:07.8228	—	—	—	13
14	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	—	1:07.7483	—	—	14
15	20	Alexander Rossi	ECR	Chevrolet	1:07.8807	—	—	—	15
16	90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	—	1:07.7733	—	—	16
17	21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet	1:07.8874	—	—	—	17
18	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	—	1:07.8239	—	—	18
19	76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	1:08.0017	—	—	—	19
20	4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	—	1:07.8459	—	—	20
21	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1:08.0106	—	—	—	21
22	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	—	1:08.1802	—	—	22
23	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	1:08.0146	—	—	—	23
24	83	Robert Shwartzman R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	—	1:08.2584	—	—	24
25	51	Jacob Abel R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	1:08.3762	—	—	—	25
26	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	—	1:08.8715	—	—	26
27	30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	—	1:09.0373	—	—	27
Qualifying results

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
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

The race was held at 1:30 PMET on May 4, 2025.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	1:46:33.1523	3	1	81	54
2	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+16.0035	3	7	0	40
3	3	Scott McLaughlin W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+23.4453	3	2	3	36
4	18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	90	+23.7783	3	5	0	32
5	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+32.7718	3	4	0	30
6	5	Pato O'Ward W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+33.2559	3	8	0	28
7	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global w/Curb-Agajanian	Honda	90	+34.0216	3	3	0	26
8	20	Alexander Rossi	ECR	Chevrolet	90	+45.7556	3	15	0	24
9	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+46.2254	3	6	0	22
10	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+48.0484	3	9	0	20
11	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	90	+57.9913	3	18	0	19
12	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+58.6974	3	26	0	18
13	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	90	+59.3510	3	14	0	17
14	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+1:08.2589	3	21	0	16
15	21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet	90	+1:09.2260	3	17	0	15
16	4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	90	+1:10.1133	3	20	0	14
17	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	4	11	6	14
18	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	4	13	0	12
19	76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	19	0	11
20	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	89	+1 Lap	3	23	0	10
21	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	3	10	0	9
22	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	22	0	8
23	90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	16	0	7
24	30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	3	27	0	6
25	83	Robert Shwartzman R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	24	0	5
26	45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	88	+2 Laps	3	12	0	5
27	51	Jacob Abel R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	88	+2 Laps	4	25	0	5
Fastest lap:Álex Palou — 1:09.0177 (lap 4)
Official results

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 196 2 Christian Lundgaard 136 (–60) 3 Kyle Kirkwood 127 (–69) 4 Pato O'Ward 108 (–88) 5 Scott McLaughlin 105 (–91)

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 366 2 Chevrolet 284 (–82)

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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