Indy 500 Results 2025: Full Race Standings, Winner & Must-See Highlights

Alex Palou etched his name onto the Borg-Warner Trophy by winning the 109th Indianapolis 500, capturing his first career oval victory and fifth win in the opening six races of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. The 28-year-old Spaniard steered the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to the yard of bricks under caution after rookie Nolan Siegel crashed on the final lap, freezing the field and denying any last-second attacks. Former Formula 1 driver and 2022 “500” champion Marcus Ericsson finished 0.738 seconds behind in the No. 28 Andretti Global Honda, while David Malukas delivered A.J. Foyt Enterprises its first podium at Indy since 1999. Top-10 finishing order 1. Alex Palou – Chip Ganassi Racing 2. Marcus Ericsson – Andretti Global 3. David Malukas – A.J. Foyt Enterprises 4. Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren 5. Felix Rosenqvist – Meyer Shank Racing 6. Kyle Kirkwood – Andretti Global 7. Santino Ferrucci – A.J. Foyt Enterprises 8. Christian Rasmussen – Ed Carpenter Racing 9. Christian Lundgaard – Arrow McLaren 10. Conor Daly – Juncos Hollinger Racing Key race moments • Pole-sitter Robert Shwartzman’s bid evaporated when he slid through his pit box on Lap 86, striking crew members and later retiring with suspension damage. • Reigning two-time Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden’s quest for an historic three-peat ended on Lap 152 with gearbox failure, leaving him 25th. • NASCAR star Kyle Larson’s highly anticipated “double” attempt concluded in a three-car crash on Lap 91, triggering the day’s first red flag. • Seven cautions slowed the 200-lap classic, but Palou’s Ganassi squad executed flawless 9-second fuel-only stops twice to vault him from fifth to the lead by Lap 170. What they said Palou: “You dream about this moment from the first time you watch the Indy 500. Today that dream is real—now we go celebrate with milk!” Ericsson: “We had speed all month, but Alex was perfect. P2 hurts, but I’ve won this before; I’ll be back.” Malukas: “Standing on this podium for the Foyt family means the world. We proved we can fight the big teams.” Championship fallout Palou extends his points lead to 92 over O’Ward as the series heads to the Detroit street circuit next weekend, where Ganassi’s street-course package has also been formidable. Why it matters Palou becomes the first Spaniard to win the Indianapolis 500 and the sixth driver to claim motorsport’s most coveted bottle of milk for Chip Ganassi Racing, joining legends like Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon. His victory further cements a budding dynasty: Ganassi has now captured four of the past seven Indy 500s, underlining Honda’s horsepower edge on the 2.5-mile superspeedway. With record digital viewership, grandstand sellouts announced months in advance, and a global social-media spike around “Indy 500 results,” Palou’s triumph arrives as the sport enjoys its strongest commercial momentum in a decade. Fans will have little time to exhale—engines fire again in downtown Detroit in just six days, where Palou looks to continue his march toward a fourth series crown.