2025 Sonsio Grand Prix

[rd45usa]

Friday, May 9​

9:30 AM ET

NTT INDYCAR SERIES - Practice 1
https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2025/Indianapolis#
https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2025/Indianapolis#
1:00 PM ET

NTT INDYCAR SERIES - Practice 2
https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2025/Indianapolis#
https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2025/Indianapolis#
4:30 PM ET

NTT INDYCAR SERIES - Qualification

Saturday, May 10​

11:30 AM ET

NTT INDYCAR SERIES - Warmup
https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2025/Indianapolis#
4:00 PM ET

NTT INDYCAR SERIES - Pre-Race Show

4:30 PM ET

NTT INDYCAR SERIES - Race
https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2025/Indianapolis#

 

[FLRacingFan]

Currently a one-race experiment to encourage more flat-out driving - both the primaries and alternate tires will be required to be run twice during the race, effectively mandating a three-stop strategy for all. The IMS road course is historically a three-stop race anyways, so not sure it’ll make much difference this weekend.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Palou spoils what would’ve been an RLL front row sweep by Rahal and Foster at the horn, by a whopping four tenths. He’s unreal.

 

[Hotrod]

Glad to see Rahal have a good day.

 

[donthaveanickname]

How is RLL awfully slow the entire year only to qualify all their cars in the Top 5 at the IMS road course?
It was the same last year. Graham had a terrible season, yet got pole and finished 2nd at the IMS road course. (might have been 2023 as well)

 

[Tony_K]

Qualifying was fun to watch with a couple of different drivers up there and then here comes Palou at the end. I think I threw my hands up and said "Well, of course he got the pole". The guy is unstoppable.

 

[FLRacingFan]

How is RLL awfully slow the entire year only to qualify all their cars in the Top 5 at the IMS road course?
It was the same last year. Graham had a terrible season, yet got pole and finished 2nd at the IMS road course. (might have been 2023 as well)

Lundgaard also earned his first pole and first podium in two different outings when he started out with them. They just seem to have a great handle of that layout - too bad they can’t seem to prep their 500 cars as well most years.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Three wins out of four races to start the season for the ‘Norwegian Nightmare’.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Three wins out of four races to start the season for the ‘Norwegian Nightmare’.

With a better start yesterday, he might have been 4 for 4.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Alright, let's do this.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Simpson on pit road with steering wheel issues. Newgarden to the back with radio problems.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

What a start by Rahal

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Herta on pit road, Ilott too.

 

[Hotrod]

Nice to see Will Buxton again in the booth.
Always liked his F1 coverage in the past.

 

[donthaveanickname]

RLL is currently running 1st, 3rd and 4th. They'll probably struggle to make the Top 30 once they get to the oval.


Colton's day is over already.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Fox scoring in Wackyland again.

 

[donthaveanickname]

It would be helpful if the graphics indicated which tire each driver is on.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Newgarden up at least 13

 

[Greg]

No stage breaks, green flag pit stops, it is just wonderful.
So natural and right.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Graham, stop sniveling.

 

[Speedbowl14]

Passing is impossible with this setup

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Passing is impossible with this setup

Herta just passed the two leaders.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Colton unlapped himself on track.

 

[donthaveanickname]

I would love to see Graham win this, it's gonna be damn tough to keep Palou behind though.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

New leader.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Graham did what he could. You just can’t stop Palou and the Perfect 10s right now.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Graham did what he could. You just can’t stop Palou and the Perfect 10s right now.

Less than a lap to put Herta back down. Cruise time.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Welp, that's gonna be it I guess.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Damn, it’s gonna be tough for Graham to even hold onto a podium spot being on the wrong tire for the final stint. Scotty and Pato are charging.

 

[donthaveanickname]

There's gonna be a bunch of folks on new softs in the final stint, will Graham even be able to hold on to the podium?

 

[FLRacingFan]

Ugh, that’s brutal.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Damn, it’s gonna be tough for Graham to even hold onto a podium spot being on the wrong tire for the final stint. Scotty and Pato are charging.

Crappy stop hurt too

 

[donthaveanickname]

Quite a shakeup in the last pit stop phase. Graham would have had a hard time defending himself anyway but that's brutal. He ran a fantastic race.

 

[FLRacingFan]

And there’s the caution everyone’s been waiting for.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

This changes EVERYTHING

 

[Tony_K]

Announcers made this caution funny.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Quite a shakeup in the last pit stop phase. Graham would have had a hard time defending himself anyway but that's brutal. He ran a fantastic race.

It might be even harder now to hold onto a top 10 with a number of red runners behind him (minus Kirkwood).

 

[donthaveanickname]

YELLOW! For the first time in several months.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Pato didn’t take up his chance to get physical into turn 1. I’m surprised.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Santino gonna need his teeth realigned