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The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series is scheduled to be the 114th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 30th season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event will be the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou will enter the season as the defending champion, while Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden is the defending Indianapolis 500 winner.

Background and series news

After IndyCar's television contract with NBC Sports lapsed in 2024, the series signed a new agreement with Fox Sports that will see all races being covered on the Fox Broadcast Network.

On September 23, 2024, IndyCar announced its first ever charter system, which would begin in 2025 and extend until 2031. 25 charters were awarded, with a maximum of 3 for each team. Chartered entries are guaranteed a starting position for every race, excluding the Indianapolis 500. Charters are required to qualify for the Leaders Circle.

Confirmed entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with 2018 universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

All full-season entries barring the two from Prema Racing were awarded "charters" which enables those entries to participate in the Leaders Circle program. 25 charters were awarded in total, and those chartered entries will compete for 22 Leaders Circle contracts.

As there are 27 or fewer entries confirmed for the full season (including Prema), no entries will be "bumped" from (fail to qualify for) events outside the Indianapolis 500, which maintains its 33-car starting grid with no guaranteed entries.

As part of the language contained in the charter agreement, teams will be limited to three drivers per entry during a season.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)	Ref(s)
A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	14	Santino Ferrucci	All
		41	David Malukas	All
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	26	Colton Herta	All
Andretti Global		27	Kyle Kirkwood	All
		28	Marcus Ericsson	All
		TBA	TBA	6
Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	5	Pato O'Ward	All
		6	Nolan Siegel	All
		7	Christian Lundgaard	All
Arrow McLaren/Rick Hendrick		17	Kyle Larson  R	6
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	8	Kyffin Simpson	All
		9	Scott Dixon	All
		10	Álex Palou	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	18	TBA	TBA
		TBA	TBA	TBA
DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet	23	Ryan Hunter-Reay	6
		24	Jack Harvey	6
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	Alexander Rossi	All
		21	Christian Rasmussen	All
		33	Ed Carpenter	6
Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	77	Conor Daly	All
		78	Sting Ray Robb	All
Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	06	Hélio Castroneves	6
		60	Felix Rosenqvist	All
		66	Marcus Armstrong	All
Prema Racing	Chevrolet	83	Robert Shwartzman  R	All
		90	Callum Ilott	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal	All
		30	Devlin DeFrancesco	All
		45	Louis Foster  R	All
Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	Josef Newgarden	All
		3	Scott McLaughlin	All
		12	Will Power	All

Driver changes

Preseason

• On July 2, 2024, Arrow McLaren announced that Christian Lundgaard would replace a departing Alexander Rossi, after Rossi and the team were unable to agree on a new contract.
• On August 13, 2024, A. J. Foyt Racing confirmed it had signed David Malukas full-time on a multi-year deal. No number was named at the time of the announcement. Malukas departs Meyer Shank Racing after running the final 10 races of 2024 with them.
• On September 17, Prema Racing confirmed reports that Callum Ilott would join full-time in a yet-unnumbered entry for the 2025 season. Ilott moves from Jota Sport in the World Endurance Championship and also competed in two IndyCar races in 2024 as an injury substitute for Arrow McLaren.
• On September 19, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed that it had signed Marcus Armstrong for the 2025 season, replacing David Malukas in the No. 66 entry. Armstrong departs Chip Ganassi Racing after two seasons.
• On September 20, RACER reported that Ed Carpenter Racing informed Rinus VeeKay that it would end their relationship after five seasons. On September 23, VeeKay confirmed this report via social media.
• On September 25, Ed Carpenter Racing confirmed its driver line-up, with Alexander Rossi joining the team on a multi-year deal in the No. 20 entry, Christian Rasmussen moving from the No. 20 to the No. 21 entry full-time on a multi-year deal, and owner/driver Ed Carpenter returning to an Indy 500-only role in a third entry.
• On October 9, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announced the signing of 2024 Indy NXT Champion Louis Foster to a multi-year deal, in the No. 45 entry, replacing Lundgaard. On December 9, RLL confirmed Devlin DeFrancesco to drive it's third entry, replacing Pietro Fittipaldi after one season.
• On October 30, Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed reports that Kyffin Simpson would move from the No. 4 entry to the No. 8, taking the place of a departing Linus Lundqvist.
• On November 5, Prema Racing confirmed reports that it had signed Robert Shwartzman to fill its second race seat for the 2025 season. Shwartzman moves from AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance championship.
• On November 20, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced the signing of Sting Ray Robb to one of its entries for the 2025 season. He was later confirmed to be assigned to the No. 78 entrant.
• On December 4, DRR-Cusick Motorsports confirmed its Indy 500 lineup, with Jack Harvey joining the team in the No. 24 car at the Indianapolis 500.
• On December 18, Juncos Hollinger Racing confirmed that Conor Daly would drive the No. 77 entry full-time in 2025, moving from the No. 78 entry which he finished 2024 in, and replacing a departing Romain Grosjean.

Team changes

Preseason

• On April 9, 2024, Italian junior formula and endurance racing team Prema Racing announced it would enter two full-time entries in IndyCar in 2025 and will utilizing Chevrolet engines.
• On August 19, 2024, Meyer Shank Racing confirmed that it would be switching technical alliance partners from Andretti Global to Chip Ganassi Racing, having been with Andretti since 2020.
• On September 4, 2024, Racer reported that Chip Ganassi Racing would downsize its IndyCar operation from five to three cars.

Schedule

The schedule was released on June 13, 2024.

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

Schedule changes

• The race at the Thermal Club that was the non-championship $1 Million Challenge in 2024 will become a full points-paying race in 2025.
• The Milwaukee Mile, which hosted a double-header in 2024, will only host a single race in 2025.
• The race at World Wide Technology Raceway will move from August to June.

Points standings

• Ties will be broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.

Driver standings

• At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier will earn 1 point (unless qualifying is not held). The twelve Indy 500 qualifiers who qualify for the fast 12 session will receive points based on the results of that session, descending from 12 points for first place.
• Drivers who lead at least one race lap will be awarded 1 point. The driver who leads the most laps during a race will score an additional 2 points.
• Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reaches their required distance run result in the loss of 10 points.

See also

• 2025 Indy NXT
• 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship
• 2025 USF2000 Championship
• 2025 USF Juniors

Footnotes

1. The Leaders Circle program provides approximately $1 million dollars to the top-22 eligible entries by entrant points at the end of a season, in what has been described by sources as a "socialized financial incentive program".
2. Technical partnership with Team Penske.
3. Technical partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing.

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Sources

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External links

• Official website

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