IndyCar at Laguna Seca live results, updates today, time, schedule, starting lineup
Palou has won seven races in 2025, Kyle Kirkwood three, O'Ward two and Scott Dixon one. Palou is 99 points clear of second-place O'Ward with four races to go. Race winners earn 50 points.
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Here's the starting lineup for today's @IndyCar race at @WeatherTechRcwy ⬇️Among other things, the entire Andretti trio will start on primaries. Both Pato & Palou start on alternates. pic.twitter.com/gUkZLwoqEn
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Row 1
1, Alex Palou
2, Pato O'Ward
Row 2
3, Colton Herta
4, Josef Newgarden
Row 3
5, Will Power
6, David Malukas
Row 4
7, Will Power
8, Christian Lundgaard
Row 5
9, Graham Rahal
10, Louis Foster
Row 6
11, Marcus Armstrong
12, Christian Rasmussen
Row 7
13, Scott McLaughlin
14, Kyffin Simpson
Row 8
15, Marcus Ericsson
16, Nolan Siegel
Row 9
17, Rinus Veekay
18, Kyle Kirkwood
Row 10
19, Scott Dixon
20, Santino Ferrucci
Row 11
21, Jacob Abel
22, Alexander Rossi
Row 12
23, Conor Daly
24, Callum Ilott
Row 13
25, Robert Shwartzman
26, Sting Ray Robb
Row 14
27, Devlin DeFrancesco
Alex Palou swept the pole and race in 2024. Is it going to be one of those weekends?
As much as I'd love for the championship fight to get tighter, Palou has exceled here. He didn't run away and hide a year ago, but he was clearly the best car from the jump. This year, Palou has won four of the five natural-terrain road-course races — and in the one he didn't (Mid-Ohio), his small silly mistake cost him the win. We haven't gotten a true Alex Palou beatdown of a weekend since the spring, and it feels like we're due.
How will Team Penske fare this weekend?
I certainly don't expect a win. I think there's an off-chance we get a podium from either Scott McLaughlin or Will Power. I still think we could get a Penske win before the season ends, but not here. Chip Ganassi Racing has won each of the last three trips to the track, and if I'm making predictions, there's no reason to expect that to change unless something odd happens.
The Rookie of the Year race couldn't be tighter. Who has the edge between Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman?
Foster has had a better track record both in qualifying performance and consistency, so in a tie with four races to go, I'll give a slight edge to the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rookie, although I think this very much could be alive until the finale — at an oval, where Prema has gotten the bulk of their strong results this year.
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
Noon: IndyCar warmup, FS2
3 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox
TV: Coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET, Sunday, July 27, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 3:22 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters.
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Sunday: Partly cloudy skies and highs in the 60s.
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