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Photo Gallery: Pato O'Ward wins IndyCar race in Toronto
Mexico's Pato O'Ward has always enjoyed the sights and sounds of Toronto, it's just the IndyCar Series race around Exhibition Place he didn't like, struggling year after year on the street course. O'Ward finally won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday, for the seven-year veteran's first victory in Canada. A pep talk from Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan to the crew the night before, some solid strategy, and a little bit of luck made the win happen. Rinus VeeKay of the Netherlands finished second and Kyffin Simpson of the United States placed third. Defending champion Colton Herta, who started in pole position on Sunday, was closing in on Simpson with a handful of laps to go when a caution solidified the podium. Here are some scenes from the race weekend. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 20, 2025.
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Who won the IndyCar race in Toronto? Complete results, leaderboard, crashes as Pato O'Ward chases Alex Palou
Pato O'Ward picks up his second win in the past three IndyCar Series races and cuts into Alex Palou's points edge on the streets of Toronto. O'Ward, who started 10th, wins the 90-lap event under caution over Rinus Veekay, who turns in a season-best performance. Kyffin Simpson completes the podium with a career-best finish, improving 10 positions from his start. Pole-sitter Colton Herta takes 4th. Palou finishes 12th after starting 2nd but retains a points lead of almost two full races over Palou with four remaining. Before today, O'Ward had fared poorly on this track. He had a feeling today would be better when a "bird dropped a load" on his car during the morning warm-up. Marcus Armstrong comes in 14th after starting 3rd, and Louis Foster tumbles to 21st after starting 7th. Team Penske has another rough outing: Will Power finishes 11th, while Josef Newgarden (24th) and Scott McLaughlin (26th) crash out. The series heads to Sonoma for a road-course race next weekend. Nathan Brown is your best IndyCar follow, and keep up with coverage throughout the season with IndyStar's motorsports newsletter. Look at next year: IndyCar working to finalize Mexico City for 2026 schedule IndyCar at Toronto leaderboard, complete results Pato O'Ward Rinus Veekay Kyffin Simpson Colton Herta Marcus Ericsson Kyle Kirkwood Graham Rahal Callum Ilott David Malukas Scott Dixon Will Power Alex Palou Christian Lundgaard Marcus Armstrong Conor Daly Robert Shwartzman Sting Ray Robb Nolan Siegel Felix Rosenqvist Christian Rasmussen Louis Foster Devlin DeFrancesco Jacob Abel Josef Newgarden Alexander Rossi Scott McLaughlin Santino Ferrucci (did not start) IndyCar leaderboard, crashes, highlights at Toronto There was plenty of jockeying back in the pack during the closing laps. Lap 88: Felix Rosenqvist and Nolan Siegel crash. Caution. Lap 78: David Malukas, who had been running 3rd, has a rough pit stop and falls to 15th. IndyCar leaderboard at Toronto, Lap 70 Pato O'Ward (by 2+ seconds) Rinus Veekay David Malukas Kyffin Simpson Colton Herta Marcus Ericsson Kyle Kirkwood Graham Rahal Felix Rosenqvist Callum Ilott Lap 59: Pato O'Ward pits and comes out ahead of Rinus Veekay. Lap 58: Leader Rinus Veekay pits, and Pato O'Ward takes P1. Lap 55: Alex Palou pits under green for fuel and primary tires. He comes out in 18th, but a later caution could put him back into contention. IndyCar leaderboard at Toronto, Lap 48 Rinus Veekay Pato O'Ward Kyffin Simpson Conor Daly Robert Shwartzman Graham Rahal Felix Rosenqvist David Malukas Christian Lundgaard Marcus Ericsson Lap 43 restart: Rinus Veekay leads the field, followed by Kyffin Simpson and Conor Daly. Will Power hits the wall but resumes without a caution. He loses 15 places. That's a lot of contact for the Team Penske cars today. Lap 42: Alex Palou and Scott Dixon pit under caution. They file out in 16th (Palou) and 18th (Dixon). They hope to complete the race with one more pit stop, while others may need two. Lap 37 restart: Multi-car pileup after Jacob Abel hits the wall. His car comes to rest on top of Josef Newgarden. Caution. Lap 35: Alex Palou and Scott Dixon stay out while most of the field pits. Kyle Kirkwood spins entering pit road after getting tapped by Marcus Armstrong. Lap 30: Alexander Rossi has a shredded right rear tire after making contact with the wall. Caution. Lap 28: Alex Palou leads David Malukas by 3+ seconds. Louis Foster is in 3rd, another 3 seconds back. IndyCar leaderboard at Toronto, Lap 20 Alex Palou David Malukas Louis Foster Scott Dixon Christian Lundgaard Josef Newgarden Robert Shwartzman Alexander Rossi Pato O'Ward Marcus Ericsson Lap 18 restart: Alex Palou leads Louis Foster and David Malukas. Lap 15: Christian Rasmussen hits the wall after contact with Will Power. Caution. Lap 8 restart: Alex Palou leads, with Rinus Veekay 2nd and Louis Foster 3rd. Lap 4: Several drivers pit under caution. Colton Herta wins that race off of pit road. Kyle Kirkwood must give up 3 positions after being out of line at the start. Lap 3: Several drivers who started on alternate tires pit to get primary tires. Scott McLaughlin hits the wall. His left rear tire was not fully attached after his stop. Caution. Lap 1: Colton Herta leads. Marcus Armstrong and Kyle Kirkwood pass front-row starter Alex Palou. IndyCar at Toronto tire choices Santino Ferrucci is out after crashing at the end of warm-up session A.J. Foyt Racing driver Santino Ferrucci crashes at the end of the warm-up session, and after about an hour of trying to repair the car, the team announces Ferrucci is out today. He had qualified 23rd. Team boss Larry Foyt said Ferrucci suffered a hand injury, though it wasn't broken. Chip Ganassi Racing doesn't send its cars onto the track for the warm-up. IndyCar starting grid at Toronto for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Row 1 1, Colton Herta 2, Alex Palou Row 2 3, Marcus Armstrong 4, Will Power Row 3 5, Graham Rahal 6, Kyle Kirkwood Row 4 7, Louis Foster 8, Marcus Ericsson Row 5 9, Rinus Veekay 10, Pato O'Ward Row 6 11, Callum Ilott 12, Nolan Siegel Row 7 13, Kyffin Simpson 14, Scott McLaughlin Row 8 15, David Malukas 16, Felix Rosenqvist Row 9 17, Scott Dixon (6-spot grid penalty after qualifying 11th) 18, Josef Newgarden Row 10 19, Christian Lundgaard 20, Robert Shwartzman Row 11 21, Conor Daly 22, Christian Rasmussen Row 12 23, Santino Ferrucci 24, Alexander Rossi Row 13 25, Sting Ray Robb 26, Devlin DeFrancesco Row 14 27, Jacob Abel Who is leading IndyCar? 2025 IndyCar results Alex Palou, has won seven races, Kyle Kirkwood three, and Scott Dixon and Pato O'Ward one each. Palou's 129-point lead over second-place O'Ward is more than two races of max points. IndyCar expert picks, predictions for Toronto from IndyStar's Nathan Brown Will Power and Colton Herta are tied for 8th with 244 points. Who comes out of Toronto ahead? We've seen it twice this year, and it's largely been the case the last couple years: The Andretti Global street course package is on another level, as we saw last year with Herta and teammate Kyle Kirkwood ran 1-2 for all but four laps of the 85 run on the streets of Toronto (with those four solely coming through pit exchanges). Herta won the last race here and has two poles and three podiums in his last three starts at Toronto. Though there's always a chance that disaster strikes, I'm going to take the odds on Herta. Santino Ferrucci and David Malukas, A.J. Foyt teammates, are tied for 10th with 237 points. Who comes out of Toronto ahead? Although Ferrucci has finished six of the eight road or street course races better than Malukas, the performance I saw across at the Detroit Grand Prix weekend (other than Malukas' tap to the rear of Alex Palou that earned Malukas an essentially day-ending penalty) leads me to think he has an edge. If he can keep his nose clean and this race doesn't deliver too much chaos — like the ways in which Ferrucci flipped the script for his podiums at Detroit and Road America — I like Malukas this weekend. Josef Newgarden and Christian Rasmussen are tied for 14th with 207 points. Who comes out of Toronto ahead? Before a mechanical failure ended his day at Detroit, Rasmussen was on for an incredibly strong showing — and then again, Newgarden had to fight hard just for a 9th-place finish there. Both these drivers — and their cars and teams — have shown volatility lately, in terms of results. So give me the veteran driver and more historically successful team. I don't think it's that ever-elusive 2025 win Newgarden continues to hunt, but a top-10 is reasonable, and I'm marginally less confident Rasmussen can match it. IndyCar Series schedule at Toronto (All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218) IndyCar schedule at Toronto on Sunday, July 20 8:30 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1 Noon: IndyCar race, Fox Where can I watch the IndyCar race at Toronto? TV: Coverage begins at noon ET, Sunday, July 20, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 12:22 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. How can I stream the IndyCar race at Toronto? Fox Sports app. Watch free with a Fubo trial How can I listen to IndyCar race at Toronto? IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race) Will it rain during the IndyCar race at Toronto? Sunday: Partly cloudy and highs in the upper 70s. IndyCar push-to-pass, tire allotment for Toronto Push-to-pass: 200 seconds total in increments of up to 20 seconds. Tire allotment: Five sets primary and five sets alternate to be used during the event weekend. Rookie drivers may use one additional set of primary tires. Teams must use one set of primary and one set of new (sticker) alternate tires for at least two laps in the race. 2025 IndyCar Series schedule The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval) March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou) March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou) April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) May 4, Birmingham, Alabama & (Winner: Alex Palou) May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou) May 25, Indianapolis 500 * (Winner: Alex Palou) June 1, Detroit % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) June 15, St. Louis * (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin & (Winner: Alex Palou) July 6, Lexington, Ohio & (Winner: Scott Dixon) July 12, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Pato O'Ward) July 13, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Alex Palou) July 20, Toronto %, noon July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m. Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m. Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m. Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m. IndyCar drivers for 2025 (Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only) A.J. Foyt: Santino Ferrucci, David Malukas Andretti Global: Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood, Marcus Ericsson, Marco Andretti* Arrow McLaren: Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Larson* (with Rick Hendrick) Chip Ganassi: Kyffin Simpson, Scott Dixon, Alex Palou Dale Coyne: Jacob Abel, Rinus VeeKay Dreyer & Reinbold: Ryan Hunter-Reay*, Jack Harvey* Ed Carpenter: Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter* Juncos Hollinger: Conor Daly, Sting Ray Robb Meyer Shank: Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong, Helio Castroneves* Prema: Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman, Romain Grosjean (reserve) Rahal Letterman Lanigan: Graham Rahal, Louis Foster, Devlin DeFrancesco, Takuma Sato* Toby Sowery (reserve) Team Penske: Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, Will Power IndyCar Series 2025 points championship points (Through 12 of 17 races) Alex Palou, 515 points Pato O'Ward, 386 Scott Dixon, 342 Kyle Kirkwood, 335 Christian Lundgaard, 300 Felix Rosenqvist, 298 Marcus Armstrong, 267 Will Power, 244 Colton Herta, 244 Santino Ferrucci, 237 David Malukas, 237 Scott McLaughlin, 234 Rinus Veekay, 211 Josef Newgarden, 207 Christian Rasmussen, 207 Alexander Rossi, 194 Kyffin Simpson, 191 Conor Daly, 184 Graham Rahal, 169 Marcus Ericsson, 164 Nolan Siegel, 156 Louis Foster, 150 Robert Shwartzman, 145 Sting Ray Robb, 120 Devlin DeFrancesco, 115 Callum Ilott, 111 Jacob Abel, 88 Takuma Sato, 36 Helio Castroneves, 20 Ed Carpenter, 16 Jack Harvey, 12 Ryan Hunter-Reay, 10 Kyle Larson, 6 Marco Andretti, 5 This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar complete results, leaderboard, crashes, starting grid at Toronto
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Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto: Pato O'Ward wins first Canadian title
Mexico's Pato O'Ward has always enjoyed the sights and sounds of Toronto, it's just the IndyCar Series race around Exhibition Place he didn't like, struggling year after year on the street course. O'Ward finally won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday – the seven-year veteran's first victory in Canada. A pep talk from Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan to the crew the night before, some solid strategy, and a little bit of luck made the win happen. 'It's a big day. It's a very big day,' said O'Ward at the post-race news conference. 'It feels pretty special in a place that has arguably been one of the biggest headaches every single year that we come here.' Pole sitter Colton Herta of the United States leads the field into Turn 1 at the start of the 2025 Honda Indy Toronto in Toronto, on Sunday, July 20, 2025. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn Story continues below advertisement Like most of the drivers in the 11-turn, 2.874-kilometre race, O'Ward started on a set of less-favourable alternate Firestone Firehawk tires. He had them switched out in his first pit stop just ahead of a Lap 3 caution. That meant O'Ward only had to use the less-favourable set for the better part of two green-flag laps. Although that strategy forced him into a three-stop race, he was able to run the primary compound the rest of the way. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'It's a really good feeling that we didn't just nail the strategy and get lucky, but we also had to earn our win today,' said O'Ward. 'It wasn't given to us. We had the car to be able to do that.' Kanaan, the IndyCar Series champion in 2004 and the winner of the 2013 Indianapolis 500, said he was sick of the narrative that O'Ward and Arrow McLaren struggle in Toronto. 'It hasn't been historically a good weekend for us here, which I didn't want to hear that coming in here,' said Kanaan. 'I was never that type of person. 'As a team, we got together last night and I said, 'Let's change that.' (…) I don't want to believe that's why we won, but…' View image in full screen Pole sitter Colton Herta of the United States leads the field into turn 1 at the start of the 2025 Honda Indy Toronto in Toronto, on Sunday, July 20, 2025. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn. Rinus VeeKay of the Netherlands finished second and Kyffin Simpson of the United States placed third. Defending champion Colton Herta, who started in pole position on Sunday, was closing in on Simpson with a handful of laps to go when a caution solidified the podium. Story continues below advertisement 'Definitely the final part, looking forward, really trying to close the gap to Pato, it was really hard to close,' said VeeKay. 'I think the track didn't really allow many overtakes. 'All three of us were kind of hovering around the same pace, closing in, making the gap bigger at times. It wasn't very exciting at the end, but it was a lot of work in the car.' While VeeKay felt there weren't a lot of opportunities to overtake at the front of the pack, there were actually many passes in the 90-lap race around Toronto's downtown fairgrounds. There were 226 on-track passes (the most in the event since 2014) and 201 passes for position (the most since 2019). 1:47 Indy Toronto events kicks off in the city Spain's Alex Palou, the overall standings leader, finished 12th on Sunday, losing significant ground to O'Ward in the points list. O'Ward entered the weekend trailing Palou by 129 points, but has cut that to 99 points with four races left in the season. Story continues below advertisement 'We need to make sure that we continue to have days like today, not just one but a few,' said O'Ward. 'Obviously, we're at a time in the championship where we're going to have to get a little bit more into the conversation of getting our elbows out because that's what I had to do today just to open the doors to having a chance to win this race. 'That's the only way we're even going to catch a whiff of making him sweat a little bit.' Toronto's Devlin DeFrancesco, the only Canadian on the grid, finished 22nd, completing 57 laps. His day was derailed when he had to take a lengthy pit stop to have his car repaired after taking some damage in an accident in the 37th lap.
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Pato O'Ward wins Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, ending frustrating run in Canada
TORONTO - Mexico's Pato O'Ward has always enjoyed the sights and sounds of Toronto, it's just the IndyCar Series race around Exhibition Place he didn't like, struggling year after year on the street course. O'Ward finally won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday, for the seven-year veteran's first victory in Canada. A pep talk from Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan to the crew the night before, some solid strategy, and a little bit of luck made the win happen. 'It's a big day. It's a very big day,' said O'Ward at this post-race news conference. 'It feels pretty special in a place that has arguably been one of the biggest headaches every single year that we come here.' Like most of the drivers in the 11-turn, 2.874-kilometre race, O'Ward started on a set of less-favourable alternate Firestone Firehawk tires. He had them switched out in his first pit stop just ahead of a Lap 3 caution. That meant O'Ward only had to use the less-favourable set for the better part of two green-flag laps. Although that strategy forced him into a three-stop race, he was able to run the primary compound the rest of the way. 'It's a really good feeling that we didn't just nail the strategy and get lucky, but we also had to earn our win today,' said O'Ward. 'It wasn't given to us. We had the car to be able to do that.' Kanaan, the IndyCar Series champion in 2004 and the winner of the 2013 Indianapolis 500, said he was sick of the narrative that O'Ward and Arrow McLaren struggle in Toronto. 'It hasn't been historically a good weekend for us here, which I didn't want to hear that coming in here,' said Kanaan. 'I was never that type of person. 'As a team, we got together last night and I said, 'Let's change that.' (...) I don't want to believe that's why we won, but...' Rinus VeeKay of the Netherlands finished second and Kyffin Simpson of the United States placed third. Defending champion Colton Herta, who started in pole position on Sunday, was closing in on Simpson with a handful of laps to go when a caution solidified the podium. 'Definitely the final part, looking forward, really trying to close the gap to Pato, it was really hard to close,' said VeeKay. 'I think the track didn't really allow many overtakes. 'All three of us were kind of hovering around the same pace, closing in, making the gap bigger at times. It wasn't very exciting at the end, but it was a lot of work in the car.' Although VeeKay felt there wasn't a lot of opportunities to overtake at the front of the pack, there were actually many passes in the 90-lap race around Toronto's downtown fairgrounds. There were 226 on-track passes (most in the event since 2014) and 201 passes for position (most since 2019). Spain's Alex Palou, the overall standings leader, finished 12th on Sunday, losing significant ground to O'Ward in the points list. O'Ward entered the weekend trailing Palou by 129 points, but cut that to 99 points with four races left in the season. 'We need to make sure that we continue to have days like today, not just one but a few,' said O'Ward. 'Obviously, we're at a time in the championship where we're going to have to get a little bit more into the conversation of getting our elbows out because that's what I had to do today just to open the doors to having a chance to win this race. 'That's the only way we're even going to catch a whiff of making him sweat a little bit.' Toronto's Devlin DeFrancesco, the only Canadian on the grid, finished 22nd, completing 57 laps. His day was derailed when he had to take a lengthy pit stop to have his car repaired after taking some damage in an accident in the 37th lap. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 20, 2025. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
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IndyCar Series 2025 drivers championship, Rookie of the Year, Leaders Circle standings after Toronto
The 2025 IndyCar Series season is busy and Alex Palou has won seven races, most notably the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Kirkwood has won three, Pato O'Ward two and Scott Dixon one. Here's where the drivers and teams stand in the season-long points, Rookie of the Year and Leaders Circle races. Report from Toronto: IndyCar Ontario Honda Dealers Indy complete results IndyCar Series championship points 2025 (Through 13 of 17 races) IndyCar Series rookie points With four races to go, Prema Racing's Robert Shwartzman erased a five-point deficit to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Louis Foster on Sunday by virtue of his 16th-place finish, tied for the Prema driver's third-best finish of his young IndyCar career. Foster finished 21st, 23 laps down after a lengthy stop for repairs. Dale Coyne Racing's Jacob Abel finished 23rd after sliding into the outside wall on Turn 1 exit and sparking a multi-car crash. IndyCar Series Leaders Circle standings 2025 IndyCar's Leaders Circle program pays eligible teams just over $1 million the following season in guarantees. To qualify for one of the 22 spots, the entry must be associated with one of IndyCar's 25 charters — teams are allowed to have a maximum of three. Only Prema Racing's two cars remain unchartered. The 25 chartered cars are then ranked by entrant points and, at the end of this season, the top 22 eligible entries will be paid $1.2 million or more by Penske Entertainment throughout the 2026 season. Here are the cars around the bubble after IndyCar's Toronto race: 21. Arrow McLaren No. 6, 168 points points 22. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 45, 159 points ------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 77, 133 points 24. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30, 123 points 25. Dale Coyne Racing No. 51, 95 points
