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20-07-2025
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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. is your best IndyCar follow, and keep up with coverage throughout the season with . 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) : Santino Ferrucci, David Malukas : Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood, Marcus Ericsson, Marco Andretti* : Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Larson* (with Rick Hendrick) : Kyffin Simpson, Scott Dixon, Alex Palou : Jacob Abel, Rinus VeeKay : Ryan Hunter-Reay*, Jack Harvey* : Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter* : Conor Daly, Sting Ray Robb : Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong, Helio Castroneves* : Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman, Romain Grosjean (reserve) : Graham Rahal, Louis Foster, Devlin DeFrancesco, Takuma Sato* Toby Sowery (reserve) : 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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19-07-2025
- Automotive
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Reigning champion Colton Herta takes pole at Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
Colton Herta, of the United States, zooms around the track on his way to the fastest time in the second practice for the 2025 Honda Indy Toronto in Toronto on Saturday July 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn TORONTO — There will be a couple of familiar faces in the grid's front row when the green flag drops at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday. Defending champion Colton Herta earned pole position in the only IndyCar Series race outside of the United States. Alex Palou, who has a comfortable lead atop the open-wheel circuit's points list, will be right beside Herta at the starting line at Exhibition Place. Herta held pole position in three of the past four races in Toronto, but only won in 2024. "I think it's just what this team is capable of around here for the street courses," said Herta on Andretti Global's reputation for strong showings on street courses like Toronto. "We continue to be a dominant force in the league for that style of racing. "It was a stressful one, though. Really close to being knocked out in the first round." Herta clocked the 11-turn, 2.874-kilometre course around Toronto's fairgrounds — also home to the CFL's Argonauts, Major League Soccer's Toronto FC, the American Hockey League's Marlies, the Professional Women's Hockey League's Sceptres, and starting in 2026, the WNBA's Tempo — in 59.8320 seconds. It was Herta's first pole of the season and he's winless so far, although he does have three top-five finishes. "We want to do well. We're striving to do better every weekend," said Herta as his news conference wound down and Palou walked in to the media centre to do his. "It's a tough sport, so any little thing that we drop the ball on, it creates a big impact. "Just need to be heads-up on Sunday and not give this (expletive) a win." Palou chuckled before getting to the microphone. He has dominated IndyCar this season with seven wins, four poles, 10 top fives and 11 top 10s, leading for a total of 442 laps. He has 515 points to put him well ahead of No. 2 Pato O'Ward's 386. Despite the quality of his season, Palou said that starting second would be a tough assignment Sunday. "It's never easy to start second," said Palou, whose best qualifying lap was 0.2758 seconds behind Herta's. "If the person in third is awake, they're usually able to pass the person on the outside. "We'll see what we can do. It's not easy to be around the outside in Turn 1. Honestly, it's still great. As long as we're in the top four or five by Lap 1, it's where we want to be. We can race from there." Marcus Armstrong and Will Power were third and fourth respectively. Scott Dixon, a four-time champion in Toronto, was 11th in qualifying but IndyCar announced Friday that he'd earned a six-position starting grid penalty for an unapproved engine change following last week's race at Iowa Speedway. Dixon is second only to all-time great Michael Andretti's seven wins around Exhibition Place. Toronto's Devlin DeFrancesco, the only Canadian on the grid, was 26th. Several drivers complained after Friday's practice about a large bump on Lake Shore Boulevard, just before the braking zone heading into Turn 3. Race officials repaved the area overnight with mixed reviews from Herta and Palou. "It's much better. Yeah, it was pretty brutal yesterday," said Herta. "I didn't really mind it because I think it adds character and whatnot. But it was on the limit. It was very aggressive. "I thought IndyCar did a good job. I think there's no problems at all with it." Palou was less positive. "(The patch) didn't really make any difference for us. I guess they tried hard," he said. "The good thing is we brake past that, so it's just uncomfortable when you drive through there. "But it was not any smoother. You were still hitting very, very hard." This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2025. John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press
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18-07-2025
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Kyle Kirkwood has fastest practice lap at Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto
TORONTO — Kyle Kirkwood of the United States had the fastest lap in the first practice round of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. He went around the course at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto in one minute 1.205 seconds. Scott McLaughlin of New Zealand was second in 1:01.341 and Spain's Alex Palou, the IndyCar Series points leader, was third in 1:01.599. Reigning champion Colton Herta of the U.S. was 10th in 1:02.022. Toronto's Devlin DeFrancesco, the only Canadian entered in the IndyCar Series race, was 25th in 1:02.9283. IndyCar announced earlier in the day that Scott Dixon received a six-position starting grid penalty for an unapproved engine change following last week's race at Iowa Speedway. Dixon, from New Zealand, is a four-time champion in Toronto, second only to all-time great Michael Andretti's seven wins. Headlined by an IndyCar Series race on Sunday, there's a total of nine races from several series and a variety of automobile classes over the weekend. All of the races will take place around an 11-turn, 2.874-kilometre street course that runs through Exhibition Place, along Lake Shore Boulevard, and then loops back through the fairgrounds in downtown Toronto. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2025. John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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18-07-2025
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How to watch 2025 Indy Toronto, as Álex Palou chases history in final street race of the season
The NTT IndyCar Series returns to Toronto for its final street race of the season, and few tracks ask more of a driver than this one. The 1.786-mile course through Exhibition Place is narrow, abrasive and constantly shifting under the demands of hybrid-era racing. Here's how to catch all the action from practice to podium as IndyCar hits the streets of Toronto. Advertisement Race coverage can also be streamed via the Fox Sports app. Fox is available over the air with a broadcast antenna. With five races to go, few have a path to catch Álex Palou. The Ganassi driver has seven wins in 12 starts and now turns to Exhibition Place as he continues his pursuit of a 10th victory, which would match the all-time single-season record, first set by A. J. Foyt in 1964. He's averaged a fourth-place finish in three prior starts here, proof he's just as sharp on this layout as anywhere else even if he lacks a win at this venue. Palou may have built a wall at the top, but no one's letting up. Pato O'Ward, Scott Dixon and Kyle Kirkwood continue chasing wins, and there's still time to shape how this season is remembered. For defending Toronto champion Colton Herta, it's a chance to do it on familiar asphalt and concrete. At Toronto, if you're not up front early, you're fighting the track, not the field. Herta remains a strong qualifier on street circuits this season, with front-row starts in all three prior events. He won Toronto from pole last year and has podiumed in each of his last three starts here. If he qualifies up front again, he'll likely be Palou's closest challenger. Will a win be enough to catch Palou? Probably not, barring a major misstep from the championship leader. But it could shift the tone of the closing stretch and set the pace for 2026. Ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication. (Photo of Álex Palou: Dan Hamilton / Imagn Images)
