25-year-old rookie with a four-lap common of 232.790mph. Not solely is that this Shwartzman’s first-ever oval race, it is usually the primary oval race for Prema, a well-established workforce in Europe that’s competing in IndyCar for the primary time this yr.
Shwartzman will share the entrance row with RLL Racing’s and Arrow McLaren’s . He’s the primary Israeli-born driver to ever qualify for the Indy 500, not to mention begin from pole place. He is additionally the primary rookie to earn pole place of their Indy 500 debut since Teo Fabi did it 42 years in the past in 1983.
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However whereas Shwartzman celebrated, one other rookie ended the day in disappointment as driver was , dropping out to teammate within the last-chance qualifier.
For these following in his journey to finish the uncommon Indy 500/Coke 600 ‘Double,’ he’ll begin twenty first for the five hundred.
Now, for an entire rundown of the grid…
2025 Indianapolis 500 Beginning LineupRobert Shwartzman, Prema Racing
Robert Shwartzman, Prema RacingMichael L. Levitt / Motorsport Photos by way of Getty Photos
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Pos.
Driver
Workforce
Producer
1
Robert Shwartzman
Prema Racing
Chevrolet
2
Takuma Sato
RLL Racing
Honda
3
Pato O’Ward
Chevrolet
4
Honda
5
Honda
6
Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
7
AJ Foyt Racing
Chevrolet
8
Arrow McLaren
Chevrolet
9
Andretti World
Honda
10
Chevrolet
11
Workforce Penske
Chevrolet
12
Workforce Penske
Chevrolet
13
Chevrolet
14
Racing
Chevrolet
15
Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
16
Ed Carpenter
Ed Carpenter Racing
Chevrolet
17
AJ Foyt Racing
Chevrolet
18
RLL Racing
Honda
19
Juncos Hollinger Racing
Chevrolet
20
Ed Carpenter Racing
Chevrolet
21
Kyle Larson
Arrow McLaren w/ Hendrick
Chevrolet
22
RLL Racing
Honda
23
Prema Racing
Chevrolet
24
Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
25
Andretti World
Honda
26
Arrow McLaren
Chevrolet
27
DRR-Cusick Motorsports
Chevrolet
28
DRR-Cusick Motorsports
Chevrolet
29
Andretti World
Honda
30
RLL Racing
Honda
31
Andretti World w/ Curb-Agajanian
Honda
32
Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
33
Rinus VeeKay
Dale Coyne Racing
Honda
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