25-year-old rookie Robert Shwartzman shocked the IndyCar paddock when he put his No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet on pole for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap common of 232.790mph. Not solely is that this Shwartzman’s first-ever oval race, it’s also the primary oval race for Prema, a well-established staff in Europe that’s competing in IndyCar for the primary time this yr.
Shwartzman will share the entrance row with RLL Racing’s Takuma Sato and Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward. 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.
However whereas Shwartzman celebrated, one other rookie ended the day in disappointment as Dale Coyne Racing driver Jacob Abel was the one driver who didn’t qualify for this yr’s 500, shedding out to teammate Rinus VeeKay within the last-chance qualifier.
For these following Kyle Larson 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 Lineup
Robert Shwartzman, Prema Racing
Picture by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Photos through Getty Photos
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