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IndyCar Series 2025 drivers championship, Rookie of the Year, Leaders Circle standings

The 2025 IndyCar Series season is looking like a runaway already. Alex Palou has two wins in two races, most recently at Thermal in the California desert.

Here's where the drivers and teams stand in the season-long points, Rookie of the Year and Leaders Circle races.

IndyCar Series championship points 2025

(Through two of 17 races)

  1. Alex Palou, 102
  2. Pato O'Ward, 63
  3. Scott Dixon, 61
  4. Christian Lundgaard, 60
  5. Felix Rosenqvist, 56
  6. Kyle Kirkwood, 54
  7. Josef Newgarden, 53
  8. Colton Herta, 47
  9. Alexander Rossi, 43
  10. Scott McLaughlin, 41
  11. Marcus Ericsson, 37
  12. Graham Rahal, 37
  13. Rinus Veekay, 35
  14. Will Power, 33
  15. Marcus Armstrong, 33
  16. Christian Rasmussen, 33
  17. Santino Ferrucci, 32
  18. David Malukas, 29
  19. Kyffin Simpson, 27
  20. Conor Daly, 27
  21. Robert Shwartzman, 18
  22. Devlin DeFrancesco, 18
  23. Nolan Siegel, 16
  24. Callum Ilott, 16
  25. Sting Ray Robb, 16
  26. Jacob Abel, 12
  27. Louis Foster, 11

IndyCar Series 2025 rookie standings

Two races into the 2025 season, the road has remained tough for IndyCar's three full-season rookies. After his car caught fire during Friday practice -- an issue that essentially lost him full participation in the weekend's first two practices -- Prema's Robert Shwartzman finished Sunday's race 22nd to pace this year's rookie class.

After qualifying 10th and running as high as 8th, RLL's Louis Foster said in the team's release he struggled with late-race pain in the cockpit due to an issue with his race seat and fell back to 24th, finishing one lap down. Dale Coyne Racing's Jacob Abel also finished one lap down in 25th, in-part due to an unscheduled pit-stop mid-race due to a mechanical issue.

As the lone rookie to have finished in the top-20 in the season-opener at St. Pete, Shwartzman continued to open up a small lead on his two rookie rivals early in the Rookie of the Year race.

  1. Robert Schwartzman, 18 points
  2. Jacob Abel, 12 points
  3. Louis Foster, 11 points

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. Presently, 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 Thermal:

18. A.J. Foyt Enterprises No. 4, 29 points

19. Chip Ganassi Racing No. 8, 27 points

20. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 76, 27 points

21. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30, 18 points

22. Arrow McLaren No. 6, 16 points

------------------------------------------------23. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 77, 16 points

24. Dale Coyne Racing No. 51, 12 points

25. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 45, 11 points

IndyCar race at Thermal results

  1. Alex Palou
  2. Pato O'Ward
  3. Christian Lundgaard
  4. Colton Herta
  5. Felix Rosenqvist
  6. Will Power
  7. Marcus Armstrong
  8. Kyle Kirkwood
  9. Alexander Rossi
  10. Scott Dixon
  11. Graham Rahal
  12. Christian Rasmussen
  13. Josef Newgarden
  14. Santino Ferrucci
  15. Kyffin Simpson
  16. Conor Daly
  17. Rinus Veekay
  18. David Malukas
  19. Nolan Siegel
  20. Devlin DeFrancesco
  21. Marcus Ericsson
  22. Robert Shwartzman
  23. Sting Ray Robb
  24. Louis Foster
  25. Jacob Abel
  26. Callum Ilott
  27. Scott McLaughlin

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 %, 4:20 p.m.

May 4, Birmingham, Alabama &, 1:30 p.m.

May 10, Indianapolis &, 4:30 p.m.

May 25, Indianapolis 500 *, 12:45 p.m.

June 1, Detroit %, 12:30 p.m.

June 15, St. Louis *, 3 p.m.

June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin &, 2:30 p.m.

July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 2 p.m.

July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m.

July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 2 p.m.

July 20, Toronto %, 2 p.m.

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

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar Series 2025 championship, rookie of the year, leaders circle standings

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