IndyCar Indy Toronto 2025 race results

Pato O’Ward took his second win in two consecutive weekends after Arrow McLaren performed a superb technique to put the Mexican in a powerful place from the primary few laps.

One of many first to pit very early within the race, a Warning introduced out by Scott McLaughlin put him forward of the the highest three of Colton Herta, Marcus Armstrong, and Kyle Kirkwood after they pitted below the Warning.

Though Palou stayed out, a choice to elongate his first stint ended hurting the champion elect and allowed Palou to breeze to the win together with his solely competitors Rinus Veekay.

Though protecting O’Ward behind him earlier than the ultimate stops, O’Ward overcutted Veekay and by no means appeared again.

Speaking moments after he was out of the automotive, O’Ward in his typical cheeky fashion, stated he and his automotive had been blessed to the win by a chicken that pooped on his automotive earlier within the day.

O’Ward joked: “Earlier than Heat Up immediately, there was a chicken that dropped a load on the automotive and considered one of my guys, my exterior entrance truly, and I stated, that is a residing delusion.

“[I] cannot say I noticed this one coming immediately  however I used to be feeling so good on the prime tyre all weekend.

“We had been simply struggling a bit to only get the choice to work in qualifying and sadly that is the one it’s good to switch.

“I knew I had an ideal automotive below me to race with and the fellows nailed it on the technique. We simply hold making our Sundays a bit bit tough.”

Veekay introduced the automotive residence in second for his greatest end and his solely podium to date in 2025 adopted by Kyffin Simpson who was promoted onto the rostrum after David Malukas needed to pit late within the remaining quarter of the race.

Colton Herta had begun to search out Simpson with laps to go after he pitted from the lead however a late Warning with two laps to go protected the rostrum for the Chip Ganassi driver.

Talking to FS1, Simpson stated: “To begin with, all of the glory to God, it was a loopy race and so many ups and downs at one level.

“We thought we had been within the worst place after which in a short time it turned to probably the greatest positions.

“At Mid-Ohio I used to be actually bummed as a result of realistically we may have even received that race. To come back again right here and get it executed is unimaginable.”

Lap-by Lap

Colton Herta led the sector from the beginning with Alex Palou instantly overtaken by Marcus Armstrong in third.

Whereas Herta constructed a cushty hole on the entrance within the first few laps, Kyle Kirkwood was fast to get better from poor Quick Six yesterday and was as much as third after lap 2 after he overtook Alex Palou for third.

Making early pit stops off the gentle onto hards, Pato O’Ward, Marcus Ericsson, Nolan Siegel, and Scott McLaughlin jumped onto the prime tyre.

Nonetheless, a free wheel nut meant McLaughlin’s left rear wheel tyre got here free off the automotive which despatched the Kiwi into the wall and out of the race for the second consecutive race.

A downbeat McLaughlin stated: “I am personally bummed for everybody [at] Chevy and Gallagher. Two races in a row [we’re] out fairly early so sorry to them.

“I felt like one thing form of broke or one thing on the left rear. I really like my guys, so I am not going to drop them within the, oh yeah, the nut got here off, however anyway, it is irritating. We’re all on this collectively.”

Opening the pit window below Warning for the remainder of the grid, the highest three automobiles darted for the pitlane whereas Alex Palou selected to remain out.

The crash for Scott McLaughlin put Pato O’Ward because the chief of the alternate technique following the Warning.

Main the sector away below inexperienced, Palou started to construct an enormous hole of virtually two seconds to Rinus Veekay in second.

Mixing up the grid between the 2 totally different methods, it grew to become rapidly clear that these on the gentle tyres who stayed out had no grip.

Kyffin Simpson was the primary automotive to start to rapidly lose locations whereas a number of automobiles started to comply with earlier than Christian Rasmussen introduced out a Warning when he smacked the wall after he was elbowed out the best way by Will Energy.

Rasmussen managed to puncture his proper rear tyre and was capable of drag the automotive again to the pits however got here again onto monitor laps behind the grid.

Palou as soon as once more led the automobiles after the monitor went inexperienced and as soon as once more developed a big lead over second place David Malukas who overtook Louis Foster moments after the Warning ended.

In the meantime additional down the grid, the alternate technique automobiles continued to make their approach again to the highest nonetheless led by O’Ward.

Armstrong, who had been forward of Herta and Kirkwood, fell behind the sooner Andretti drivers who had been enjoying catch as much as get behind O’Ward who was frequently placing site visitors between him and his competitors.

O’Ward appeared to be caught behind Alexander Rossi till the previous IndyCar world champion smacked the wall.

The incident gave Rossi a puncture as his tyre flailed off the rim and meant he needed to take to the escape street at Flip 11. This introduced out a Warning because of particles on the monitor.

Whereas Palou’s pit crew appeared within the pit lane, IndyCar officers had closed it throughout the Warning which stopped the Spaniard from having the ability to make his first cease.

Nonetheless, a intelligent name by Arrow McLaren meant that O’Ward managed to get into pit lane earlier than officers made this determination.

As soon as reopened, O’Ward was slingshotted up the grid to seventh. Nonetheless, Palou alongside his teammate, Scott Dixon nonetheless selected to not pit making it a Chip Ganassi 1-2.

The large loser from the pitstops was Kyle Kirkwood who was reportedly nudged by Marcus Armstrong when getting into the pits which spun his automotive round and dominated him out of the race win.

Kirkwood managed to remain in contact together with his Andretti teammates nevertheless and completed in sixth behind Ericsson.

On race restart, Alex Palou managed to construct a spot on Dixon earlier than the primary flip moments earlier than Jacob Abel received tagged into Flip 1 and hit the wall.

Josef Newgarden was caught unaware and collided with Abel which despatched Abel on prime of the Penske automotive.

Newgarden has been concerned in a number of crashes this yr together with his terrifying second at Bonmarito the place he ended the other way up. That is his fifth end in twenty fifth or decrease.

Holding it very brief, Newgarden stated: “Only a easy case of improper place, improper time improper place. I simply wish to say because of PPG, Chevy, and all our supporters at residence. We see you guys.”

A number of automobiles had been blocked by the incident together with residence hero, Devlin Defrancesco.

Pressured to pit, each Palou and Dixon pitted to relinquish the lead positions and got here out in sixteenth and 18th on alternates giving Rinus Veekay the lead.

This ruined Chip Ganassi’s probability for the win after the duo needed to pit as soon as extra comparatively rapidly after their first cease.

Preventing down within the dregs of the sector, Palou and Dixon fought their approach again to complete twelfth and tenth respectively.

“I selected the technique”, Palou mirrored, “There’s what we did improper immediately.

“I believed it was gonna give us the most suitable choice to win, the automotive was actually quick [and] I needed to be upfront attempting to keep away from being trapped in site visitors.

“We knew it was gonna be a dangerous technique in comparison with beginning on alternates. It was sort of working. We had been capable of open an enormous hole after that first yellow however it was not sufficient immediately.

“Not our day [but] blissful that Kiffin received his first podium.”

O’Ward, who started to look in a superb place to win, put aggressive strikes on the automotive forward to get monitor place. This included Energy who he overtook into Flip One.

Energy tried to return the overtake however was roughed out of the nook and hit the wall. He managed to get it reversed and again into the race however the harm was executed to his race as he returned to the pack in 18th.

O’Ward continued to overhaul his approach to second passing each Conor Daly and Kyffin Simpson.

O’Ward nevertheless grew to become caught behind Veekay earlier than he pitted on lap 58. O’Ward didn’t comply with him nevertheless and managed to overcut the Dutch driver by a big margin to take over the provisional lead.

Herta had led once more after final pit stops however finally needed to pit himself which dropped him to sixth. Favorite getting into immediately’s race, Herta was one of many many drivers who noticed his possibilities diminished by the a number of Cautions.

Malukas, who was in third, was compelled to pit as soon as extra within the remaining tens of laps which gave Kyffin Simpson third.

Though Herta fought onerous to get onto the again of Simpson and appeared to take the ultimate podium place with two laps to go, a late Warning introduced out Felix Rosenqvist and Nolan Siegel protected the place for the Chip Ganassi driver.

Rosenqvist misplaced the automotive out of Flip 8 and hit the wall; this left Siegel no time to react and piled into the Swedish driver.

Malukas got here out fifteenth and pushed his approach again by the grid on a lot brisker tyres. Discovering Lundgaard, Energy, and Palou squabbling over place, Malukas squeezed by with no issues to get again within the prime ten and end ninth.