The Month of May means one thing for race fans — The Greatest Spectacle in Racing. 34 drivers will be competing for 33 spots on the 2025 Indianapolis 500 grid with a lot of practice leading up to qualifying and race day. There are eight former Indy 500 winners and four rookies entered into this historic race with a total of 14 countries represented.
These times are tentative and may be subject to change as weather can (and likely will) impact at least some of these sessions. Here’s how to watch it all:
(All times EST)
Tuesday, May 13
12pm-2pm — Indy 500 practice
2-4pm — Indy 500 Rookie Orientation and Refresher
4-6pm — Indy 500 practice
Wednesday, May 14
12-6pm — Indy 500 practice
Thursday, May 15
12-6pm — Indy 500 practice
Friday, May 16 [Fast Friday]
12-6pm — Indy 500 practice
Saturday, May 17
8:30-9:30am — Indy 500 practice
11am-5:50pm — Indy 500 qualifying
Sunday, May 18
1-2pm — Indy 500 practice for Fast 12
2-3pm — Indy 500 practice for last chance qualifiers
4:05-5:05pm — Indy 500 Fast 12 qualifying
5:15-6:15pm — Indy 500 LCQ qualifying for last row
6:25-6:55pm — Indy 500 Fast 6 qualifying
Monday, May 19
1-3pm — Indy 500 practice
Friday, May 23 [Carb Day]
11am-1pm — Indy 500 practice
2:30-4:30pm — Indy 500 pit stop challenge
Sunday, May 25 [Race Day]
9am — Cars to the pit lane
10:30am — Cars to the frontstretch
11:47am — Driver introductions
12:20pm — National Anthem
12:38pm — Command to start engines
12:45pm — Green flag for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500
| Car # | Driver | Team | Engine |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 4 | David Malukas | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 06 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 6 | Nolan Siegel | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Christian Lundgaard | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Santino Ferrucci | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 17 | Kyle Larson | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Rinus VeeKay | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 20 | Alexander Rossi | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Christian Rasmussen | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 23 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | DRR-Cusick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 24 | Jack Harvey | DRR-Cusick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Global w/Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Global | Honda |
| 28 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti Global | Honda |
| 30 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 33 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 45 | Louis Foster | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 51 | Jacob Abel | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 66 | Marcus Armstrong | Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 75 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 76 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 77 | Sting Ray Robb | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 83 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Racing | Chevrolet |
| 90 | Callum Ilott | PREMA Racing | Chevrolet |
| 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
How to watch
FOX Sports: United States
TSN: Canada
Sky Sports: UK, Italy, New Zealand
Motorvision+ and Sky Sports: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
STAN Sport: Australia
Ziggo Sport: Netherlands
Gaora: Japan
TV Cultura: Brazil
#Vamos and Movistar+: Spain
Sport TV: Portugal
Viaplay: Nordic countries
Canal+: France, Monaco (and French-speaking parts of Africa)
S Sport: Türkiye, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Network 4: Hungary
Voo Sport: Belgium
ESPN: Various locations in Latin America and Africa
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