First it was Lundgaard, then Graham Rahal tried, and now Christian Rasmussen has got through. He's dropped to eighth.
Christian Lundgaard slips past David Malukas into Turn 4. A great move.
Palou leads away again with Herta behind him - the front pack go through the first turns very clean with no overtakes.
He's managed to resuscitate the car.
Kyffin Simpson has had a big hit with the wall after he nudged Felix Rosenqvist in his grateful Dead livery into the wall. Both are out of the race with a Caution waived.
it seems Robert Shwartzman and Conor Daly have become caught up with each other.
Palou leads the field away leaving it to the last possible point - Herta tries it on O'Ward and makes it through
Pretty amazing fact but I'll try not to yell it too loud to avoid cursing him.
It will be interesting to see how that plays out - Herta goes well around Laguna Seca so we'll see how that goes.
Everyone has followed Alex Palou out onto track to start preparing for the green flag.
Seems everyone is keen to get going with the command already given.
Fox's IndyCar coverage has finally got underway, the green flag is set to wave at 8:30pm.
Coverage for IndyCar has been delayed by 20 minutes to allow for coverage of the Euros final on Fox to finish.
It's at this point I should say a big congratulations to the Lionesses! they won 3-1 on penalties.
Warm Up was moved to Saturday after concerns about weather on Sunday morning.
Location 📍: Monterey, California, USA
Race length 📏: 2.238 mile circuit
Notable features ⛰️: rollerocaster-esque track with lots of up and downhills
Race lap record 🏁: 1:08.4168 (Alex Palou, 2023).
2024 winner 🏆: Alex Palou
Interesting fact 🔍: Laguna Seca is Spanish for dry lake due to the area once belonging to a lake. The course was built around its dry bed with two artificial ponds later added.
Alex Palou has said he think it is better to "have your closest competitor close" as Pato O'Ward lines up behind him for this afternoon's race.
Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden has praised his team after he managed to get into the Fast Six and qualify in fourth for today's race at Laguna Seca.
See how the cars will shake up before the race.
AJ Foyt driver, David Malukas, shared post-qualifying that he believes both Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward have been untouchable so far in Laguna Seca.
Alex Palou will start on pole with Pato O'Ward in second and Colton Herta wrapping up the top three.
Good evening, coverage for the 2025 IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterey race at Laguna Seca is set to start at 8pm GMT.
In the meantime, we'll bring you updates on what has happened so far this weekend.