Alex Palou driving at Toronto.
Alex Palou driving at Toronto.
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IndyCar Toronto Qualifying 2025 LIVE UPDATES!

Live updates from the IndyCar Toronto qualifying session.

19 Jul 2025
19:57
Newgarden leads the group

Josef newgarden is at the top of Group Two - Christian Rasmussen is in second followed by Marcus Ericsson.

19:54
Ericsson can relax

Marcus Ericsson is on track - he owes his mechanics a beer for getting him in this qualifying. He now needs to provide on track.

19:50
Group Two takes to track

Here's your drivers in Group Two:

  • J. Newgarden
  • D. Malukas
  • P. O'Ward
  • K. Simpson
  • A Palou
  • R. Veekay
  • A. Rossi
  • C. Rasmussen
  • C. Herta
  • M. Ericsson
  • D. Defrancesco
  • J. Abel
  • M. Armstrong
  • R. Shwartzman
19:48
Top six from Group One
  • K. Kirkwood
  • W. Power
  • S. Dixon
  • C. Ilott
  • G. Rahal
  • L. Foster
19:47
Will power is through

Will power takes the second for Penske.

19:47
Christian Lundgaard and Nolan Siegel out

That leaves the pressure on Pato O'Ward for Arrow McLaren to make it into round two.

19:46
Callum Ilott up to second

Great time by Ilott in his Prema.

19:45
Kirkwood goes top

That pace shown in P2 is now being shown by Kirkwood.

19:45
Power still at threat

Power needs something special to make it into round two right now.

19:43
Louis Foster says something is broken with the car

He blamed something on the front right - he's on track either way.

19:42
All going onto softs

We had some hard tyre runners to begin with but those have all been taken off the for the softer alternate compound.

19:41
Nolan Siegel hits bump and goes on through escape road

Interestingly his teammate, Pato O'Ward did the same thing in P2. Siegel sits 10th so time to find for him.

19:40
Will Power in bottom seven

Will Power is on the cusp of elimination sat in seventh - still time to go.

19:38
Felix Rosenqvist at top

Felix Rosenqvist has put in the fastest time with a 1:01.386.

19:37
We go green for Group One

Group One is on track. This includes: 

  • Felix Rosenqvist
  • Nolan Siegel
  • Will Power
  • Conor Daly
  • Scott Dixon
  • Graham Rahal
  • Louis Foster
  • Santino Ferrucci
  • Scott McLaughlin
  • Callum Ilott
  • Kyle Kirkwood
  • Christian Lundgaard
  • Sting Ray Robb
19:34
Brake problem on Ericsson's car

Time is running out for Marcus Ericsson who is currently having brake issues. His team are all over the front of his car trying to fix it.

19:32
Final street circuit of the year

This is the final street circuit of 2025 - there's four overall on the calendar:

  • St. Petersburg
  • Long Beach
  • Detroit
  • Toronto
19:27
Pato O'Ward denies links to Cadillac F1 move

Pato O'Ward has denied that he is looking at the decision to join Cadillac for the 2026 F1 season.

He compared the rumours to when everyone thought Fernando Alonso and Taylor Swift were dating.

Read here

19:14
Siegel "itching" to get racing

Nolan Siegel is excited to be on track after missing the Farm to Finish due to his crash the day before in the Synk 275.

He also shared his new found appreciation for his love of racing.

Read more

19:11
P2 results

Andretti locked out the top two with Colton Herta setting the fastest time followed by Kyle Kirkwood. Josef Newgarden followed in third over half-a-second down on Herta.

Read more

19:07
Track statistics

Location 📍: Toronto, Canada

Race length 📏: 1.786 mile circuit

Notable features ⛰️: Bumpy stree track with long stretches

Race lap record 🏁: 0:58.806 (Cristiano da Matta, 2002)

2024 winner 🏆: Colton Herta

Interesting fact 🔍: Toronto is the only IndyCar race outside of the USA

19:03
Welcome

Welcome to Crash.Net's live updates of IndyCar's Toronto qualifying 2025.

Action is set to start at 19:30 BST so sit back and we'll bring commentary to you as it starts.