2025 Indy 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway LIVE UPDATES!

In case you're wondering, IndyCar is yet to issue a new start time. We still don't know when the race will get underway.

• Larson has roughly a 45-minute buffer of delays that would allow him to do the entire Indy 500
• He HAS to be wheels up (in the jet) by 4:30pm. Roughly 20 minutes from getting out of the cockpit to in the jet.
• If Larson isn’t in the car with the race started by 3pm, Larson will leave & TK (Tony Kanaan) will start in the No. 17.

The rain has stopped and the marshals are drying the track. Race start could be imminent. Stay tuned for the latest updates.

Tony Kanaan is ready to jump into Kyle Larson's McLaren if the Indy 500 is delayed further. Larson is due to contest the Cola-Cola 600 with Hendrick Motorsports in Charlotte later today.

The rain hasn't eased and we are still waiting for an update from IndyCar.

IndyCar has given teams a 10-minute window to warm up the engine. However, it's important to note that it's not a command to start the engine to go racing.
 

A new race start time is yet to be announced.

It would be easy to overlook the fact that Takuma Sato qualified second on his one-off return to the Indy 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The 48-year-old has two Indy 500 wins to his name (2017 and '20).

While we wait for the race to begin, it's important to mention that the Indy 500 grandstands have been sold out for the first time since 2016. That means around 350,000 fans have passed through the gates to enjoy the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The original race start time has passed and IndyCar is yet to issue a new start time. The race control is waiting for the drizzle to stop before giving the green light.
This could spell trouble for Kyle Larson, who is aiming to complete the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 double.

The Indy 500 begins in T-minus 10 minutes.

Alex Palou has been the in-form man in 2025. With four victories in five races, he has been near-unbeatable so far.

But after five attempts, Palou is still chasing that elusive Indy 500 win.

Starting sixth on the grid, can he finally add an oval win to his tally of three IndyCar titles?

Josef Newgarden could become the first driver in history to win the Indy 500 in three consecutive years if he comes out on top in today’s race.

However, it’s important to remember that no driver has won the Indy 500 from lower than 28th on the grid. Newgarden will line up 32nd following the accentuator penalty.

With Norris winning the Monaco GP earlier today, McLaren has the opportunity to win two Triple Crown races in one day.

Pato O’Ward, who finished second to Newgarden last year, starts on the front row in third place.

McLaren will also be competing at next month's Le Mans 24 Hours, albeit in the second-tier LMGT3 class. 

The British manufacturer's Hypercar programme will come on stream in 2027.

Penske’s cheating scandal dominated headlines in the run-up to the race. The team was found to have illegally modified the rear accentuator - which forms the rear crash structure - on the cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power.

Although IndyCar’s own analysis made it clear that the changes brought no performance benefit, the controversy has had huge ramifications on one of the most famous teams in all of motorsport.

IndyCar penalised Newgarden and Power by sending them to the back of the grid, while Penske was hit with a hefty $200,000 fine - $100,000 for each car.

Further, Roger Penske fired three key staff members, including president Tim Cindric, to protect the integrity of his squad.

Racing fans have been treated to some great action today. Marco Bezzecchi kicked off the day by scoring Aprilia’s first MotoGP victory of 2025 in the British GP. This was followed by McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris returning to winning ways in a rather unconventional Monaco GP.

Attention now turns to the US, with the Indy 500 and NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 taking place at short intervals. If you are Kyle Larson, that means completing a total of 1100 miles in two wildly different cars!