Indianapolis, IN
- Alex Palou takes back-to-back poles with stellar run at the Sonsio Grand Prix on the IMS road course
- Graham Rahal qualifies P2 for Rahal Letterman Lanigan in a Honda front row lockout
- RLL transfers all three of their Honda-powered IndyCars to the Firestone Fast Six
It was once again Alex Palou on top as the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda took pole position for tomorrow's Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
The 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season has been the Palou Show, as the Spaniard has notched three wins in the first four races of the year—creating a championship lead of 61 points as he goes for his fourth title in five years and third-consecutive championship.
Starting alongside Palou will be Rahal Letterman Lanigan's Graham Rahal. RLL transferred all three of their Honda IndyCars into the Firestone Fast Six for Saturday's Sonsio GP. Rookie Louis Foster will roll off third for the team, while Devlin DeFrancesco starts fifth.
Honda-powered cars made up four of the top five in qualifying as the manufacturer seeks its fifth-consecutive victory to open the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. In addition to Palou's wins at St. Petersburg, Thermal and last week at Barber Motorsports Park, Kyle Kirkwood took a stunning victory at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in April, leading home none other than Alex Palou in P2.
Sonsio GP Honda Qualifying Results
1st
Alex Palou
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2nd
Graham Rahal
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
3rd
Louis Foster - R
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
5th
Devlin DeFrancesco
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
10th
Kyffin Simpson
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12th
Felix Rosenqvist
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
13th
Colton Herta
Andretti Global Honda
15th
Marcus Armstrong
Meyer Shank Racing Honda
16th
Scott Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
20th
Marcus Ericsson
Andretti Global Honda
21st
Kyle Kirkwood
Andretti Global Honda
24th
Rinus VeeKay
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
25th
Jacob Abel - R
Dale Coyne Racing Honda
R – Rookie Quotes Graham Rahal (#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda) qualified second: "It felt great for our team. It's awesome for our program. I can't say enough—I don't think anyone was particularly happy with how we unloaded but this team just kept working and kept chunking away at it. And now, the three of us are in the top five, I can't say enough about what that means for our program. And for Honda, four of the top five. Just a great day. It's been a lot of hard work from everybody and hopefully this is a good sign of not just things to come this weekend and tomorrow, but the entire Month of May here at Indy." Louis Foster (#45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda) qualified third: "It was a great qualifying for us at the team and also for Honda. Honda 1-2-3, it's been the Honda show this year. Palou had a lap time that I just don't know where it comes from, to be honest with you. But, I'm super happy with our performance. Graham starting on the front row, me on row two, Devlin just back on row three, it's a great day. The RLL team has always been strong here, but the #45 car was exceedingly strong today. I think we could have put a slightly better lap together, but you can't be mad with that result and I'm looking forward to the race." Honda at the IMS Road Course Where to Watch
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Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) qualified first: "Number one! Yeah! It's been an amazing day. Even since first practice we've had a ton, a ton, of speed and just felt like in qualifying we were still improving each and every session. I'm really happy to be back on pole again and hopefully we can get another win for HRC and Honda."
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