2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Race details
3rd round of the 2025 IndyCar season
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	Long Beach Street Circuit
Date	April 13, 2025
Official name	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Downtown Long Beach, California
Course	Temporary Street Circuit; 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	90 laps; 177.12 mi / 285.05 km
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Global)
Time	1:06.1921
Fastest lap
Driver	Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:08.1355 (on lap 32 of 90)
Podium
First	Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Global)
Second	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren)
Chronology
2024	2026

The 2025 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 13, 2025 in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach Street Circuit.^[1] The race was contested of 90 laps. Kyle Kirkwood won the race, Álex Palou finished 2nd, and Christian Lundgaard finished 3rd. Felix Rosenqvist and Will Power rounded out the top five, while Scott McLaughlin, Colton Herta, Scott Dixon, Sting Ray Robb, and Kyffin Simpson rounded out the top ten.

Entry list

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Nolan Siegel R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Alexander Rossi W	ECR	Chevrolet
21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet
24	Jack Harvey	DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood W	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda
30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
33	Ed Carpenter	ECR	Chevrolet
45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Jacob Abel R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
83	Robert Shwartzman R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet
90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:07.3227
2	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	01:07.3503
3	27	Kyle Kirkwood W	Andretti Global	Honda	01:07.3523
Practice 1 results

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1:07.1169
2	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global	Honda	1:07.1648
3	45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1:07.2093
Practice 2 results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held at 11:30 AM PT on April 12, 2025. Kyle Kirkwood qualified on pole position for the race, while his Andretti Global teammate Colton Herta qualified second. Championship leader Álex Palou qualified in third. A number of drivers suffered incidents during qualifying. The most significant incident came at the end of the Fast 12 session, when Christian Lundgaard slid wide at turn 9 and impacted the tire barriers. The incident brought out a red flag in the session, which, by IndyCar rules, forced Lundgaard to lose his fastest two laps that he had already set. Other incidents included Santino Ferrucci suffering damage during his group 1 qualifying session that forced him to pull off the course in to a run-off area, and Scott Dixon clipping the wall in his group 1 session, forcing him to abandon what would have been his fastest lap.^[2]

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2	Round 2	Round 3
1	27	Kyle Kirkwood W	Andretti Global	Honda	N/a	1:06.9367	1:06.4219	1:06.1921	1
2	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global	Honda	1:07.2181	N/a	1:06.5648	1:06.4232	2
3	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/a	1:07.0031	1:06.6076	1:06.6254	3
4	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	1:07.3325	N/a	1:06.9121	1:06.6358	4
5	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	N/a	1:07.2142	1:06.7172	1:06.7061	5
6	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/a	1:07.1104	1:06.7592	1:07.0393	6
7	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	1:07.4324	N/a	1:06.9381	N/a	7
8	20	Alexander Rossi W	ECR	Chevrolet	N/a	1:07.3304	1:07.1989	N/a	8
9	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1:07.3978	N/a	1:07.5540	N/a	9
10	4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	1:07.5468	N/a	1:07.9818	N/a	10
11	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/a	1:07.1909	1:08.2861	N/a	11
12	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1:07.2092	N/a	1:12.0583	N/a	12
13	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:07.6606	N/a	N/a	N/a	13
14	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/a	1:07.3777	N/a	N/a	14
15	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:07.6905	N/a	N/a	N/a	15
16	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/a	1:07.3806	N/a	N/a	16
17	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:07.7026	N/a	N/a	N/a	17
18	21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet	N/a	1:07.4664	N/a	N/a	18
19	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	1:07.7925	N/a	N/a	N/a	19
20	45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/a	1:07.5295	N/a	N/a	20
21	76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	1:07.9223	N/a	N/a	N/a	21
22	90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	N/a	1:07.5890	N/a	N/a	22
23	30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1:08.0824	N/a	N/a	N/a	23
24	83	Robert Shwartzman R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	N/a	1:07.6606	N/a	N/a	24
25	18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	1:08.2326	N/a	N/a	N/a	25
26	51	Jacob Abel R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	N/a	1:08.5051	N/a	N/a	26
27	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	1:08.6268	N/a	N/a	N/a	27
Qualifying results

Notes

Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:08.0151
2	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:08.3474
3	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	01:08.4736
Warmup results

Race

The race was held at 1:30 PM PT on April 13, 2025.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	27	Kyle Kirkwood W	Andretti Global	Honda	90	1:45:51.2058	3	1	46	54
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+2.6859	3	3	0	40
3	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+18.7784	3	12	26	36
4	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	90	+19.8193	3	4	0	32
5	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+23.3641	3	13	0	30
6	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+25.7113	3	6	0	28
7	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global	Honda	90	+26.5802	3	2	0	26
8	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+27.0975	3	14	2	25
9	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	90	+27.6913	3	19	12	23
10	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+28.1025	3	17	3	21
11	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	90	+31.4467	3	27	0	19
12	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	90	+32.1430	3	5	0	18
13	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+39.3900	3	9	0	17
14	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	90	+41.6832	3	7	1	17
15	20	Alexander Rossi W	ECR	Chevrolet	90	+42.7421	3	8	0	15
16	45	Louis Foster R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+44.2727	3	20	0	14
17	4	David Malukas	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	90	+47.0318	3	10	0	13
18	83	Robert Shwartzman R	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	90	+49.6677	3	24	0	12
19	18	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	90	+57.6710	3	25	0	11
20	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+58.2876	3	11	0	10
21	90	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	22	0	9
22	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	3	16	0	8
23	21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	18	0	7
24	30	Devlin DeFrancesco	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	3	23	0	6
25	76	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	88	+2 Laps	3	21	0	5
26	51	Jacob Abel R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	88	+2 Laps	3	26	0	5
27	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	88	+2 Laps	5	15	0	5
Fastest lap: Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing) — 1:08.1355 (lap 32)
Official results

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Álex Palou	142
2	Kyle Kirkwood	108 (–34)
3	Christian Lundgaard	96 (–46)
4	Felix Rosenqvist	88 (–54)
5	Scott Dixon	86 (–56)

Engine manufacturer standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Honda	278
2	Chevrolet	209 (–69)

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

^ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
^ "Kyle Kirkwood snags second IndyCar Long Beach pole to claim an Andretti 1-2". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network, LLC. April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.

[1] Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 6, 2025.

[2] "Kyle Kirkwood snags second IndyCar Long Beach pole to claim an Andretti 1-2". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network, LLC. April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.

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