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The complete starting grid for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500

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25-year-old rookie Robert Shwartzman shocked the IndyCar paddock when he put his No. 83 Prema Racing Chevrolet on pole for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 232.790mph. Not only is this Shwartzman's first-ever oval race, it is also the first oval race for Prema, a well-established team in Europe that is competing in IndyCar for the first time this year.

Shwartzman will share the front row with RLL Racing's Takuma Sato and Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward. He is the first Israeli-born driver to ever qualify for the Indy 500, let alone start from pole position. He's also the first rookie to earn pole position in their Indy 500 debut since Teo Fabi did it 42 years ago in 1983.

But while Shwartzman celebrated, another rookie ended the day in disappointment as Dale Coyne Racing driver Jacob Abel was the only driver who failed to qualify for this year's 500, losing out to teammate Rinus VeeKay in the last-chance qualifier.

On Monday, the Penske cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power, which were set to start 11th and 12th, respectively, were sent to the very rear of the field after IndyCar handed down significant penalties for a rules breach going into Fast 12 qualifying.

For those following Kyle Larson in his journey to complete the rare Indy 500/Coke 600 'Double,' he will start 19th for the 500.

Now, for a complete rundown of the grid...

2025 Indianapolis 500 Starting Lineup

Robert Shwartzman, Prema Racing (Photo by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Images via Getty Images)

Pos.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Robert Shwartzman	Prema Racing	Chevrolet
2	Takuma Sato	RLL Racing	Honda
3	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
4	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
6	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
7	David Malukas	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
8	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
9	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda
10	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
11	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
12	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
13	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
14	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
15	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
16	Devlin DeFrancesco	RLL Racing	Honda
17	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
18	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
19	Kyle Larson	Arrow McLaren w/ Hendrick	Chevrolet
20	Louis Foster	RLL Racing	Honda
21	Callum Ilott	Prema Racing	Chevrolet
22	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
23	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda
24	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
25	Ryan Hunter-Reay	DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet
26	Jack Harvey	DRR-Cusick Motorsports	Chevrolet
27	Colton Herta	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Graham Rahal	RLL Racing	Honda
29	Marco Andretti	Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda
30	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
31	Rinus VeeKay	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
32	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
33	WIll Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet