IndyCar Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio qualifying, starting lineup, time

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Championship points leader Alex Palou wins pole position for the IndyCar Series race in the Ohio countryside, his third pole start of the year. Christian Lundgaard will also start on the front row for the 90-lap race on Mid-Ohio's 13-turn, 2.26-mile road course.
Scott Dixon has won 6 times at Mid-Ohio, most recently in 2019. Josef Newgarden has won twice and Pato O'Ward won in 2024.
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IndyCar starting grid for Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on July 6, 2025
Row 1
1, Alex Palou
2, Christian Lundgaard
Row 2
3, Kyffin Simpson
4, Nolan Siegel
Row 3
5, Colton Herta
6, Louis Foster
Row 4
7, Kyle Kirkwood
8, Marcus Armstrong
Row 5
9, Scott Dixon
10, Christian Rasmussen (will start 6 spots further back after making an unapproved engine change)
Row 6
11, Marcus Ericsson
12, Alexander Rossi
Row 7
13, Conor Daly
14, David Malukas
Row 8
15, Pato O'Ward
16, Felix Rosenqvist
Row 9
17, Santino Ferrucci
18, Josef Newgarden
Row 10
17, Sting Ray Robb
20, Graham Rahal
Row 11
21, Scott McLaughlin
22, Will Power
Row 12
23, Devlin DeFrancesco
24, Callum Ilott
Row 13
25, Jacob Abel
26, Rinus Veekay
Row 14
27, Robert Shwartzman
Will Power is upset with Alex Palou after IndyCar practice at Mid-Ohio
Why Will Power was upset with Alex Palou after Practice 2 at Mid-Ohio. pic.twitter.com/fgEYf4g8jY
Will Power talks with @KevinLee23 about why he was frustrated with Alex Palou and the No. 10 team after Practice 2 at Mid-Ohio: pic.twitter.com/jrf1lRUeqs
Who is leading IndyCar? 2025 IndyCar results
Alex Palou has won six races and Kyle Kirkwood three. Palou's points lead is almost two full races of max points.
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Pato O'Ward edged Alex Palou at the finish line, swapping their starting positions. Scott McLaughlin completed the podium after starting 7th.
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IndyCar expert picks, predictions for Mid-Ohio
From Nathan Brown, IndyStar
We're in the back half of a 17-race season, and Palou and Kirkwood are the only drivers to take checkered flags.
Is anyone besides Alex Palou or Kyle Kirkwood allowed to win a race? If so, who?
Marcus Ericsson. Of all the drivers in the field sorely in need of a pick-me-up, the fact that Ericsson sits 21st in points just a single top-10 is one of the year's biggest headscratchers. And yet, he heads to a track where he's finished in the top 6 in 4 of his last 5 starts, and where he started and finished 5th a year ago. He's finished on the podium here before (2021, runner-up), and this is a track where Andretti Global has shown speed in years past.
What is something no one sees coming? Amazingly, we finally get our third winner of the year in Colton Herta. He has only done that in two of his last 10 pole starts. It will be his 10th career victory and Andretti Global's fourth of the year, its most since 2018.
IndyCar Series schedule at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
IndyCar schedule at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio, on Sunday, July 6
9:30-10 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1
10:30-11:30 a.m.: Indy NXT race, FS1
1 p.m.: IndyCar race, Fox
What channel is IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio, on?
TV: Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET, Sunday, June 22, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 1:22 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters.
How can I stream the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio, on Sunday, July 6?
FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app.
Watch free with a Fubo trial
How can I listen to IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio, on Sunday, July 6?
IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race)
Will it rain during the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio?
Sunday: Sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 80s.
IndyCar at Mid-Ohio push-to-pass, tire allotment
Push-to-pass: Drivers have 200 total seconds, in increments of up to 20 seconds.
Tire allotment: Five sets primary (hard/black sidewall) and five sets alternate for the weekend. Rookie drivers are allowed one additional set of primary tires. Teams must use one set of primary and one set of alternate tires unless wet conditions are declared.
2025 IndyCar Series schedule
The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval)
March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou)
March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou)
April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
May 4, Birmingham, Alabama & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou)
May 25, Indianapolis 500 * (Winner: Alex Palou)
June 1, Detroit % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 15, St. Louis * (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood)
June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin & (Winner: Alex Palou)
July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 1 p.m.
July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m.
July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 1 p.m.
July 20, Toronto %, noon
July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m.
Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m.
Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m.
IndyCar drivers for 2025
(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)
IndyCar Series 2025 points championship points
(Through nine of 17 races)