Who won the IndyCar race in Toronto? Complete results, leaderboard, crashes as Pato O'Ward chases Alex Palou
O'Ward, who started 10th, wins the 90-lap event under caution over Rinus Veekay, who turns in a season-best performance. Kyffin Simpson completes the podium with a career-best finish, improving 10 positions from his start. Pole-sitter Colton Herta takes 4th.
Palou finishes 12th after starting 2nd but retains a points lead of almost two full races over Palou with four remaining.
Before today, O'Ward had fared poorly on this track. He had a feeling today would be better when a "bird dropped a load" on his car during the morning warm-up.
Marcus Armstrong comes in 14th after starting 3rd, and Louis Foster tumbles to 21st after starting 7th.
Team Penske has another rough outing: Will Power finishes 11th, while Josef Newgarden (24th) and Scott McLaughlin (26th) crash out.
The series heads to Sonoma for a road-course race next weekend.
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IndyCar at Toronto leaderboard, complete results
Pato O'Ward
Rinus Veekay
Kyffin Simpson
Colton Herta
Marcus Ericsson
Kyle Kirkwood
Graham Rahal
Callum Ilott
David Malukas
Scott Dixon
Will Power
Alex Palou
Christian Lundgaard
Marcus Armstrong
Conor Daly
Robert Shwartzman
Sting Ray Robb
Nolan Siegel
Felix Rosenqvist
Christian Rasmussen
Louis Foster
Devlin DeFrancesco
Jacob Abel
Josef Newgarden
Alexander Rossi
Scott McLaughlin
Santino Ferrucci (did not start)
IndyCar leaderboard, crashes, highlights at Toronto
There was plenty of jockeying back in the pack during the closing laps.
Lap 88: Felix Rosenqvist and Nolan Siegel crash. Caution.
Lap 78: David Malukas, who had been running 3rd, has a rough pit stop and falls to 15th.
IndyCar leaderboard at Toronto, Lap 70
Pato O'Ward (by 2+ seconds)
Rinus Veekay
David Malukas
Kyffin Simpson
Colton Herta
Marcus Ericsson
Kyle Kirkwood
Graham Rahal
Felix Rosenqvist
Callum Ilott
Lap 59: Pato O'Ward pits and comes out ahead of Rinus Veekay.
Lap 58: Leader Rinus Veekay pits, and Pato O'Ward takes P1.
Lap 55: Alex Palou pits under green for fuel and primary tires. He comes out in 18th, but a later caution could put him back into contention.
IndyCar leaderboard at Toronto, Lap 48
Rinus Veekay
Pato O'Ward
Kyffin Simpson
Conor Daly
Robert Shwartzman
Graham Rahal
Felix Rosenqvist
David Malukas
Christian Lundgaard
Marcus Ericsson
Lap 43 restart: Rinus Veekay leads the field, followed by Kyffin Simpson and Conor Daly. Will Power hits the wall but resumes without a caution. He loses 15 places. That's a lot of contact for the Team Penske cars today.
Lap 42: Alex Palou and Scott Dixon pit under caution. They file out in 16th (Palou) and 18th (Dixon). They hope to complete the race with one more pit stop, while others may need two.
Lap 37 restart: Multi-car pileup after Jacob Abel hits the wall. His car comes to rest on top of Josef Newgarden. Caution.
Lap 35: Alex Palou and Scott Dixon stay out while most of the field pits. Kyle Kirkwood spins entering pit road after getting tapped by Marcus Armstrong.
Lap 30: Alexander Rossi has a shredded right rear tire after making contact with the wall. Caution.
Lap 28: Alex Palou leads David Malukas by 3+ seconds. Louis Foster is in 3rd, another 3 seconds back.
IndyCar leaderboard at Toronto, Lap 20
Alex Palou
David Malukas
Louis Foster
Scott Dixon
Christian Lundgaard
Josef Newgarden
Robert Shwartzman
Alexander Rossi
Pato O'Ward
Marcus Ericsson
Lap 18 restart: Alex Palou leads Louis Foster and David Malukas.
Lap 15: Christian Rasmussen hits the wall after contact with Will Power. Caution.
Lap 8 restart: Alex Palou leads, with Rinus Veekay 2nd and Louis Foster 3rd.
Lap 4: Several drivers pit under caution. Colton Herta wins that race off of pit road. Kyle Kirkwood must give up 3 positions after being out of line at the start.
Lap 3: Several drivers who started on alternate tires pit to get primary tires. Scott McLaughlin hits the wall. His left rear tire was not fully attached after his stop. Caution.
Lap 1: Colton Herta leads. Marcus Armstrong and Kyle Kirkwood pass front-row starter Alex Palou.
IndyCar at Toronto tire choices
Santino Ferrucci is out after crashing at the end of warm-up session
A.J. Foyt Racing driver Santino Ferrucci crashes at the end of the warm-up session, and after about an hour of trying to repair the car, the team announces Ferrucci is out today. He had qualified 23rd.
Team boss Larry Foyt said Ferrucci suffered a hand injury, though it wasn't broken.
Chip Ganassi Racing doesn't send its cars onto the track for the warm-up.
IndyCar starting grid at Toronto for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy
Row 1
1, Colton Herta
2, Alex Palou
Row 2
3, Marcus Armstrong
4, Will Power
Row 3
5, Graham Rahal
6, Kyle Kirkwood
Row 4
7, Louis Foster
8, Marcus Ericsson
Row 5
9, Rinus Veekay
10, Pato O'Ward
Row 6
11, Callum Ilott
12, Nolan Siegel
Row 7
13, Kyffin Simpson
14, Scott McLaughlin
Row 8
15, David Malukas
16, Felix Rosenqvist
Row 9
17, Scott Dixon (6-spot grid penalty after qualifying 11th)
18, Josef Newgarden
Row 10
19, Christian Lundgaard
20, Robert Shwartzman
Row 11
21, Conor Daly
22, Christian Rasmussen
Row 12
23, Santino Ferrucci
24, Alexander Rossi
Row 13
25, Sting Ray Robb
26, Devlin DeFrancesco
Row 14
27, Jacob Abel
Who is leading IndyCar? 2025 IndyCar results
Alex Palou, has won seven races, Kyle Kirkwood three, and Scott Dixon and Pato O'Ward one each. Palou's 129-point lead over second-place O'Ward is more than two races of max points.
IndyCar expert picks, predictions for Toronto from IndyStar's Nathan Brown
Will Power and Colton Herta are tied for 8th with 244 points. Who comes out of Toronto ahead?
We've seen it twice this year, and it's largely been the case the last couple years: The Andretti Global street course package is on another level, as we saw last year with Herta and teammate Kyle Kirkwood ran 1-2 for all but four laps of the 85 run on the streets of Toronto (with those four solely coming through pit exchanges). Herta won the last race here and has two poles and three podiums in his last three starts at Toronto. Though there's always a chance that disaster strikes, I'm going to take the odds on Herta.
Santino Ferrucci and David Malukas, A.J. Foyt teammates, are tied for 10th with 237 points. Who comes out of Toronto ahead?
Although Ferrucci has finished six of the eight road or street course races better than Malukas, the performance I saw across at the Detroit Grand Prix weekend (other than Malukas' tap to the rear of Alex Palou that earned Malukas an essentially day-ending penalty) leads me to think he has an edge. If he can keep his nose clean and this race doesn't deliver too much chaos — like the ways in which Ferrucci flipped the script for his podiums at Detroit and Road America — I like Malukas this weekend.
Josef Newgarden and Christian Rasmussen are tied for 14th with 207 points. Who comes out of Toronto ahead?
Before a mechanical failure ended his day at Detroit, Rasmussen was on for an incredibly strong showing — and then again, Newgarden had to fight hard just for a 9th-place finish there. Both these drivers — and their cars and teams — have shown volatility lately, in terms of results. So give me the veteran driver and more historically successful team. I don't think it's that ever-elusive 2025 win Newgarden continues to hunt, but a top-10 is reasonable, and I'm marginally less confident Rasmussen can match it.
IndyCar Series schedule at Toronto
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)
IndyCar schedule at Toronto on Sunday, July 20
8:30 a.m.: IndyCar warmup, FS1
Noon: IndyCar race, Fox
Where can I watch the IndyCar race at Toronto?
TV: Coverage begins at noon ET, Sunday, July 20, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 12:22 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 Toronto?
FoxSports.com, Fox Sports app.
Watch free with a Fubo trial
How can I listen to IndyCar race at Toronto?
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 Toronto?
Sunday: Partly cloudy and highs in the upper 70s.
IndyCar push-to-pass, tire allotment for Toronto
Push-to-pass: 200 seconds total in increments of up to 20 seconds.
Tire allotment: Five sets primary and five sets alternate to be used during the event weekend. Rookie drivers may use one additional set of primary tires. Teams must use one set of primary and one set of new (sticker) alternate tires for at least two laps in the race.
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 & (Winner: Scott Dixon)
July 12, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Pato O'Ward)
July 13, Newton, Iowa * (Winner: Alex Palou)
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)
A.J. Foyt: Santino Ferrucci, David Malukas
Andretti Global: Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood, Marcus Ericsson, Marco Andretti*
Arrow McLaren: Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Larson* (with Rick Hendrick)
Chip Ganassi: Kyffin Simpson, Scott Dixon, Alex Palou
Dale Coyne: Jacob Abel, Rinus VeeKay
Dreyer & Reinbold: Ryan Hunter-Reay*, Jack Harvey*
Ed Carpenter: Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter*
Juncos Hollinger: Conor Daly, Sting Ray Robb
Meyer Shank: Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong, Helio Castroneves*
Prema: Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman, Romain Grosjean (reserve)
Rahal Letterman Lanigan: Graham Rahal, Louis Foster, Devlin DeFrancesco, Takuma Sato* Toby Sowery (reserve)
Team Penske: Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, Will Power
IndyCar Series 2025 points championship points
(Through 12 of 17 races)
Alex Palou, 515 points
Pato O'Ward, 386
Scott Dixon, 342
Kyle Kirkwood, 335
Christian Lundgaard, 300
Felix Rosenqvist, 298
Marcus Armstrong, 267
Will Power, 244
Colton Herta, 244
Santino Ferrucci, 237
David Malukas, 237
Scott McLaughlin, 234
Rinus Veekay, 211
Josef Newgarden, 207
Christian Rasmussen, 207
Alexander Rossi, 194
Kyffin Simpson, 191
Conor Daly, 184
Graham Rahal, 169
Marcus Ericsson, 164
Nolan Siegel, 156
Louis Foster, 150
Robert Shwartzman, 145
Sting Ray Robb, 120
Devlin DeFrancesco, 115
Callum Ilott, 111
Jacob Abel, 88
Takuma Sato, 36
Helio Castroneves, 20
Ed Carpenter, 16
Jack Harvey, 12
Ryan Hunter-Reay, 10
Kyle Larson, 6
Marco Andretti, 5
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