2025 Indy 200 Midohio – Race Results

Scott Dixon scored an epic victory in 2025 to change into the third completely different winner, after reminding Alex Pallow that regardless of his AI colouring, he’s nonetheless human after making uncommon errors.

The six-time IndyCar World Champion, who carried out a daring two-stop technique, pulled his automobile to the highest area and put stress on Chip Ganassi’s teammates.

Palou seemed out of hand after the third pit cease, however a uncommon mistake from the chief was seen as he was seen closely on the grass at flip 9, permitting Dixon to slim it down on the ultimate lap of the race.

Palou had a bit between his enamel following off, however Dixon outdoed his teammates in each nook, particularly the keyhole, squared him as he could not get a great draft.

That is Dixon’s seventh victory at Mid Ohio and his first victory because the 2024 Grand Prix at Lengthy Seashore.

Scott celebrated along with his group as soon as from his group, saying, “It was undoubtedly a tricky race. It was a qualifying, but it surely was numerous enjoyable making an attempt to drag off what we did and take care of what we had.

“It was undoubtedly very tight as we nonetheless needed to save gas till the very finish, however I did not know what occurred (to Palou). We had been a bit fortunate with it, however we received reward from all 10, 9 and eight. It was an amazing weekend.”

Palou ended behind Dixon, regardless of the close to excellent drive from lights to flags.

Paloo, who was initially preventing the Land Guard, managed to get the arrow McLaren behind him into the hole, making it clear from any pit cease to certainly one of his rivals.

Dixon had change into a menace to the second half of the race, but it surely appeared he had prevented him from preventing again.

After the race, Palou lamented: “(That) was actually a silly mistake. It was a mistake on my half. Everybody did an important job with pit stops and technique (and we had been on a extremely good run, however we misplaced a little bit of it on the entry.

“It is horrible, it is clearly (however) it is nonetheless a great day, but it surely hurts to lose it like that. No less than we received it with our group so we may be happy with their work.”

Lundgaard took the ultimate podium place after a robust drive from a Danish driver regardless of shedding place general in qualifying.

Additionally, within the 3-stop technique, that is Lundgaard’s first podium since Barber.

Sitting on a pit wall that appears extraordinarily sizzling as a result of resolution to not put on a cooling vest or fill the automobile with water, Landguard mentioned:

“When you’re there, I do not suppose you are very clear about who is not about which technique. I will be sincere and actually say that I did not even know that Pat (Oward’) had stopped two. We’re again on the rostrum so I am comfortable.”

The massive loser from as we speak’s race was once more at Josef Newgarden, who barely started the race earlier than he left it.

New Backyard locked the rear tires into the primary nook of the race and went sideways earlier than getting into the gravel lure.

Graham Lahalle additionally joined the gravel lure when New Backyard teammate Will Energy was additionally concerned within the incident and attacked one other Pensuke driver, Scott McLaughlin, however was concerned within the gravel lure when he was concerned within the incident.

McLaughlin appeared to flee unhurt, however he needed to maintain the energy that had embraced his decrease wings and suffered fastidiously. Energy rejoined on the twenty fifth with pink walled tires, however quickly returned to the pits after his engine grabbed fireplace and completed the race.

This left solely McLaughlin in Pensuke’s race, which was lacking in any of the motion as much as the checkered flag. The Kiwi Driver ended on the twenty third.

Again in Pitrane, Newgarden mentioned:

“It is a disgrace that we’ve got a quick PPG automobile, and we simply wish to assist it from Group Chevrolet and be a part of within the combine.”

The weekend might be added to the poor season Group Pensuke has this season, following the Indy 500.

Rahal managed to get a gravel lure and pit once more, however he placed on a pair of black walled tires and returned to the truck on the twenty sixth. He completed twenty fourth general.

The one different consideration that was on monitor was when Christian Rasmussen needed to cease after affected by issues along with his engine.

Santino Ferucci seemed like he was having a robust weekend earlier than his offensive driving pushed Connor Daly into the grass after which aggravated him once more.

Labeled as “clown” by Day by day after the race at X, Ferucci acquired a third-place place penalty for the incident and handed him the place.

This might have quelled Daly’s troubles as Ferucci completed sixteenth, however Daly might solely take his automobile residence in nineteenth place.

In X, Daly writes:

Yesterday’s hero Kyffin Simpson managed to remain third in half of the race, however the mystical points dropped him to seven instances earlier than being managed once more. As I attempted to get better, one other impediment got here when Simpson stagnated on the second pit cease.

Simpson additionally ran down the toes of certainly one of his pit crew on the exit. Watched on the pitwall on the ground, the crew seemed courageous and gave a thumbs as much as the digicam saying he was okay.

Regardless of his greatest efforts to get better his race, Simpson solely completed tenth.

Kyle Kirkwood was unable to get near Paloo in qualifying and incorporates his wrestle into the race. Although the one different race winner, Parow heads for Mid Ohio, even the Spanish mistake seemed like a claw within the co as a result of his championship hopes.

From seventh place, he completed the race in eighth place.

Patooward, the winner of final yr’s Mid-Ohio race, additionally performed a robust Arrom Claren race and completed 14th to fifth after being eradicated in Group 1 within the first quarter.

Oward’s previous teammate Felix Rosenqvist seems to be chasing him by means of the grid, along with his Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath going from fifteenth to sixth.