Winner and losers from Indycar’s 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach

Sometimes, a street circuit can turn into a battle of parsley. On other occasions, it can be carefully free and can turn into a track position challenge.

Sunday race was clearly later in the long beach. With no accident, right weather and some passing opportunities in a day, small moments made all differences. At the time of a pit or an early tire decision may be the time that distinguishes a platform from the mid-pack run.

We are choosing those small differences today. Here are the winners and lost from Long Beach Acura Grand Prix.

Winner: Kyle Kirkwood

He called his shot.

“I said before this weekend: This is where we bend it around,” Kyle Kirkwood Said after his victory on long beach.

Kirkwood entered the sixth position on Sunday in the championship standing, but needed to promote to become a clear contender. It is safe to say Winning from poll required only his number 27 teamNow at second place in Fluoridian standing, it enters the most important month of Indicar in Mix for its first title.

Loose: Loose Belt Lands Newguarden Last

Typically, when a title is darker in the contender area, it is caused by an accident or mechanical issue that affects the performance of the car. But Joseph Newgarden Long Beach Run was undone from his seat belt.

The two-time champion was designed to challenge the top-five after rally from the 15th with an aggressive undercut strategy on Pit Road. But at its last scheduled stop, a crew was seen reaching the cockpit. This raised suspicion of a loose belt, which was confirmed the following lap when Newgarden returned to Pit Road for an unspecified stop.

In a caution-free race that went on without any attention, he was Death Nail for Stop Newguarden’s run. They re -landed a lap down, grabbed the end of the tire barrier and tried to pursue the speed and ended the last (27th) at the end of the race.

The thermal club was added to the 13th place run, the newguarden’s initial results are going to leave him in a steep championship Hole. A third-strategy Indianapolis can win 500 to push Tennessy back into the title conversation.

Winner: Alex Palu is just successful

If two -time defending champion Alex Palu It maintains it, the result of Newgarden does not matter – or for that case of someone else.

After winning the first two races, Indycar’s current Dominar was opposed to Kirkwood on Sunday. He pushed Andrati Star and managed to be right for his rear wing after the final stop, but eventually settled for the other when Kirkwood pulled away in the closing laps.

Indycar is a series that suffers from unexpectedness, with the challenge of cars and circuits, as well as with the ability to provoke someone’s day. But Palu has an average completion of 1.33 through three races, and already almost almost a full race point is entered in the month of Karkwood May of any other person other than allotment.

If he can get through the barber and Indie without any issue, Palu can be difficult to catch through summer.

Lost: Coleton Harta comes small

For all troubles, Sunday seemed like a promising day for California Colon horta In the long middle. He slapped the wall in Saturday’s group qualifying round and had to run without a prep lap after a problem in the fast 6 qualifying round, but rolled in the race day with the start of the second place.

It proved to be a high point for the day of Harta. He climbed into Jacob abel In the morning warm -up, the strategy in the Sunday race and an inconsistent car was caught, and was injured in the sixth place when the checker flew the flag.

is that bad? No, but his front line-sharing team partner Kail Kirkwood won from the pole, it is appropriate to say that the result was slightly lower. Indycar’s victory may prevent him from moving forward.

Winner

Fox Sports and Racing Force Group brought the driver’s eye camera to Indycar for the first time over the weekend. The unique setup, which sees a small camera placed in the middle of the driver’s head and their helmet shell, is seen in Formula 1 and NASCAR first.

This cockpit is the latest to bring fans closer to action. And it is difficult to imagine that it is getting very close to it.

Los: Nolan struggles through seal disease

No one had Sunday afternoon compared to Arrow McLaren’s young possibility. Nolan seagal Worthy of his colleagues in the 11th, but on Saturday night suffering from food poisoning. He fought through the disease to compete in the race, but was ranked 20th after making an additional stop for a broken left-rair in the early stages.

Here is a kicker, however – the car does not appear to be broken. Instead, this rubber was built on the left rear tires that wandered a promising weekend.

Winner: Optional strategy stops

For the second-direct race, the California heat and Sunshine created the soft of the indicator, an alternative tire a pain to bear instead of a preferred tire for a late bounce. Many people in the area were selected to start on tires and pits, which quickly to be done with them after mandatory two-lap stents.

But six drivers opted to take a risk and start on primary tires, to run a soft tire in the middle stent of the race. And it worked for the benefit of each competitor.

Christian lundguard Leaded the group, The third is going from 12th to podium, Scott dixon Rose from 14th to eighth despite a slow speed on the way. Kyphin Simpson From 17th to 10th, Sting ray rob After playing the 19th role, a place ended ahead of him in the ninth. Even Robert showartzman (24th to 18th) and Santino Ferusi (27th to 11th) despite the deep start in the ground ended in a better way.

Sometimes it pays gambling.

Lost: Jacob Abel’s day goes wrong early

Jacob abel Out of 27 cars entered the Sunday race starting from 26th. He also finished it there. But the path of that point was not a fun.

The Dell Coin Racing Crew of Kentaki origin was placed in a bad place, when he was facing widespread damage in the warm -up accident with Harta in the morning. The abil was present for the onset of the race, but struggled for speed and ended two laps at the end of the day at 34 seconds behind the next car. Only Newgarden’s crisis put him in the final place.

Winner: Fox Sports Nail Driver Intro

Through the early stages of the new partnership of Indycar with Fox Sports, the elements of broadcast are developed and improved with reaction from each round. In the second race, the cartoon caricature was abolished. With the third, the driver introduction was converted into a complete-screen presentation, in which the driver introduced himself next to his liveris.

At a time when plans could change the week to week, it was a good touch that makes it easy for fans to follow each driver in the race.

Photos from Long Beach – Race