Winner and losers from Indycar’s 2025 Thermal Club Grand Prix

The second time in the history of the series (and as the first one point race), the thermal club welcomed the NTT Indycar series for the initial season performance. Blessed with a $ 1 million challenge -free and beautiful weather, this feature was given its best chance in a strong race weekend.

Finally, the race was fine in itself, if uneven. The biggest moment came from a broadcast outage, but still drivers and teams who helped or hurt their seasons over 65 Sunny Laps in Southern California.

The thermal club is the winner and losers of Indycar Grand Prix here.

Winner: Alex Palu is right

It is a good time to be a champion. Palu was painted in the closing tenure, the colleagues of the previous arrow McLaren team storm Pato o’Ward And Christian lundguard Tried to open the 2025 season to secure his second win in the final 15 laps. Meaning…

Losers: Every other Indycar Driver

This year is a challenge in the Indycar region. Palu has won three of the last four Indycar titles and make some mistakes. The last thing is that everyone else has to fall behind him and expect the spaniard to make mistakes when it counts the stretch.

In one of his defeats in the last four years, Palu had only one win and some early conflicts. Chip Ganasi Racing Ace has already topped the top 2025 for that win and looks untouchable in major moments of the race. If someone is expected to defeat him this year, they will find a way to kill their number 10 team speed – and fast.

Christian Lundahgard said this best: “It is difficult that this man defeated us every incident. We will find a way to stop him.”

Winner: Fox Sports gets rid of cartoon headshots

Fox had some subtle efforts to improve the team which are in their second Indycar Race weekend. But no one was more clear from the first point of view than removing the headshot of each driver’s cartoon-style.

Thanks, Fox. seriously. much improved.

Lost: TV Viewers, Compinent

The first Indycar points of thermal club were not the most exciting case, of course. But I would still like to see the whole thing. So it’s a boomer that An electric issue on the track throws the event in the dark for 20 minutes,

Fox Sports did what he could do and briefly moved to the race for competitive NASCAR Cup series in the Homusted-Material Speedway. But it is subptimal for indycar and its small, but dedicated fanbase. To not mention the thermal club, which expects to perform convenience with the event.

Winner: Will the team defend a few years for Penscay

In a weekend where it was difficult to pass, the trio of the trio of the team Penkedi was deep in the grounds, left the organization to fight anything from the thermal club. There was not much to celebrate for two drivers of the team, but Will-Power Made something out of the weekend for his number 12 team.

The two -time champion carried forward a stable march to finish sixth in the Sunday race. This was the best result for anyone easily starting the top 10, never the top 20 attention. His 15 posts were upgraded which were more than the next best managed by any other driver (seven – – – Graham Rahal And Christian rasmusen,

This type of recovery is a run that can create a difference when a title is fixed in August.

Lost: Things get spoiled for Marcus Ericsson

2022 Indianapolis 500 winners Marcus Ericsson Set yourself for a successful afternoon in Indycar’s first -issue race at the thermal club, making its fourth fast 6 appearance in the 19 races with Andreti Global. But this was where the good time for the Swedish star ended.

Ericsson quickly lost the ground when the green flag flew after running wide in the opening lap. He later had a quiet tenure, but went to a spin in Turn 9 after his early pit stopped. Ericsson dropped to 21st position in the initial half of the race.

This is essentially where Andrati Global Ace got stuck from there, stood at the 21st position. There should be a disappointment that their partner ended in all the top, keeping in mind the top-five starts.

Winner: Arrow McLaren’s Callie Double-Podium

Palou was disappointed with Pato O’Add and Lundguard in moments after the late bounce of Palou to win at the thermal club. But the fact is that the team’s best two cars managed to finish the podium in the race weekend with several unknowns.

Lundgard said of the day, “We gave it a shot and the little came, but with a day, we could wish to come to thermal with a day with two cars on the podium.”

While not winning, Sunday’s results should be placed in the top-four of the initial championship standing. If you have told them that after finishing in the eighth and 11th position – after a qualified disaster from the O’Add from 23rd – in Saint Peat, I am sure they must have taken it.

Lost: Weekend of Prema Racing in Thermal

This was a long weekend for premes racing in California. After finishing 20th in St. Peat, Robert Shwartzman’sWeekends began to move south in early exercises in thermal. The car caused significant damage due to the fire, forcing their number 83 team to leave the second practice and spend the next 24 hours who would be prepared to qualify.

The Shwartzman group was able to determine a time in qualifying, but was the final among its group. This left her the shotgun sitting on the ground in the Sunday race. And when he was able to create some initial time on red tires, the Shuartzman was killed quickly by the team partner Calum Ilot And one day closed which proved to be difficult for both drivers.

Ilot had to stop an additional pit for an issue while fueling and reached 26th position. Shwartzman did what he could do to revive the run, but managed only 22nd because the checker flag was blown away.

Los: Pre-Green Contact Hammer McLaglin, Deframco

A pair of drivers saw their days as the race was going on. Dewin Defroncesco And Scott mcaloglin During the green color, collided, after rolling the racing surface, both drivers were sent around.

The pair was capable of rolling, but struggling from there. McLaglin was interrupted by an overheating hybrid unit and six laps was injured in the 27th at the end of the race. The defrancesco continued, but a fine was issued for avoidable contact and rally was to be held to finish 20th.

Sunday results in pain for both drivers. But this is particularly harmful for McLaglin, which gives a figure of being a championship contender after his fierce rally to contest for the 2024 title. Kiwi felt that the slow start affected her ability to pursue the trophy. Now he has again left for a bad start.

Photos from thermal club – race