2025 Java House Grand Prix of Monterey
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14th round of the 2025 IndyCar season
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| Date | July 27, 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Java House Grand Prix of Monterey | ||||
| Location | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.238 mi / 3.602 km | ||||
| Distance | 95 laps 212.61 mi / 342.163 km | ||||
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| Driver | Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 01:08.3413 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 01:10.7851 (on lap 9 of 95) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Second | Denmark Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Third | United States Colton Herta (Andretti Global) | ||||
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The 2025 Java House Grand Prix of Monterey was the fourteenth round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 27, 2025, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.[1] The race was contested of 95 laps. Álex Palou won the race, his 8th of the season, Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, and Colton Herta finished 3rd. Pato O'Ward and Scott Dixon rounded out the top five, while Callum Ilott, Will Power, Marcus Armstrong, Christian Rasmussen, and Scott McLaughlin rounded out the top ten.
Entry list
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| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
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Practice
[edit | edit source]Practice 1
[edit | edit source]The first practice session was held on Friday, July 25, at 5:00 PM ET.
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| 1 | 5 |  Pato O'Ward
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Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:09.2069 |
| 2 | 26 | United States Colton Herta | Andretti Global | Honda | 01:09.3173 |
| 3 | 66 | New Zealand Marcus Armstrong | Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:09.3174 |
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Practice 2
[edit | edit source]The second practice session was to be held on Saturday, July 26, at 11:30 AM ET, but was canceled due to weather.
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM ET on July 26, 2025.
Qualifying classification
[edit | edit source]Race
[edit | edit source]The race was held at 3:00 PM ET on July 27, 2025. Álex Palou, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, would earn his 19th career victory and eighth of the year.
Race classification
[edit | edit source]Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
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