IndyCar Series Long Beach Grand Prix: Today's schedule, start time, starting grid, expert prediction

The IndyCar Series season continues on the streets of Long Beach, California, encircling the city's convention center. Kyle Kirkwood won pole position for today's 90-lap race on the 11-turn, 1.968-mile circuit will include 200 seconds of push-to-pass, enabled in 20-second increments.

The race had been 85 laps in previous years.Five sets primary (hard) and five sets alternate (soft) to be used during the weekend. Teams fielding a rookie driver 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.Alex Palou won the first two races of the 2025 season and is trying to become the first driver to win the first three races of a year since Scott Dixon — the defending Long Beach winner — did so in 2020.Dixon has won Long Beach three times, has 299 career top-10 finishes and will extend his series record with his 342nd consecutive start.

Insider: 4 questions about 2026 IndyCar schedule begging for answersIndyCar starting grid; Long Beach Grand Prix starting lineupRow 11. Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Global2. Colton Herta, Andretti GlobalRow 23.

Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi4. Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer ShankRow 35. Marcus Ericsson, Andretti Global6.

Scott McLaughlin, Team PenskeRow 47. Marcus Armstrong, Meyer Shank8. Alexander Rossi, Ed CarpenterRow 59.

Pato O'Ward, Arrow McLaren10. David Malukas, A.J.

FoytRow 611. Nolan Siegel, Arrow McLaren12. Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLarenRow 713.

Will Power, Team Penske14. Scott Dixon, Chip GanassiRow 815. Josef Newgarden, Team Penske16.

Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman LaniganRow 917. Kyffin Simpson, Chip Ganassi18. Christian Rasmussen, Ed CarpenterRow 1019.

Sting Ray Robb, Juncos Hollinger20. Louis Foster, Rahal Letterman LaniganRow 1121. Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger22.

Callum Ilott, PremaRow 1223. Devlin DeFrancesco, Rahal Letterman Lanigan24. Robert Shwartzman, PremaRow 1325.

Rinus VeeKay, Dale Coyne26. Jacob Abel, Dale CoyneRow 1427. Santino Ferrucci, A.

J. FoytIndyCar at Long Beach expert picks, predictionsFrom Nathan Brown, IndyStarRace winner: It’s admittedly boring to pick Alex Palou, who has won the first two races of the year and is a two-time defending series champ. But in four starts at Long Beach, Palou has never finished outside the top-5 and has logged two podiums.

Combined with his recent form, it’s hard to imagine someone else taking the checkered flag.Something you might not expect: Prema logs its first top-10 in IndyCar via Callum Ilott, who just misses advancing into the Fast 12 but manages a clean race and makes his way through the field to finish 10th.IndyCar Series schedule at Long Beach(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and Sirius XM Channel 218)IndyCar at Long Beach schedule today, April 13Noon: IndyCar Warmup, FS14:30 p.

m.: IndyCar race, FoxWhat channel is IndyCar race at Long Beach on?TV: Coverage begins at 4:30 p.m.

ET, Sunday, April 13, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 4:52 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 Long Beach today?FoxSports.

com, Fox Sports app.Watch with a Fubo free trial IndyCar drivers for 2025(Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only)A.J.

Foyt: Santino Ferrucci, David MalukasAndretti 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 PalouDale Coyne: Jacob Abel, Rinus VeeKayDreyer & Reinbold: Ryan Hunter-Reay*, Jack Harvey*Ed Carpenter: Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter*Juncos Hollinger: Conor Daly, Sting Ray RobbMeyer 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 PowerIndyCar Series 2025 points championship points(through two of 17 races)Alex Palou, 102 pointsPato O'Ward, 63Scott Dixon, 61Christian Lundgaard, 60Felix Rosenqvist, 56Kyle Kirkwood, 54Josef Newgarden, 53Colton Herta, 47Alexander Rossi, 43Scott McLaughlin, 41Marcus Ericsson, 37Graham Rahal, 37Rinus Veekay, 35Will Power, 33Marcus Armstrong, 33Christian Rasmussen, 33Santino Ferrucci, 32David Malukas, 29Kyffin Simpson, 27Conor Daly, 27Robert Shwartzman, 18Devlin DeFrancesco, 18Nolan Siegel, 16Callum Ilott, 16Sting Ray Robb, 16Jacob Abel, 12Louis Foster, 11IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year pointsRobert Schwartzman, 18 pointsJacob Abel, 12Louis Foster, 11This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar Series Long Beach Grand Prix schedule, start time, starting grid.