2025 Indy 500 Practice and Qualifying

May 12, 2025

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📍 CIRCUIT INFORMATION

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Tuesday 13th May (updated 5/13)

10:00am — Gates open
11:00am — Naturalization ceremony
12:00pm — Practice Day 1
- 12:00pm — Full-field practice (2hrs)
- 2:00pm — Rookie Orientation Practice & Refreshers (2hrs) *Time is tentative and length may change based on need
- 4:00pm — Full-field practice (2hrs) *Will begin earlier if the Rookie Orientation Practice & Refresher ends early
- 6:00pm — Broadcast ends
6:00pm — Gates closed

Wednesday 14th May

10:00am — Gates open
12:00pm — Practice Day 2
- 12:00pm — Full-field practice (6hrs)
- 6:00pm — Broadcast ends
6:00pm — Gates closed

Thursday 15th May

10:00am — Gates open
12:00pm — Practice Day 3
- 12:00pm — Full-field practice (6hrs)
- 6:00pm — Broadcast ends
6:00pm — Gates closed

Friday 16th May (Fast Friday)

10:00am — Gates open
12:00pm — Practice Day 4
- 12:00pm — Full-field practice (6hrs)
- 6:00pm — Broadcast ends
6:00pm — Gates closed
6:15pm — Qualification Draw {Pagoda Plaza}

Saturday 17th May (PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend Day 1)

8:00am — Gates open
8:30am — Practice
- 8:30am — Group 1 (30mins)
- 9:00am — Group 2 (30mins)
- 9:30am — Broadcast ends
11:00am — Qualifying Day 1
- 11:00am — Qualifying runs
- 5:50pm — Qualifying ends
- 6:00pm — Broadcast ends
6:00pm — Gates closed

Sunday 18th May (PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend Day 2)

10:00am — Gates open
10:45am — Enlistment ceremony (45mins)
1:00pm — Practice
- 1:00pm — Top 12 practice (1hr)
- 2:00pm — Last Chance practice (1hr)
- 3:00pm — Broadcast ends
4:00pm — Qualifying Day 2
- 4:05pm — Top 12 qualifying (1hr)
- 5:15pm — Last Chance Qualifying (1hr)
- 6:25pm — Firestone Fast Six
- 7:00pm — Broadcast ends
7:00pm — Gates closed

Mid-week Practice

Region	Practice 1 (Tue)	Practice 2 (Wed)	Practice 3 (Thu)	Practice 4 (Fri)
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 12pm EDT	INDYCAR LIVE, 12pm EDT	INDYCAR LIVE, 12pm EDT	INDYCAR LIVE, 12pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS2, 12pm EDT; then FS1, 4pm EDT	FS2, 12pm EDT; then FS1, 4pm EDT	FS2, 12pm EDT; then FS1, 4pm EDT	FS2, 12pm EDT; then FS1, 4pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 12pm EDT	TSN+, 12pm EDT	TSN+, 12pm EDT	TSN+, 12pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 4pm GMT	Viaplay, 4pm GMT	Viaplay, 4pm GMT	Viaplay, 4pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1, 5pm BST	Sky Sports F1, 5pm BST	Sky Sports F1, 5pm BST	Sky Sports F1, 6:15pm BST ⏰
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 18:00 CEST	Viaplay, 18:00 CEST	Viaplay, 18:00 CEST	Viaplay, 18:00 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+ Sport, 18:00 CEST	Net4+ Sport, 18:00 CEST	Net4+ Sport, 18:00 CEST	Net4+ Sport, 18:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 19:00 EEST	Viaplay, 19:00 EEST	Viaplay, 19:00 EEST	Viaplay, 19:00 EEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 1, 4am NZST	Sky Sport 1, 4am NZST	Sky Sport 3, 4am NZST	Sky Sport 3, 4am NZST

PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend Day 1 (Saturday)

Region	Practice 5	Day 1 Qualifications	afternoon segment	final segment
🌐	—	INDYCAR LIVE, 11am EDT	⬅️	⬅️
🇺🇸	FS2, 8:30am EDT	FS1, 11am EDT	FS2, 1:30pm EDT	FOX, 4pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 8:30am EDT	TSN+, 11am EDT	⬅️	TSN5 or TSN+, 4pm EDT
🇧🇷	—	???	⬅️	⬅️
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 12:30pm GMT	Viaplay, 3pm GMT	⬅️	⬅️
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports Mix, 1:30pm BST	Sky Sports Mix, 4pm BST	⬅️¹	Sky Sports F1, 9pm BST
🇵🇹	—	—	—	SPORT TV 4, 21h20 WEST ⏰
🇪🇸	—	M+ Deportes 5, 17.00h CEST	⬅️	⬅️
🇳🇱	—	Ziggo Sport 3, 17:00 CEST	⬅️	⬅️
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	—	—	Sky Sport F1, 21:30 CEST ⏰	Sky Sport F1, 22:00 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 14:30 CEST	Viaplay, 17:00 CEST	⬅️	⬅️
🇳🇴	—	V Sport 3, 17:30 CEST ⏰	⬅️	⬅️
🇸🇪	—	V Sport Motor, 17:15 CEST ⏰	⬅️	⬅️
🇭🇺	Net4+ Sport, 14:30 CEST	Net4+ Sport, 17:00 CEST	⬅️	⬅️
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 15:30 EEST	Viaplay, 18:00 EEST	⬅️	⬅️
🇯🇵	—	GAORA SPORTS, May 24th²	—	—
🇦🇺	—	Stan Sport, 1am AEST	⬅️	⬅️
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 2, 12:30am NZST	Sky Sport 4, 3am NZST	⬅️	⬅️

Broadcast notes:

🇬🇧 🇮🇪 Late-join coverage also available on Sky Sports F1 from 8pm BST.
🇯🇵 GAORA SPORTS will broadcast a combined 5.5-hour qualifying summary program, Saturday May 24th 23:30 JST.

PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Weekend Day 2 (Sunday)