The hybrid era is under way in the NTT IndyCar Series, but the championship race has a familiar feel.
Defending series champion Alex Palou, who also won the title in 2021, increased his points lead with a runner-up finish at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The Chip Ganassi Racing star started on the pole position but finished second to Pato O’Ward, who scored his second victory of the season.
With eight races remaining, Palou leads by 48 points over two-time champion Will Power, who finished 11th at Mid-Ohio.
O’Ward moved up three spots to third in the points standings, 70 points behind Palou.
Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon dropped to fourth in the points standings, 71 points behind, after finishing last when his No. 9 Dallara-Honda suffered a mechanical problem on the first lap.
Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the 2025 Civic Hybrid at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course:
RESULTS
Click here for the official box score from the 80-lap race on a 13-turn 2.258-mile road course in Lexington, Ohio.
Event summary
Lap leader summary
Lap chart
Section results
Top section times
Pit stop summary
Here is the finishing order in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the 2025 Civic Hybrid at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
1. (2) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 80, Running
2. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 80, Running
3. (6) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 80, Running
4. (4) Colton Herta, Honda, 80, Running
5. (5) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 80, Running
6. (7) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 80, Running
7. (9) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 80, Running
8. (14) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 80, Running
9. (8) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, 80, Running
10. (21) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 80, Running
11. (15) Will Power, Chevrolet, 80, Running
12. (3) David Malukas, Honda, 80, Running
13. (24) Toby Sowery, Honda, 80, Running
14. (19) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, 80, Running
15. (10) Linus Lundqvist, Honda, 80, Running
16. (25) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, 80, Running
17. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 80, Running
18. (18) Graham Rahal, Honda, 80, Running
19. (20) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 80, Running
20. (16) Nolan Siegel, Chevrolet, 80, Running
21. (23) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, 80, Running
22. (22) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 79, Running
23. (12) Romain Grosjean, Chevrolet, 79, Running
24. (27) Pietro Fittipaldi, Honda, 79, Running
25. (17) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 79, Running
26. (26) Jack Harvey, Honda, 79, Running
27. (13) Scott Dixon, Honda, 40, Mechanical
Winner’s average speed: 116.071 mph; Time of race: 1 hour, 33 minutes, 22.6191 seconds; Margin of victory: 0.4993 of a second; Cautions: One for two laps; Lead changes: Four among three drivers. Lap leaders: Palou 1-28; McLaughlin 29-30; Palou 31-55; McLaughlin 56; O’Ward 57-80.
POINTS
Click here for the points tally in the race.
Here are the points standings after the season’s ninth race for:
Drivers
Engine manufacturers
Entrants
Pit stop performance
Top 10 in points: Palou 329, Power 281, O’Ward 259, Dixon 258, Herta 249, Kirkwood 234, Rossi 226, McLaughlin 224, Rosenqvist 192, Newgarden 186.
Rest of the standings: Lundgaard 182, Ericsson 180, Ferrucci 174, Grosjean 151, Armstrong 142, Rahal 139, Lundqvist 128, VeeKay 125, Rasmussen 104, Fittipaldi 103, Simpson 97, Canapino 94, Robb 92, Theo Pourchaire 75, Harvey 75, Tom Blomqvist 46, Siegel 45, Callum Ilott 39, Malukas 32, Luca Ghiotto 27, Helio Castroneves 26, Conor Daly 21, Kyle Larson 21, Takuma Sato 19, Sowery 17, Ed Carpenter 14, Tristan Vautier 12, Colin Braun 10, Ryan Hunter-Reay 6, Marco Andretti 5, Katherine Legge 5.
Next race: The IndyCar Series will head to Iowa Speedway for a July 13-14 race weekend doubleheader. The Saturday, July 13 race will be at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. The Sunday, July 14 race will be at noon ET on NBC and Peacock.