The field for the 2025 Indianapolis 500 will be led to the green flag by rookie Robert Shwartzman. The former reserve driver in Formula 1 stunned in qualifying last week to become the rare rookie to land the pole position.

The famed “Month of May” concludes with the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden is aiming to become the first driver ever to win three consecutive Indy 500s, but to do so, he’ll have to do it from the final row of the grid.

As with every Indy 500, there are 33 drivers in the field, split into 11 rows of three. What follows is a look at this year's grid. The full grid for the 2025 race follows, led by rookie Robert Shwartzman, who took the pole for Prema Racing. The field of 33 features eight former Indy 500 winners.

IndyCar rookie Robert Shwartzman has gone from relative unknown on the circuit to stardom in just a few days thanks to a nearly unprecedented qualifying run for the 109th Indianapolis 500. The 25-year-old shocked the sport by capturing pole position for Sunday's race amid the Team Penske cheating scandal.

A rookie will be sitting on the pole for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. Robert Shwartzman claimed the NTT P1 Award on Sunday, coming in with an average speed of 232.790 mph.

Robert Shwartzman's Indianapolis 500 debut ended early after a scary pit stop incident.Nearly midway into Sunday's race, Shwartzman struggled with his brakes while driving into pit road. The 25-year-old rookie,

1: 21 -- The pole position is worth it. The first driver to win the race from the pole was Jimmy Murphy in 1922 and Tommy Milton did the same in 1923. Rick Mears, Johnny Rutherford and Bobby Unser won from the pole in, respectively, 1979, '80 and '81. The longest drought for the pole is 10 years from 1939-52.