109th Running of the Indianapolis 500
OPENING DAY NOTES / QUOTES

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
May 13, 2025

2025-05-14 16:48:13

WET CONDITIONS FORCED OPENING DAY FOR THE INDY 500 TO START LATE AND END EARLY

1) Will Power: 227.026 mph 25th on the no tow chart
25) Devlin DeFrancesco: 221.201 mph 22th on the no tow chart
26) Graham Rahal: 221.142 mph 12th on the no tow chart
30) Louis Foster: 220.063 mph 10th on the no tow chart
31) Takuma Sato: 219.998 mph 11th on the no tow chart

TAKUMA SATO, No. 75 AMADA Dallara/Honda/Firestone
“First of all, once again a big thank you to the team and the No. 75 AMADA crew. What usually takes two months, they compressed into two weeks which is very impressive. It’s a beautiful, brand new, shiny car. Today, we had a little technical issue at the very beginning which stopped us from doing the program we wanted. In the end, we ended up just shaking down the car but tomorrow should be a full test program and I’m looking forward to it. I’m really happy to come back to IMS. I feel good.”