Saturday Qualifications at Honda Indy Toronto 2025

Friday's IndyCar practice number one gave the drivers their first crack at the temporary street course, which changes every year, to see what they can do in Toronto and Kyle Kirkwood had the fastest lap, followed by Scott McLaughlin, Alex Palou, Marcus Armstrong and Will Power. Saturday, July 19 is another day and another early practice round (10:30 to 11:30am) with the NTT IndyCar Series qualification and Firestone Fast Six session (2:35 to 4pm) in the afternoon. Qualification is a big deal as the pole position in Toronto gives you a good chance to control the race and take home the Waterford Crystal trophy from William Ashley.

Toronto has five current IndyCar drivers that have won at least one race at the Honda Indy Toronto and of the top five drivers in IndyCar standings, only three have not won in Toronto: Alex Palou, Pato O'Ward and Kyle Kirkwood. Kyle has also won the last two street races this year in Long Beach and Detroit.

IndyCar Toronto winners that are driving here in 2025
Colton Herta (2024)
Christian Luundgaard (2023)
Scott Dixon (2022)
Scott Dixon (2018)
Josef Newgarden (2017)
Will Power (2016)
Josef Newgarden (2015)
Scott Dixon (2013)
Scott Dixon (2013)
Will Power (2010)

Will Power (2007)

Colton Herta in the #26 car takes the 2025 Pole Position

Top 5 IndyCar current driver standings 
1 #10 Alex Palou
2 #5 Pato O'Ward
3 #9 Scott Dixon
4 #27 Kyle Kirkwood
5 #7 Christian Lundgaard

The challenging track is open for a few drivers to take the checkered flag during the Sunday, July 20, 2025 90-lap race.

Saturday July 19 schedule includes four races and a test parachute drop by the Skyhawks who will land on the start/finish line (10:10 to 10:15am). The parachute drop did not happen.

Those Radical drivers

8:30 a.m. Gates Open

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. USF2000 Qualifying 2

9:35 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. USF Pro 2000 Qualifying 2

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice 2

11:50 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Miata Canada Cup Race 1

12:30 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Radical Cup Canada Race 1

1:30 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. USF2000 Race 1

2:35 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying

4:20 p.m. - 5:05 p.m. USF Pro 2000 Race 1

6:40 p.m. Ride the Track 2025

The second IndyCar practice had the following top five drivers: 1. Colton Herta, 2. Kyle Kirkwood, 3. Josef Newgarden, 4. Scott McLaughlin and 5. Pato O'Ward. So Kyle is sticking around and could finish on the podium. Let's see what happens in Qualifying.

During the Saturday Qualification session Colton Herta of Andretti Global kept up his winning form and came first and picked up his second NTT P1 Award, two years in a row and his third in Toronto. And he will head into Sunday's race with a good chance to repeat last year's win in the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. Kyle Kirkwood ended up number six in the Firestone Fast Six.

“We have a great car here, it’s plain and simple as you see,” Herta said of the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian that turned the only Firestone Fast Six lap under 1 minute (59.8320 seconds). “I’d like to think (the team’s drivers are) better than everybody else, but the cars are really just that good.

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