Here is you🐬r guide to how qu𝄹alifying works for the Indy 500.

Qualifying for t🌟he 2025 Indy 500 takes place on Saturday 17 May and Sunday 18 May.

The Indy 500 at Iℱndianapolis Moဣtor Speedway is on Sunday 25 May.

How does qualifying for Indy 500 work?

There was a field of 34 cars on Saturday. Each ⭕car was🔯 allowed a four-lap attack of the 2.5 mile oval circuit.

The qualifying order was determined by taking the average speed of those four laps♊.

After each car comple🎉tes its run, the pit lane is split into two lanes.

Cars in Lane 1 have 🐻priority for track access. They can improve upon their banked time with a new lap average. Beware, if they go s🍨lower, they must accept that as their new time.

Those in 🌼Lane 2 then have a turn. Those cars can attempt to improve their times. But if they fail, they can use their previous best lap time.

This is how Saturday qualifying for the Indy 500 ended

Sunday qualifying for Indy 500

Fast 12 kicks off Su൩nday, the second day of qualifying for the Indy 5🍃00.

The first 12 drivers from Saturday's order get ඣwhittled down to the best six.

They get another run, with the 12th-placed car on Saturday going first, and the f🌳astest-car from ✃Saturday going last and therefore knowing what time they need to clock.

Driv🌠ers placed from P7 to P12 are then guaranteed these starting positions for the Indy 500.

Last chance qualifying then comes. 

One drꦦiver from the original 34 entries must be eliminated before the Indy 500.

P31 to P34 from Saturday will run aga🎀in. Whoever ends the session in P34 is "bumped" - he's out of the Indy 500.

Then it's time for Fast Six.

A 30-minute session giv𝄹es the six cars a guaranteed four-lap run of the circuit.

Whoever goes fastest in th🧜is session ear🐈ns pole position for the Indy 500.

This session decides the grid placements - P1 to 🉐𒅌P6 - for next weekend's race.