Here is your guide to hoꦑw qualifying works for the Indy 500.

Qualifying for the 2025 Indy 500 takes place on S⛄aturday 17 May and Sunday 18 May.

The Indy 500 at India♐napolis Motor Speedway is on Sunday༒ 25 May.

How does qualifying for Indy 500 work?

There was a field of 34 cars on Saturday. Each car w🌼as allowed a four-lap attack of 🎃the 2.5 mile oval circuit.

The qualifying order was determin💦ed by taking the average speed of those four laps.

After each car completes its run, 🌊the pit lane is split into two lanes.

Cars in 𒅌Lane 1 have priority for track access. They can improve upon their bank𓃲ed time with a new lap average. Beware, if they go slower, they must accept that as their new time.

Those in Lane 2 then have a turn. Those cars can attempt t🧸o 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 Sunday, the second 🍎day of qualifying for th🅰e Indy 500.

The first 12 drivers fr༺om Saturday's order get whittled down to the best six.

They get another run, with the 12th-placed car on Saturday going first, and the fastest-car from Saturday going last and therefore knowing what time they need to cloc🌸k.

Drivers placed from P7 to P12 are then guaranteed these starting positions forꦅ the Indy 500.

Last chance qualifying then comes. 

One driver fr🉐om the original 34 entries must be eliminated b♏efore the Indy 500.

P31 to P34 from Saturday will run again. 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 s🐓ession gives the six cars a guaranteed four-lap run of the circuit.

🎀Who♋ever goes fastest in this session earns pole position for the Indy 500.

This session decides the grid pl𝄹acement꧙s - P1 to P6 - for next weekend's race.