It's not only Shwartzman's first attempt at the Indy 500 - it's his first race on an oval in his entire racing career. Shwartzman moved up through the European karting and Formula levels, eventually becoming the Formula 3 champion in 2019 and a test driver for Ferrari's Formula 1 team.

Get to know Robert Shwartzman, a 2025 Indianapolis 500 rookie for Prema Racing. He is set to start the May 25 race from 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.

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.

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.

Rookie Robert Shwartzman wins pole position for the 2025 Indianapolis 500 for Prema Racing, which is in its first year of IndyCar Series racing. The 25-year-old Israeli drove his No. 83 Chevrolet to 232.790 mph over four laps on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval during Fast Six qualifying.

A rookie driver for a brand new team has won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. Robert Shwartzman became the first Indy 500 rookie to qualify on the pole since Teo Fabi in 1983.