The field for the 2025 Indianapolis 500 will be led to the green flag by rookie Robert Shwartzman. The former reserve driver in Formula 1 stunned in qualifying last week to become the rare rookie to land the pole position.

Several drivers and stakeholders, including Scott Dixon, were left stunned after Robert Shwartzman claimed pole position for the Indy 500.

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.

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.

Robert Shwartzman’s life changed on Sunday. The odds are long, but they could change again this Sunday if he’s able to complete the wildest story in modern IndyCar history.Before he captured pole position for the 109th Indianapolis 500,

Indianapolis 500 pole position is on the line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when the top 12 qualifiers from Saturday take to the 2.5-mile oval today. The last row for the May 25 race will also be ...

Robert Shwartzman became a popular Google search topic Sunday after the IndyCar rookie shocked the racing world by qualifying for pole position in this weekend's Indy 500. And those who searched long enough came across one little obscure fact about the 25-year-old that certainly got our attention here at FTW: he's also a

Shwartzman booked his place with relative comfort, before outdoing the likes of 2024 runner-up Pato O’Ward, two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato and three-time series champion Alex Palou to snatch the first rookie pole position in 43 years.