It was a championship day for Honda and Honda Racing Corporation USA as they clinched both the manufacturers\u2019 and drivers\u2019 NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship titles.<\/p>\n
The championship win is the first for Honda in the manufacturers\u2019 title chase since 2021 in a dominant season where Honda teams and drivers have won 12 of 15 races in 2025\u2014with two races still remaining.<\/p>\n
Honda\u2019s 12 wins have come on all four primary track types the IndyCar series races on, road courses (Thermal, Barber, Indy GP, Road America, The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Laguna Seca), street circuits (St. Petersburg, The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Detroit), short ovals (World Wide Technology Raceway, Iowa Speedway) and speedways\u2014where Honda scored their 16th Indianapolis 500 victory.<\/p>\n
While it has been a season largely dominated by Alex Palou, all five of the Honda IndyCar teams\u2014Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Global, Meyer Shank Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan and Chip Ganassi Racing\u2014notched points to make the 2025 manufacturers\u201d championship possible for Honda.<\/p>\n
This is Honda\u2019s seventh championship in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and 11th in American Open Wheel competition. Honda\u2019s previous titles came in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005 and a four-year consecutive run from 2018 to 2021.<\/p>\n
Alex Palou\u2019s championship is the Chip Ganassi Racing driver\u2019s third consecutive championship title and fourth in five years, as well as the 20th Honda-powered drivers\u2019 title in American Open Wheel competition.<\/p>\n
This year has been a dominant season for Palou, winning eight races on the year and on all major circuit types the IndyCar series races on\u2014including claiming his first Indianapolis 500 victory.<\/p>\n
Palou joins rarefied air with his fourth championship win, tying legends like Dario Franchitti, Sebastien Bourdais, and Mario Andretti.<\/p>\n
Twelve wins in a single season is a record for Honda in the current generation of NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition. Although Honda and HRC have both drivers\u2019 and manufacturers\u2019 championship wrapped up, two races still remain in the 2025 season to further the record-breaking performance.<\/p>\n
Quotes<\/p>\n
Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion: \u201cWe just won the championship! It was an amazing race, and we tried everything we could to win the race as well. So happy with P3 and that was enough for the championship. I can\u2019t thank this #10 team, that has been working so hard to make us so good on track, enough. I also can\u2019t thank Honda enough\u2014congratulations to everyone at Honda and HRC on wrapping up the manufacturers\u2019 championship as well today! That\u2019s pretty cool. I cannot wait for more!\u201d<\/p>\n
Barry Wanser (Senior Manager of Racing Operations, Chip Ganassi Racing and race strategist for Alex Palou): \u201cIt\u2019s super exciting for the team, for everybody at Chip Ganassi Racing, for Alex to score his fourth and his third in a row. We can\u2019t do it without the performance, the power and fuel economy that we get from the Honda engines. Congratulations to Honda on wrapping up the manufacturers\u2019 championship. To do that with two races still to go, in this series, is just absolutely amazing. Congrats to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Salters (President, Honda Racing Corporation USA): \u201cWhat an amazing season. The men and women of HRC US dug super deep in the offseason and have been rewarded by a clean sweep of the Indy 500, manufacturers\u2019 championship, and drivers\u2019 championship. What a season\u2014stunning and record setting in so many ways. I\u2019m so proud of our team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are witnessing history being made by Alex Palou. He is a generational talent and it\u2019s a pleasure and a privilege to watch him behind the wheel. Massive congratulations to the marvelous team at Chip Ganassi Racing and to Chip and Barry and the whole #10 crew. Superb effort, it\u2019s a great partnership between us at Honda and HRC and the Chip Ganassi Racing organization. For now, on to the next race. We have two more to do and then full focus forward to 2026 as well!\u201d<\/p>\n
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