Overview
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway smoothed a bump between Turns 1 and 2, and teams logged a calm, incident‑free open test in late April.
- Defending winner Alex Palou enters as the points leader and the consensus favorite based on early‑season form.
- The May slate moves from the road‑course Grand Prix to four oval practice days, two days of qualifying with the pole set on the first, a brief tune‑up, then Carb Day before the 500.
- Twenty‑five full‑time IndyCar drivers run the Grand Prix, with eight additional Indy‑only entries for the 500, including Hélio Castroneves, Takuma Sato, Ryan Hunter‑Reay and Katherine Legge.
- Race‑week entertainment features Counting Crows and Switchfoot on Carb Day and a Snake Pit concert headlined by Zedd on race morning.