Will Power in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet says that he was happy with his fourth-place finish in Detroit on Sunday, but admitted to being disappointed not to have finished the race on the podium. Power started the race from eighth place and came home just behind Andretti Global’s Colton Herta, and speaking following the race, the Australian said:
“It’s a good result, but disappointing that we didn’t get the podium there. My Verizon Chevy was very tough on restarts, but once the temp got in it, it was really strong. Obviously, I think the Andretti cars were really good, on restarts, and then they came back to us a bit. But, yeah, not bad, man. You know, survived Detroit a little bit disappointed that I didn’t get a podium. I mean, you know, obviously, results really matter for me at the moment. So, it’s still a good day.
Scott McLaughlin in the No.3 TireRack.com Team Penske Chevrolet started the race from seventh place and came home in 12th place. Speaking following the race, the New Zealander commented saying:
Man, we couldn’t have had a much better start to the race than the one we had today. Detroit is unique with the length of pit lane and where the blend line is, so even though we were the last team to make their first pit stop we were able to come out as the effective leader. Obviously, I didn’t mean to get into the back of the 6 car. Have to be more aware than that but very proud of the effort by the Tire Rack Chevy guys. We dropped back to 24th after the stop-and-go and through great strategy and a fast car, we drove by to 12th.
Josef Newgarden has moved up to 12th in the standings following Santino Ferrucci’s demotion following the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.
The Tennessee-native has had a tough start to the 2025 season, and in Detroit, his season didn’t get any better after hitting an Astemo banner in the No.2 Astemo Chevrolet. Newgarden is 12th in the championship, 185 points behind championship leader Alex Palou following his ninth place in the Detroit Grand Prix, and speaking following the race he commented, saying:
Tough race today but I thought the Astemo Chevy team fought all day long. Being on a different tire strategy and having to put our set of the softer tire on late in the race, it was a battle at the end. A top 10 is a solid effort.”