Takuma Sato will run the 2025 Indianapolis 500 for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, RLL announced March 11.
Sato returns in the No. 75 with sponsorship from Amada America, which represented Sato in the race in 2024.
“I’m very excited to return to the 109th Indy 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” Sato said in a team release. “Once again, a heartfelt thank you to Bobby, Mike, David and the entire organization for this incredible opportunity.
“I’m also deeply grateful for the continued support from AMADA as the primary sponsor, alongside Panasonic Automotive Systems, Niterra, Deloitte Tohmatsu, NAC, Honda, HRC and all our loyal sponsors. The new No. 75 car carries over RLL’s historic design with a refreshed and dynamic new livery – it looks absolutely stunning.
“Last year was an incredible experience, reconnecting with the team, and this year, even more familiar faces have joined the effort, which makes this moment even more special and gives me great confidence. I can’t wait to get to work.”
Sato has competed in the last three Indianapolis 500s since stepping away from full-time competition after the 2022 season. He finished 14th in the event last year for RLL, his only start of the year.
He won the race in 2017 and 2020, the latter with RLL.
RLL is also fielding full-time cars for Graham Rahal, Devlin DeFrancesco and Louis Foster this year.
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