McLaren boss Zak Brown 'couldn't be more excited' for start of 2025 IndyCar season

The start of the IndyCar season is an exciting time for any racing enthusiast, and Zak Brown, a former professional driver and current CEO of McLaren Racing, is as ready as anyone for those engines to rev. 

Brown penned a letter to IndyCar fans in which he detailed his excitement for the new season and IndyCar's recent partnership with FOX.

On Sunday, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on FOX will usher in the start of the 2025 IndyCar Series. All throughout the season, FOX will serve as the exclusive home of the IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis 500.  FOX networks will broadcast all 17 races in 2025, from March 2 to the finale on Aug. 31 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Here are the highlights from Brown's letter:

Brown can't wait to see the production from the FOX broadcast team, not just this weekend but throughout the entire IndyCar season.

I couldn’t be more excited to tune into FOX’s broadcast this weekend. In the list of things that we can do to improve INDYCAR, number one was finding the right broadcast partner, and to have FOX on board is fantastic. Eric Shanks has a personal commitment to and passion for INDYCAR, and I think that will come through in the broadcast quality.

He loved the IndyCar commercials, including the one featuring 25-year-old phenom Pato O'Ward that ran during Super Bowl LIX, just as much as everyone else.

Those commercials epitomize what the series needs to embrace across the board – edgy, fresh, fun and out-of-the-box thinking and action. I’m impressed with what FOX is doing straight out of the gate, and from the conversations I’ve had with Eric and other FOX leadership and its production teams, that will continue through their broadcast coverage each race weekend. They’re focused on