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2026 Indianapolis Indycars

2026 Indianapolis Indycars is 461st IRL race. Passed at the Indianapolis circuit. Alex Palou won the pole position, Christian Lundgaard won this race. David Malukas and Graham Rahal also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 85 laps (334 km).

Previous race: 2026 Long Beach Grand Prix
Next race: 2026 Indianapolis 500
Race Start: 9th May 2026

Interesting facts and statistics about the 2026 Indianapolis Indycars

6th victory for the Arrow McLaren team
2nd victory for the Christian Lundgaard
12th podium for the Christian Lundgaard
5th podium for the David Malukas
31st podium for the Graham Rahal

Dallara DW12 - 2026 Indianapolis Indycars winner

Dallara DW12 #7 - 2026 Indianapolis Indycars winner

2026 Indianapolis Indycars results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Christian Lundgaard Dallara DW12, #7 51 1h 55m 40.289s 0 Arrow McLaren
2 David Malukas Dallara DW12, #12 43 1h 55m 44.961s 0 Team Penske
3 Graham Rahal Dallara DW12, #15 35 1h 55m 48.204s 0 Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
4 Josef Newgarden Dallara DW12, #2 32 1h 55m 50.319s 0 Team Penske
5 Alex Palou Dallara DW12, #10 32 1h 55m 54.652s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing
6 Scott Dixon Dallara DW12, #9 28 1h 56m 7.131s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing
7 Louis Foster Dallara DW12, #45 26 1h 56m 8.416s 0 Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
8 Dennis Hauger Dallara DW12, #19 24 1h 56m 12.222s 0 Dale Coyne Racing
9 Kyle Kirkwood Dallara DW12, #27 22 1h 56m 14.483s 0 Andretti Global
10 Nolan Siegel Dallara DW12, #6 20 1h 56m 19.133s 0 Arrow McLaren
11 Marcus Armstrong Dallara DW12, #66 19 1h 56m 26.760s 0 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
12 Kyffin Simpson Dallara DW12, #8 18 1h 56m 30.479s 0 Chip Ganassi Racing
13 Will Power Dallara DW12, #26 18 1h 56m 32.318s 0 Andretti Global
14 Santino Ferrucci Dallara DW12, #14 16 1h 56m 36.660s 0 AJ Foyt Enterprises
15 Rinus van Kalmthout Dallara DW12, #76 15 1h 56m 39.875s 0 Juncos Hollinger Racing
16 Scott McLaughlin Dallara DW12, #3 14 1h 56m 40.160s 0 Team Penske
17 Sting Ray Robb Dallara DW12, #77 13 1h 56m 40.456s 0 Juncos Hollinger Racing
18 Pato O'Ward Dallara DW12, #5 12 1h 56m 46.575s 0 Arrow McLaren
19 Caio Collet Dallara DW12, #4 11 1h 56m 47.960s 0 AJ Foyt Enterprises
20 Mick Schumacher Dallara DW12, #47 10 1h 56m 54.419s 0 Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
21 Romain Grosjean Dallara DW12, #18 9 84 laps 0 Dale Coyne Racing
22 Marcus Ericsson Dallara DW12, #28 8 61 laps Retired 0 Andretti Global
23 Felix Rosenqvist Dallara DW12, #60 7 28 laps Accident 0 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
24 Christian Rasmussen Dallara DW12, #21 6 28 laps Retired 0 Ed Carpenter Racing
25 Alexander Rossi Dallara DW12, #20 5 20 laps Retired 0 Ed Carpenter Racing

Qualifying Results for the 2026 Indianapolis Indycars on the Indianapolis circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Alex Palou Dallara DW12, #10 1m 9.749s Chip Ganassi Racing
2 Pato O'Ward Dallara DW12, #5 1m 10.296s Arrow McLaren
3 Felix Rosenqvist Dallara DW12, #60 1m 10.455s Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
4 Christian Lundgaard Dallara DW12, #7 1m 10.475s Arrow McLaren
5 David Malukas Dallara DW12, #12 1m 10.566s Team Penske
6 Louis Foster Dallara DW12, #45 1m 10.940s Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
7 Graham Rahal Dallara DW12, #15 1m 10.404s Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
8 Scott Dixon Dallara DW12, #9 1m 10.414s Chip Ganassi Racing
9 Kyle Kirkwood Dallara DW12, #27 1m 10.419s Andretti Global
10 Josef Newgarden Dallara DW12, #2 1m 10.494s Team Penske
11 Romain Grosjean Dallara DW12, #18 1m 10.498s Dale Coyne Racing
12 Caio Collet Dallara DW12, #4 1m 10.630s AJ Foyt Enterprises
13 Alexander Rossi Dallara DW12, #20 1m 10.774s Ed Carpenter Racing
14 Marcus Ericsson Dallara DW12, #28 1m 10.377s Andretti Global
15 Santino Ferrucci Dallara DW12, #14 1m 10.811s AJ Foyt Enterprises
16 Nolan Siegel Dallara DW12, #6 1m 10.429s Arrow McLaren
17 Scott McLaughlin Dallara DW12, #3 1m 10.828s Team Penske
18 Mick Schumacher Dallara DW12, #47 1m 10.449s Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing
19 Christian Rasmussen Dallara DW12, #21 1m 10.888s Ed Carpenter Racing
20 Marcus Armstrong Dallara DW12, #66 1m 10.474s Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
21 Rinus van Kalmthout Dallara DW12, #76 1m 11.061s Juncos Hollinger Racing
22 Kyffin Simpson Dallara DW12, #8 1m 10.475s Chip Ganassi Racing
23 Sting Ray Robb Dallara DW12, #77 1m 11.203s Juncos Hollinger Racing
24 Dennis Hauger Dallara DW12, #19 1m 10.516s Dale Coyne Racing
25 Will Power Dallara DW12, #26 1m 10.570s Andretti Global

List of all cars for the 2026 Indianapolis Indycars on the Indianapolis circuit

Dallara DW12

Chevrolet

Dallara DW12

Honda