2026 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

The 2026 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 29, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. The race was contested of 90 laps. Álex Palou won the race, Christian Lundgaard finished second, and Graham Rahal finished third, his first podium since the 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix.

Background

Barber Motorsports Park is an racing facility in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built by George W. Barber and includes the Barber Vintage Motorsport Museum. It is a permanent road course with 17 turns and features 80 feet of elevation change. It has been the site of the IndyCar Series' Grand Prix of Alabama since 2010.

Entry list

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner

Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet

Practice Practice 1 The first practice session was held on March 27, 2026.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.3840 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:07.4128 3 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.4158 Official results

Practice 2 The second practice session was held on March 28, 2026, but ended early due to Scott McLaughlin's car crashing and going through the fence at the end of turn 1.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:06.4680 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:06.5217 3 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:06.5950 Official results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on March 28, 2026.

+ Classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:06.2341 1 2 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:06.3478 2 3 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:06.5181 3 4 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:06.5312 4 5 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:06.8326 5 6 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:06.8363 6 7 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:06.3769 7 8 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:06.3900 8 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:06.4256 9 10 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:06.5102 10 11 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:06.6873 11 12 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:06.8186 12 13 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:06.5267 13 14 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:06.7313 14 15 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:06.5881 15 16 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:06.7411 16 17 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:06.7124 17 18 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:06.8104 18 19 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:06.7938 19 20 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:06.8140 20 21 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:06.8444 21 22 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:06.9445 22 23 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:09.9808 23 24 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:07.3414 24 25 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:07.6109 25 Official results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time.

Warmup The warmup session was held on March 29, 2026.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:06.6933 2 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:06.7568 3 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:06.9815 Official results

Race The race was held on March 29, 2026.

+ Classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:45:57.8223 3 1 79 54 2 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:46:11.0998 3 10 10 41 3 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:46:12.1100 3 3 1 36 4 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:46:12.8180 3 2 0 32 5 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 90 1:46:15.6193 3 5 0 30 6 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 1:46:18.5628 3 4 0 28 7 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:46:22.5682 3 13 0 26 8 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 1:46:39.3924 3 7 0 24 9 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 90 1:46:41.6816 3 8 0 22 10 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:46:49.7199 3 9 0 20 11 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 90 1:46:50.8052 3 11 0 19 12 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 90 1:46:51.8701 3 23 0 18 13 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 1:46:52.3249 3 18 0 17 14 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 1:46:52.7449 3 18 0 16 15 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 1:46:56.6806 3 6 0 15 16 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:46:57.9601 3 14 0 14 17 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:46:58.8915 3 12 0 13 18 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:47:00.2294 3 15 0 12 19 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 90 1:47:01.0906 3 17 0 11 20 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:47:01.8379 3 19 0 10 21 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 90 1:47:04.1248 3 21 0 9 22 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 89 1:46:06.8047 3 25 0 8 23 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 89 1:46:07.4969 3 24 0 7 24 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 1:46:10.7110 3 20 0 6 25 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 1:46:35.2884 4 22 0 5Fastest lap: Christian Lundgaard (Arrow McLaren) – 1:08.6127 (Lap 19) Official results

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Kyle Kirkwood1562 Álex Palou1543 Christian Lundgaard1214 David Malukas1165 Josef Newgarden113 Point standings

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points1 Honda3442 Chevrolet297 Point standings

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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