The 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the fifth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 19, 2026, in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach street circuit, a 1.97-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit, and was run for 90 laps. Álex Palou won the race, followed by Felix Rosenqvist and Scott Dixon.

Background

The Streets of Long Beach is a street circuit, first run in 1975, located in Long Beach, California. The circuit hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach as part of the IndyCar Series. It has also hosted races for IMSA SportsCar Championship, Formula One, Formula E, Championship Auto Racing Teams, American Le Mans Series, and Rolex Sports Car Series.

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 April 17, 2026.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:07.6053 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.7914 3 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:07.9861 Official results

Practice 2 The second practice session was held on April 18, 2026.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:07.5417 2 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.7750 3 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.7919 Official results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on April 18, 2026.

+ Classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:07.4635 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.5076 2 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.5289 3 4 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:07.6199 4 5 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.6508 5 6 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.8566 6 7 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:07.5163 7 8 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.6047 8 9 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.6177 9 10 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:07.6619 10 11 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:07.7218 11 12 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:07.7283 12 13 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:07.7709 13 14 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.7274 14 15 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:07.8516 15 16 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:07.8399 16 17 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:07.9024 17 18 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:07.8756 18 19 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:08.2142 19 20 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:07.9282 20 21 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:08.2471 21 22 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:07.9340 22 23 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:08.5474 23 24 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:08.2850 24 25 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:08.6097 25 Official results

Warmup The warmup session was held on April 19, 2026.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:07.968 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:08.147 3 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:08.215 Official results

Race The race was held on April 19, 2026.

+ Classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:49:09.5058 2 3 32 51 2 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 1:49:13.4721 2 1 51 44 3 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:49:14.9521 2 6 – 35 4 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 90 1:49:15.4788 2 4 – 32 5 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:49:21.3763 2 2 – 30 6 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:49:22.4117 2 8 – 28 7 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:49:22.9895 2 5 – 26 8 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:49:37.0732 2 10 – 24 9 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 90 1:49:37.1403 2 18 – 22 10 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:49:38.2344 2 9 – 20 11 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 1:49:38.4976 2 19 – 19 12 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:49:39.4184 2 25 – 18 13 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 1:49:40.0924 3 12 – 17 14 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:49:40.3468 3 14 5 17 15 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 90 1:49:40.6719 3 16 – 15 16 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:49:45.6694 2 17 – 14 17 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:49:46.4732 2 21 – 13 18 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 1:49:50.3718 3 22 – 12 19 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 90 1:49:50.6898 2 7 2 12 20 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:49:51.6810 3 11 – 10 21 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 1:49:52.3480 3 23 – 9 22 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 1:49:53.1705 2 20 – 8 23 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 1:49:54.2094 3 24 – 7 24 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 89 1:49:10.4437 3 13 – 6 25 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 38 Hybrid unit 1 15 – 5Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 1:08.8328 (Lap 18) Official results Notes Bold text indicates the fastest time.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou2052 Kyle Kirkwood1883 David Malukas1424 Pato O'Ward1365 Christian Lundgaard131 Point standings

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points1 Honda4402 Chevrolet355 Point standings

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References