The 2026 Sonsio Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 9, 2026, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.43-mile, 14-turn roval, and ran for 90 laps. Christian Lundgaard won the race. David Malukas finished 2nd, and Graham Rahal finished 3rd.

Race background

The Sonsio Grand Prix, commonly called the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on its 14-turn infield road course. A paved track. First held in 2014, it is currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy cars", a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars. The race is traditionally held before the most prestigious event of the IndyCar calendar, and one of the oldest and most important automobile races in the world, the Indianapolis 500. Previously, the old road course layout was used for the Formula One United States Grand Prix.

Entry list

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Note Past winners include all IndyCar events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, not only the spring race

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 May 8, 2026, at 9:05a.m. ET.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:10.2696 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:10.6474 3 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:10.7580 Practice 1 results

Practice 2 The second practice session was held on May 8, 2026, at 1:05 p.m. ET.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:10.4507 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:10.5574 3 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:10.7182 Practice 2 results

Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on May 8, 2026, at 5:35p.m. ET but was moved to May 9, 2026, at 10:45a.m. ET due to bad weather conditions. The warmup session was cancelled to make way for qualifying.

+ Classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:09.7487 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:10.2962 2 3 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:10.4548 3 4 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:10.4751 4 5 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:10.5660 5 6 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda 1:10.9404 6 7 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:10.4042 7 8 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:10.4142 8 9 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:10.4189 9 10 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:10.4938 10 11 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:10.4981 11 12 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:10.6299 12 13 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:10.7736 13 14 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:10.3765 14 15 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:10.8113 15 16 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:10.4288 16 17 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:10.8281 17 18 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:10.4487 18 19 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:10.8877 19 20 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:10.4742 20 21 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:11.0611 21 22 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:10.4751 22 23 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:11.2029 23 24 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:10.5163 24 25 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:10.5701 25 Official results Notes Bold text indicates the fastest time.

Race The race was held on May 9, 2026, at 4:55p.m. ET.

+ Classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 1:55:40.2894 3 4 20 51 2 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 85 1:55:44.9607 3 5 27 43 3 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 1:55:48.2036 3 7 - 35 4 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 1:55:50.3186 3 10 - 32 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 1:55:54.6524 3 1 23 32 6 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 1:56:07.1314 4 8 - 28 7 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 1:56:08.4163 3 6 - 26 8 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 1:56:12.2219 3 24 - 24 9 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 1:56:14.4832 3 9 - 22 10 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 1:56:19.1331 3 16 - 20 11 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 1:56:26.7604 4 20 - 19 12 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 1:56:30.4793 3 22 - 18 13 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 85 1:56:32.3181 3 25 15 18 14 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 1:56:36.6602 3 15 - 16 15 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85 1:56:39.8747 4 21 - 15 16 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 1:56:40.1597 4 17 - 14 17 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85 1:56:40.4559 4 23 - 13 18 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 1:56:46.5751 4 2 - 12 19 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 1:56:47.9595 4 12 - 11 20 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 1:56:54.4186 3 18 - 10 21 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 84 1:56:36.7538 4 11 - 9 22 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 61 Mechanical 2 14 - 8 23 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 28 Contact 2 3 - 7 24 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 28 Mechanical 2 19 - 6 25 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 20 Mechanical - 13 - 5Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 1:12.1221 (Lap 42) Official race results

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 2372 Kyle Kirkwood 2103 David Malukas 1854 Christian Lundgaard 1825 Josef Newgarden 162

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 506 2 Chevrolet 450

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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