2026 IndyCar Long Beach | Practice 1 results

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Practice 1 at the 2026 IndyCar Long Beach GP has been completed, view the full results here.

Heading into Long Beach, Kyle Kirkwood led the IndyCar standings on 156 points, just two ahead of Alex Palou after his dominant Barber weekend, with Christian Lundgaard third and David Malukas fourth as the field remained tightly packed behind.

The session began slowly before race control brought out a red flag with 30 minutes remaining after Mick Schumacher stopped at the exit of the fountain. The rookie asked whether he should restart the car, but his team instructed him to stay put, costing him valuable time on a circuit that was new to him.

Running resumed with 25 minutes to go, with only seven drivers on the board as Kyffin Simpson led on a 1:11.626 ahead of fellow rookie Caio Collet. As the pace improved, Alexander Rossi locked up at Turn 9 but held the car and moved up to second with a 1:09.291, before Alex Palou went fastest.

Felix Rosenqvist also had a moment at the final hairpin but managed to keep control, while Schumacher remained in the garage with 10 minutes left as team-mates Louis Foster and Graham Rahal focused on gathering data.

In the closing stages, times continued to shuffle, with Sting Ray Robb at the bottom of the order on a 1:10.241, while Pato O’Ward ran third and Christian Lundgaard sixth. Nolan Siegel remained down in 19th as he searched for pace.

The session ended prematurely with just over three minutes remaining, as race control issued a second red flag due to debris on track.

2026 IndyCar Long Beach | Full field Results

Palou
Rosenqvist
O’Ward
McLaughlin
Malukas
Lundgaard
Rossi
Kirkwood
Armstrong
Newgarden
Rahal
Power
VeeKay
Dixon
Simpson
Ericsson
Foster
Collet
Siegel
Grosjean
Hauger
Robb
Rasmussen
Ferrucci
Schumacher

2026 IndyCar Long Beach | Group 1 Results

Group 1 began cleanly with no major incidents, as Power led the pack through the opening laps. Rookie Dennis Hauger showed confidence despite a small slide, but the session ended with an incident as Scott McLaughlin hit the barriers in Sector 1 with just one minute remaining.

Power
McLaughlin
Kirkwood
Ericsson
Rosenqvist
O’Ward
VeeKay
Newgarden
Grosjean
Collet
Hauger
Ferrucci
Foster

2026 IndyCar Long Beach | Group 2 Results

Group 2 ran far more smoothly, with no early interruptions. David Malukas pushed hard, brushing close to the walls as he climbed up the order, while Kyffin Simpson initially led the session. With under three minutes remaining, Alex Palou went fastest with a 1:08.002. Malukas looked set to beat that on his final flying lap, but traffic intervened as he was blocked by Christian Rasmussen, costing him the chance to go quickest.