2026 Indy 500 | IndyCar Open Test | Day 2 results

Day 2 of the IndyCar Open Test at IMS has been completed as all 33 2026 Indy 500 entries took to the track. Full results here.
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Day 2 of the IndyCar Open Test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been completed as all 33 2026 Indy 500 entries took to the track. View the full results here.

On Tuesday, Conor Daly was quickest ahead of Helio Castroneves as the veterans flexed their muscles inside the final hour.

Running for all eligible cars was delayed due to rain, before they eventually got going late in the morning for a couple of hours. Katherine Legge was not allowed to run. She would get an hour of track time on her own between the two all eligible cars sessions.

In the first of the two eligible sessions, rookie Caio Collet paced the field from Josef Newgarden and Conor Daly.

Session 1 results

  1. Collet 226.381
  2. Newgarden 226.223
  3. Daly 224.785
  4. Malukas 224.377
  5. Sato 224.130
  6. Rosenqvist 224.104
  7. Abel 223.860
  8. Ferrucci 223.281
  9. Hauger 223.257
  10. Power 223.197
  11. Palou 223.110
  12. VeeKay 222.735
  13. Dixon 222.647
  14. Rahul 222.630
  15. Harvey 222.527
  16. McLaughlin 222.361
  17. Simpson 221.477
  18. Armstrong 221.420
  19. Lundgaard 221.096
  20. Schumacher 221.086
  21. O’Ward 221.034
  22. Castroneves 220.880
  23. Hunter-Reay 220.799
  24. Kirkwood 220.452
  25. Robb 220.090
  26. Rasmussen 219.988
  27. Grosjean 219.669
  28. Rossi 219.612
  29. Ericsson 218.743
  30. Carpenter 217.954

Katherine Legge becomes eligible for this year’s contest

Having completed the second phase of her refreshers in the 1-hour session, Katherine Legge bagged her ticket for the 2026 Indy 500 as she completed the final part of it during full field running. The AJ Foyt x HMD Motorsports entry will look to keep improving when the cars return to the oval in May.

2026 Indy 500 | IndyCar Open Test | Day 2, Session 2 results

A couple of cautions got thrown in the second session. A fox appeared on track for the first one. The second one was massive: Jack Harvey had a spectacular engine failure coming out of turn 4. His day was done with over 93 minutes left.

Two-time winner Josef Newgarden paced the field in the second session, with defending champion Alex Palou right behind in P2. Daly, O’Ward and Sato completed the top 5.

  1. Newgarden 225.617
  2. Palou 225.272
  3. Daly 225.215
  4. O’Ward 225.109
  5. Sato 224.957
  6. VeeKay 223.788
  7. Malukas 223.285
  8. Collet 223.194
  9. McLaughlin 223.056
  10. Rossi 222.938
  11. Armstrong 222.915
  12. Schumacher 222.802
  13. Lundgaard 222.637
  14. Hauger 222.626
  15. Robb 222.440
  16. Rosenqvist 222.167
  17. Power 222.150
  18. Grosjean 222.044
  19. Ferrucci 222.023
  20. Carpenter 221.949
  21. Dixon 221.926
  22. Kirkwood 221.832
  23. Harvey 221.611
  24. Rasmussen 221.545
  25. Abel 221.471
  26. Hunter-Reay 221.409
  27. Simpson 221.397
  28. Ericsson 221.306
  29. Rahal 221.165
  30. Siegel 221.082
  31. Foster 220.889
  32. Castroneves 220.375
  33. Legge 219.841