2026 IndyCar Indy GP | Practice 1 results

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Practice 1 of the 2026 IndyCar Indy GP has been completed, view the full results here.

Heading into the race weekend, this is what the standings look like after Round 4 at Long Beach. Alex Palou sits back on top after winning for the third time in five races on Sunday, snatching the points lead from Kyle Kirkwood. Felix Rosenqvist and Scott Dixon both bounced back from slow starts with strong weekends in California.

An early flat tyre disrupted Christian Lundgaard’s race, dropping him from 3rd to 5th as David Malukas and Pato O’Ward jumped ahead. Late issues knocked Marcus Ericsson and Marcus Armstrong out of the top 10.

Practice 1 started cleanly as the drivers used the opening phase to get a feel for the track. With 30 minutes remaining, they began to push, and Marcus Ericsson moved to the top of the timesheets with a 1:10.7580.

Alex Palou had a small moment over the kerbs but kept the car under control. Louis Foster also delivered a strong early showing and sat inside the top three before Palou and Kyle Kirkwood moved into first and second.

Mick Schumacher had a brief scare when he ran off track and headed straight into the pits. However, with 10 minutes left in the first part of Practice 1, the session remained largely clean, with no major incidents.

2026 IndyCar Indy GP | Full field Results

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

2026 IndyCar Indy GP | Group 1 Results

Group 1 then headed out for its session, with Graham Rahal initially leading from Marcus Armstrong and Alex Palou. Mick Schumacher had to return to the pits after his rear-wing cover remained attached to the car. It marked the second time the issue had appeared, after Kyle Kirkwood experienced the same problem earlier.

Christian Lundgaard then moved to the top with a 1:10.482, with Christian Rasmussen and Palou close behind. Palou later shook up the order, going fastest ahead of Rahal and David Malukas.

Palou
Rahal
Malukas
Simpson
Armstrong
Dixon
Rossi
Lundgaard
Rasmussen
Siegel
Collet
Hauger
Schumacher
Robb

2026 IndyCar Long Beach | Group 2 Results

Group 2 then headed out, with Kyle Kirkwood leading the way. The session ran almost cleanly as Marcus Ericsson initially went fastest with a 1:10.613, ahead of Will Power and Pato O’Ward.

Louis Foster continued to show strong pace and moved into second, while Romain Grosjean briefly veered onto the grass before rejoining. In the final minute, Felix Rosenqvist jumped to the top, but Kirkwood responded late and ended the session fastest with a 1:10.214.