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
- Collet 226.381
- Newgarden 226.223
- Daly 224.785
- Malukas 224.377
- Sato 224.130
- Rosenqvist 224.104
- Abel 223.860
- Ferrucci 223.281
- Hauger 223.257
- Power 223.197
- Palou 223.110
- VeeKay 222.735
- Dixon 222.647
- Rahul 222.630
- Harvey 222.527
- McLaughlin 222.361
- Simpson 221.477
- Armstrong 221.420
- Lundgaard 221.096
- Schumacher 221.086
- O’Ward 221.034
- Castroneves 220.880
- Hunter-Reay 220.799
- Kirkwood 220.452
- Robb 220.090
- Rasmussen 219.988
- Grosjean 219.669
- Rossi 219.612
- Ericsson 218.743
- 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.
- Newgarden 225.617
- Palou 225.272
- Daly 225.215
- O’Ward 225.109
- Sato 224.957
- VeeKay 223.788
- Malukas 223.285
- Collet 223.194
- McLaughlin 223.056
- Rossi 222.938
- Armstrong 222.915
- Schumacher 222.802
- Lundgaard 222.637
- Hauger 222.626
- Robb 222.440
- Rosenqvist 222.167
- Power 222.150
- Grosjean 222.044
- Ferrucci 222.023
- Carpenter 221.949
- Dixon 221.926
- Kirkwood 221.832
- Harvey 221.611
- Rasmussen 221.545
- Abel 221.471
- Hunter-Reay 221.409
- Simpson 221.397
- Ericsson 221.306
- Rahal 221.165
- Siegel 221.082
- Foster 220.889
- Castroneves 220.375
- Legge 219.841
