2026 IndyCar and Indy NXT standings after St. Pete

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Following round 1 of the 2026 IndyCar and Indy NXT seasons at St. Pete, view the full standings for both here.

In the IndyCar race, defending champion Alex Palou blew the field away once he got to the front. After the final caution went in on lap 43, he drove into the distance. By the end he finished over 12s ahead of Scott McLaughlin, with Christian Lundgaard right behind the Kiwi at the flag.

Josef Newgraden recovered from a terrible qualifying to finish a very solid P7. Great stops were key to some of this, while the two-time Indy 500 kept it clean throughout. His fellow multi-time IndyCar champions Will Power (crash) and Scott Dixon (loose wheel) had terrible starts to 2026.

It was a tough debut for Mick Schumacher as Sting Ray Robb’s big mistake wiped him and Santino Ferrucci out of the race.

2026 IndyCar standings after St. Pete

Palou 53
McLaughlin 42
Lundgaard 36
Kirkwood 32
O’Ward 30
Ericsson 29
Newgarden 27
Grosjean 24
VeeKay 22
Hauger 20
Armstrong 19
Rosenqvist 18
Malukas 17
Foster 17
Simpson 15
Rossi 14
Collet 13
Rahal 12
Rasmussen 11
Siegel 10
Robb 9
Power 8
Dixon 8
Ferrucci 6
Schumacher 5

2026 Indy NXT standings after St. Pete

Having dominated practice and qualifying, Max Taylor looked to be hot favourite for the Indy NXT race at St. Pete. However, Nikita Johnson brilliantly swept around the outside to take the lead at turn 1. From there they dominated, with the Cape Motorsports youngster fending off the Andretti driver.

On debut following his move from Europe, Tymek Kucharczyk held off Seb Murray to take 3rd.

Two title favourites Lochie Hughes and Myles Rowe had relatively disappointing weekends with 5th and 6th. Nonetheless, it was still far better than Enzo Fittipaldi’s nightmare debut.