2026 IndyCar Washington | Practice 1 results

IndyCar Washington
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It’s time to go racing around the nation’s capital, as the NTT IndyCar Series hits the streets of Washington, D.C for round 14 of the 2026 season! View the full results here.

The IndyCar grid takes to the streets of Washington, D.C on a brand-new 1.7-mile, 7-turn circuit, racing past some of the USA’s most important monuments. Round 14 in Washington marks the third new circuit that the drivers have raced on thus far in the season, following Arlington and Markham.

The session started late because early-morning rain disrupted the marshals’ communication chain; eventually, cars hit the track.

The final moments of the combined session ticked away as Rinus VeeKay and Dennis Huager were the first to find the sub-1-minute times, with Alexander Rossi ultimately topping the combined session at the checkered flag.

Kyle Kirkwood tops the first of the split sessions, and defending champion Alex Palou tops the second.

Combined session results

  1. Rossi 58.60
  2. VeeKay 58.85
  3. Power 58.93
  4. Palou 59.17
  5. Rosenqvist 59.27
  6. Siegel 59.38
  7. Dixon 59.38
  8. Malukas 59.48
  9. Rasmussen 59.48
  10. Schumacher 59.62
  11. Hauger 59.63
  12. Ericsson 59.78
  13. Kirkwood 59.81
  14. Rahal 1:00.04
  15. Newgarden 1:00.08
  16. Lundgaard 1:00.12
  17. Grosjean 1:00.14
  18. McLaughlin 1:00.19
  19. Simpson 1:00.42
  20. Ferrucci 1:00.54
  21. O’Ward 1:00.61
  22. Robb 1:00.64
  23. Armstrong 1:00.67
  24. Foster 1:01.62
  25. Collet 1:08.76

Group 1 Results

  1. Kirkwood 57.37
  2. Ericsson 57.80
  3. Newgarden 57.98
  4. Hauger 57.99
  5. VeeKay 58.16
  6. O’Ward 58.23
  7. Collet 58.34
  8. Ferrucci 58.50
  9. McLaughlin 58.60
  10. Rosenqvist 58.60
  11. Grosjean 59.19

Group 2 Results

  1. Palou 57.61
  2. Hauger 57.73
  3. Malukas 57.74
  4. Simpson 58.06
  5. Rossi 58.13
  6. Rasmussen 58.19
  7. Lundgaard 58.22
  8. Dixon 58.23
  9. Armstrong 58.36
  10. Siegel 58.36
  11. Collet 58.49
  12. Robb 58.60
  13. Rahal 59.14
  14. Schumacher 59.27