Full race results for the 2026 IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Four-time and defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou now has 20 career wins, taking a dominant victory in the 2026 season-opener on the streets of St. Petersburg. 

After securing the lead through a cycle of pit stops, he drove away from the field, winning by almost 13 seconds and leading 59 of 100 laps.

The battle for second was spirited as Kyle Kirkwood tried and failed to hold on against a charging Scott McLaughlin and Christian Lundgaard. Both drivers made their way through with six laps to go, with McLaughlin finishing second and Lundgaard right behind him in third.  

As for the rookies, Dennis Hauger led the way with a tenth-place finish, while Caio Collet was 17th, and Mick Schumacher finished last after being collected in a Lap 1 crash. 

2026 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Race Results

cla # driver team laps time gap int retirement

1	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	100	-
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	100	12.4948	12.495	12.495
3	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	100	12.9154	12.915	0.421
4	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	100	25.2738	25.274	12.358
5	5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	100	26.0754	26.075	0.802
6	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	100	26.2563	26.256	0.181
7	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	100	26.4219	26.422	0.166
8	18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne Racing	100	28.0389	28.039	1.617
9	76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger Racing	100	28.7151	28.715	0.676
10	19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne Racing	100	29.8722	29.872	1.157
11	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	100	30.4683	30.468	0.596
12	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	100	30.8105	30.811	0.342
13	12	David Malukas	Team Penske	100	33.7756	33.776	2.965
14	45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	100	38.0390	38.039	4.263
15	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	100	38.9093	38.909	0.870
16	20	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter Racing	100	49.6127	49.613	10.703
17	4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	100	1'01.9774	1'01.977	12.365
18	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	100	1'03.1343	1'03.134	1.157
19	21	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter Racing	100	1'03.1912	1'03.191	0.057
20	6	Nolan Siegel	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	99	1 lap
21	77	Ray Robb Sting	Juncos Hollinger Racing	93	6 laps
22	26	Will Power	Andretti Global	55	44 laps			Retirement
23	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	39	60 laps			Accident
24	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	0	99 laps			Collision
25	47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	0	99 laps			Collision

 

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