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2026 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race details
1st round of the 2026 IndyCar season Next race  →
Layout of the St. Petersburg street course
Date	March 1, 2026
Official name	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Location	St. Petersburg street course, St. Petersburg, Florida
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.800 mi / 2.897 km
Distance	100 laps 180.000 mi / 289.682 km
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Chronology
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The 2026 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will be the first round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race will be held on March 1, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Streets of St. Petersburg. The race will be contested of 100 laps. ^[1]

Contents

• Entry list
• Practice
• Practice 1
• Practice 2
• Qualifying
• Qualifying classification
• Warmup
• Race
• Race classification
• Championship standings after the race
• References

Entry list

Source ^[2]

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Caio Collet  R	A.J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	David Malukas	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal  W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
19	Dennis Hauger  R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Alexander Rossi  W	ECR	Chevrolet
21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevrolet
26	Will Power  W	Andretti Global	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson  W	Andretti Global	Honda
45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
47	Mick Schumacher  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet

Practice

Practice 1

The first practice session will be held on Friday, February 27, at 1:30 PM EST.

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1
2
3
[ Practice 1 results]

Practice 2

The second and final practice session will be held on Saturday, February 28, at 9:30 AM EST.

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1
2
3
[ Practice 2 results]

Qualifying

Qualifying will be held at 4:30 PM ET on February 28, 2026.

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time	Final grid
							1						1
					2							2
3						3
4						4
5						5
6						6
7						7
8						8
9						9
10						10
11						11
12						12
13						13
14						14
15						15
16						16
17						17
18						18
19						19
20						20
21						21
22						22
23						23
24						24
25						25
Source:

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1
2
3
Source:

Race

The race will be held at 12:00 PM ET on March 1, 2026.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Fastest lap:
[ Official race results]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 2 3 4 5 [ Official point standings]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 2 [ Official point standings]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References