The 2026 Honda Indy 200 was the eleventh round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 5, 2026, in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race was contested of 90 laps. Pato O'Ward won the race. Christian Lundgaard finished 2nd, giving Arrow McLaren its first-ever 1-2 finish in IndyCar, and Kyle Kirkwood finished 3rd. Rinus VeeKay and Alex Palou rounded out the top five, and Will Power, Christian Rasmussen, David Malukas, Josef Newgarden, and Nolan Siegel rounded out the top ten.
Race background
The Honda Indy 200, is held at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio on its 13-turn road course layout. A track, it is the longest track on the calendar and is also currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy Car", that is a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner
Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 5 Pato O'Ward 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 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian 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 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:05.5540 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:05.6674 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:05.7557 Official Results
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:05.2158 2 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Chevrolet 1:05.2896 3 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:05.3148 Official Results
Qualifying Qualifying was held at 2:30 PM EST on July 4, 2026.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:04.8396 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:04.8649 2 3 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:04.8778 3 4 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:04.9083 4 5 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:05.2169 5 6 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:05.4092 6 7 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:05.0312 7 8 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:05.0447 8 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:05.0533 9 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:05.1060 10 11 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:05.1228 11 12 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:05.4947 12 13 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:05.3232 13 14 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:05.1620 20 15 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:05.3344 14 16 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:05.2084 15 17 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:05.4335 23 18 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:05.2188 16 19 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:05.6035 17 20 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:05.2194 18 21 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:05.9843 19 22 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 1:05.2387 21 23 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:07.7353 22 24 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 1:05.2990 24 25 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:05.9015 25 Official Results
Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:05.8725 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:06.1740 3 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:06.2123 Official Report
Race The race was held at 12:30 PM EST on July 5, 2026.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:43:23.5043 3 2 45 53 2 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:43:24.4920 3 1 41 42 3 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 90 1:43:25.7506 3 10 - 35 4 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 1:43:26.2972 3 6 - 32 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:43:31.0496 3 8 - 30 6 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 90 1:43:34.4615 3 3 2 29 7 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 90 1:43:39.3450 3 5 - 26 8 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:43:40.0147 3 4 - 24 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:43:44.5711 3 9 2 23 10 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 1:43:49.1301 3 14 - 20 11 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 1:43:50.1131 3 11 - 19 12 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:43:54.2957 3 12 - 18 13 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 1:43:54.8600 3 13 - 17 14 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 1:43:59.8467 3 24 - 16 15 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:44:00.5582 3 18 - 15 16 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:44:03.3283 3 23 - 14 17 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 1:44:06.2785 3 22 - 13 18 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:44:14.6688 3 17 - 12 19 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 1:44:20.1566 3 21 - 11 20 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 90 1:44:23.9364 3 16 - 10 21 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 90 1:44:24.5774 3 7 - 9 22 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 1:44:28.7150 3 20 - 8 23 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 1:44:29.9332 3 19 - 7 24 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 1:44:30.9252 3 15 - 6 25 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 25 - 5Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 1:06.5323 (Lap 54) Official Results
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 4042 Kyle Kirkwood 348 (-56)3 Christian Lundgaard 339 (-65)4 David Malukas 338 (-66)5 Pato O'Ward 310 (-94)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 892 2 Chevrolet 868
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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