The 2026 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Markham was the fourteenth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 16, 2026, in Markham, Ontario, Canada at the Markham Street Circuit near Markham Centre. The race was contested over 90 laps.
Marcus Ericsson won the race, Romain Grosjean finished 2nd, and Will Power finished 3rd. Álex Palou and Pato O'Ward rounded out the top five, while Christian Lundgaard, Rinus VeeKay, Scott McLaughlin, Graham Rahal, and Santino Ferrucci rounded out the top ten.
Background
The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Markham, is held at the Markham Street Circuit at Markham Centre, in Markham, Ontario, Canada on its 12-turn street course layout. As a track, it 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.
Prior to 2026, IndyCar and CART/Champ Car had continuously staged a street course race at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto since 1986 (excluding 2008 due to the cancellation of the 2008 Champ Car World Series, and the COVID-19 pandemic-affected 2020 and 2021 seasons). With BMO Field – a stadium within the confines of the Exhibition Place circuit – hosting matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and therefore preventing the construction of the track, the event was moved to Markham within the Greater Toronto Area on a five-year deal.
Standings before the race
Heading into the event, Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou led the Drivers' Championship with 510 points, 110 more than Andretti Global driver Kyle Kirkwood, who was second. Team Penske driver David Malukas is third with 392 points, and Christian Lundgaard and his Arrow McLaren teammate Pato O'Ward are fourth and fifth in points. In the Engine Manufacturer Championship, Honda led with 1129 points, while Chevrolet had 996 points.
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 The first practice session was scheduled to be held Friday, August 14, at 3:00p.m. ET; however, it was delayed due to the track not being ready. IndyCar moved the session to 6:00p.m. ET, but due to the track still not being finished, the session was held on Saturday, August 15, at 10:05a.m. ET. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:14.9915 2 4 Caio Collet A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:15.0454 3 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:15.0728 Practice 1 results
Practice 2 The second practice session was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 15, at 10:00a.m. ET, but due to a schedule change from the previous night, the session was held at 2:30 PM ET. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:14.1793 2 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:14.1933 3 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:14.1940 Practice 2 results
Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 15, at 2:25 PM ET, but due to a schedule change from the previous night, the session was held at 6:30 PM ET.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:13.2383 1 2 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:13.6352 2 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 1:13.6804 3 4 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 1:13.8383 4 5 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:13.9403 5 6 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:14.0601 6 7 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 1:14.4923 7 8 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 1:14.5315 14 9 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:14.5824 8 10 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:14.6654 9 11 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:14.7101 10 12 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:17.4292 11 13 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:14.5349 12 14 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 1:14.2574 13 15 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 1:14.7008 21 16 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 1:14.3654 22 17 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:14.8410 15 18 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:14.3722 16 19 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:15.1875 17 20 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:14.3822 23 21 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:15.6148 18 22 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Honda 1:14.4494 24 23 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 1:27.9141 19 24 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 1:20.5647 25 25 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:21.0448 20 Full qualifying results
Warmup The warmup session was held on Sunday, August 16, at 8:30a.m. ET. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:14.4411 2 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 1:14.7276 3 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 1:14.8141 Warmup Results
Race The race was held on Sunday August 16, at 12:00 PM ET.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 90 2:16:22.2341 2 4 21 51 2 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 90 +7.5305 2 13 28 41 3 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 90 +10.5582 2 25 1 36 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +10.7451 2 11 32 5 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +11.1658 3 23 30 6 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +21.7843 3 2 28 7 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +22.1701 3 6 26 8 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +25.4428 2 3 24 9 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +26.0069 5 9 22 10 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 +26.9249 3 18 20 11 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +39.5356 3 15 19 12 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +40.1841 3 17 8 19 13 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +41.2805 4 20 17 14 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +1:08.7169 3 12 16 15 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 89 Off Course 2 5 15 16 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 89 +1 Lap 6 24 14 17 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 4 7 13 18 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 84 +6 Laps 4 8 12 19 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 67 Retired 3 19 11 20 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 66 Mechanical 4 14 10 21 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 53 Contact 1 22 9 22 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 42 Contact 1 1 32 12 23 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 35 Contact 2 21 7 24 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 18 Mechanical 2 16 6 25 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 14 Contact 0 10 5Fastest lap: Marcus Ericsson (Andretti Global) – 1:14.2690(Lap 68) Official Results
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 542 2 Kyle Kirkwood 409 (-133) 3 David Malukas 405 (-137) 4 Christian Lundgaard 403 (-139) 5 Pato O'Ward 385 (-157)
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1225 2 Chevrolet 1056 (–169)
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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