Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

1 /Alex Palou /Chip Ganassi Racing /01:52:21.6997 2 /Scott McLaughlin /Team Penske /01:52:34.1945 3 /Christian Lundgaard /Arrow McLaren /01:52:34.6151 4 /Kyle Kirkwood /Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian /01:52:46.9735 5 /Pato O'Ward /Arrow McLaren /01:52:47.7751 6 /Marcus Ericsson /Andretti Global /01:52:47.9560 7 /Josef Newgarden /Team Penske /01:52:48.1216 8 /Romain Grosjean /Dale Coyne Racing /01:52:49.7386 9 /Rinus VeeKay /Juncos Hollinger Racing /01:52:50.4148 10 /Dennis Hauger /Dale Coyne Racing /01:52:51.5719 11 /Marcus Armstrong /Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian /01:52:52.1680 12 /Felix Rosenqvist /Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian /01:52:52.5102 13 /David Malukas /Team Penske /01:52:55.4753 14 /Louis Foster /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /01:52:59.7387 15 /Kyffin Simpson /Chip Ganassi Racing /01:53:00.6090 16 /Alexander Rossi /ECR /01:53:11.3124 17 /Caio Collet /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /01:53:23.6771 18 /Graham Rahal /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /01:53:24.8340 19 /Christian Rasmussen /ECR /01:53:24.8909 20 /Nolan Siegel /Arrow McLaren /01:52:23.5695 21 /Sting Ray Robb /Juncos Hollinger Racing /01:52:24.9430 22 /Will Power /Andretti Global /DNF 23 /Scott Dixon /Chip Ganassi Racing /DNF 24 /Santino Ferrucci /A.J.

Foyt Enterprises /DNF 25 /Mick Schumacher /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /DNF Alex Palou silenced any doubts about his continued dominance by opening the 2026 season with a clinical victory. Despite starting fourth, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver utilized a superior "overcut" strategy, staying out until Lap 38 on his original tires while his rivals pitted.

This allowed him to leapfrog pole-sitter Scott McLaughlin and assume a lead he would never relinquish. Palou crossed the finish line with a massive 12.49-second lead, the largest margin of victory in the 23-year history of the event.

The race was not without its signature street-circuit drama. A chaotic Lap 1 incident saw debutant Mick Schumacher collide with Santino Ferrucci in Turn 3, ending the day early for both.

Will Power’s first race in Andretti colors also ended in disappointment after an early-race brush with the wall led to an eventual retirement. Scott McLaughlin fought to maintain second place amidst a late-race pressure cooker from Christian Lundgaard, who rounded out the podium in third.

Kyle Kirkwood and Pato O'Ward completed the top five, while veteran Scott Dixon saw his podium hopes vanish on Lap 39 when he went off-course, triggering one of the race's two caution flags.