2026 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix
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8th round of the 2026 IndyCar season
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 Layout of the Detroit Street Circuit | |||||
| Date | May 31, 2026 | ||||
| Official name | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Detroit street circuit, Detroit, Michigan | ||||
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.645 mi / 2.647 km | ||||
| Distance | 100 laps 164.500 mi / 264.737 km | ||||
| Weather | Clear 23 °C (73 °F) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |  Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:01.9017 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:03.0794 (on lap 8 of 100) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Second |  Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Global) | ||||
| Third | Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) | ||||
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The 2026 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 31, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan at the Detroit Street Circuit.[1][2] The race contested of 100 laps. Álex Palou won the race. Kyle Kirkwood finished 2nd, and Graham Rahal finished 3rd. Pato O'Ward and Christian Lundgaard rounded out the top five, and Felix Rosenqvist, Louis Foster, Marcus Ericsson, Kyffin Simpson, and Josef Newgarden rounded out the top ten.
Race background
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, is held on the streets of Detroit, Michigan on its 10-turn layout. A 1.645-mile (2.65 km) street course, the new layout first was used in 2023. It is currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy cars", a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars. The race is traditionally held after the most prestigious event of the IndyCar calendar, and one of the oldest and most important automobile races in the world, the Indianapolis 500.[3]
Entry list
| Key | Meaning |
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| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
Practice 1
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:02.7722 |
| 2 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood W |
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:02.7914 |
| 3 | 26 | .svg.png){kind=small} Will Power W |
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:02.9433 |
Practice 2
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood W |
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:01.8145 |
| 2 | 26 | Will Power W |
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:01.9453 |
| 3 | 5 |  Pato O'Ward |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:02.1949 |
Qualifying
Qualifying was held at 1:00 PM ET on May 30, 2026.
Qualifying classification
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time.
Warmup
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood W |
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:02.4051 |
| 2 | 60 |  Felix Rosenqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:03.0140 |
| 3 | 5 | Pato O'Ward |
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:03.1780 |
Race
The race was held at 12:30 PM ET on May 31, 2026.
Race classification
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ↑ "2026 Schedule" (PDF). IndyCar. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
- ↑ Brown, Nathan. "IndyCar is moving to Fox. And with it, a new race schedule. 5 takeaways on 2025 slate". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
- ↑ "USA Today Readers Name Indianapolis 500 As World's Best Motorsports Race In Poll". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. August 3, 2018.