By: Spencer Neff
May 9, 2026

2026 Sonsio Grand Prix Results

Following a wild first half of the race, Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard found his way to his second career INDYCAR victory in Saturday’s Sonsio Grand Prix on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.

After he started fourth and led 20 laps, including the final 18 of 85 laps, Lundgaard became the 182nd driver all-time with multiple victories after winning in Toronto in 2023. Arrow McLaren earns their 28th victory in the series and first in 2026. They are the fourth different team and driver to reach Victory Lane this year.

Team Penske’s David Malukas led a race-high 27 laps and earned his third career runner-up finish, giving Chevrolet a 1-2 finish on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn permanent road course in Speedway, Indiana for the first time since 2016. Malukas was 4.6713 seconds back of Lundgaard at the finish.

He also led a race-high 27 laps on the day.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal was best among the Hondas in third, earning his fourth podium on the IMS Road Course.

Malukas’ teammate Josef Newgarden was fourth and pole sitter Alex Palou’s bid for a fourth win in five races here fell short, as the Chip Ganassi Racing driver would end up fifth. He did manage to pad his NTT INDYCAR SERIES points lead to 27 over Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood.

Kirkwood finished ninth.

Dennis Hauger of Dale Coyne Racing made his way to eighth after starting 24th, best finish of his rookie season.

Recap

Trouble broke out as the green flag waved as Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Rinus VeeKay made contact at the back of the grid, resulting in damage to his front wing.

Up front, Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist locked up entering turn 1, making contact with Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward. A.J. Foyt Racing’s Caio Collet and CGR’s Scott Dixon were also collected, resulting in a caution.

VeeKay would later be assessed a drive-through penalty for failure to adhere to Race Control instructions when asked to move to the back of the field on the restart. Rosenqvist was penalized for avoidable contact.

As the leaders were cycling through pit stops for the initial stint, Alexander Rossi stalled on the front straightaway due to a hybrid issue. Following a lengthy delay and local yellow, a full-course yellow was brought out for Lap 22.

Following the Lap 26 restart, CGR’s Kyffin Simpson and MSR’s Marcus Armstrong made contact in Turn 13, which ended with Rosenqvist getting airborne. The caution flag waved again on Lap 31.

Up front, Malukas continued to lead until his Lap 47 stop and besting Lundgaard, who made his penultimate stop the following lap.

Power cycled to the lead while utilizing the alternate pit strategy before an improper pit exit drive-through penalty doomed his chances on Lap 60.

Lundgaard and Malukas continued to battle through their respective final stops on Laps 66 and 67. The following lap, Lundgaard made a daring pass on Malukas entering Turn 4 and grabbed the lead.

With four laps remaining, rookie Mick Schumacher made contact with Santino Ferrucci, sending the A.J. Foyt Racing driver spinning in Turn 10. The RLL Racing driver was given a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact and would finish 20th, the last car on the lead lap. Ferrucci gathered his car up and ended Saturday in 14th.

Lundgaard continued to pull away for the victory to begin the month of May at IMS, where his NTT INDYCAR SERIES career began in August of 2021.

The race featured six lead changes between four drivers and would finish with an average speed of 107.536 mph after three cautions over 12 laps slowed the race, with then final 54 laps being run under green.

Up Next

Preparations for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge kick off in earnest on Tuesday with the first of four six-hour practice days, with on-track activity scheduled for 12-6 p.m.. ET. FS2 has coverage from 12-4 on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday- as well as 12-3 and 5-6 on Friday. FS1 has coverage from 4-6 on the aforementioned days and 3-5 on Friday.

On Friday evening, the qualifying draw is scheduled for 6:15 pm. Saturday kicks off with split group practices at 8:30 a.m. (FS2) followed by qualifying from 11-5:50 (FS2 from 11 to 2, FS1 from 2 to 4 and FOX during the final two-hour window until 6:00 (Day 1 qualifying concludes at 5:50 p.m.) Positions 13-33 will be set as well as the 12 drivers vying for the pole on Sunday.

Sunday practice for the Fast 12 is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET (FS2), with qualifying at 4:00- positions 7-12 will be set and then the six fastest cars from that session will fight for the pole.

Monday practice after qualifying is set for 1:00 p.m. ET on Monday, May 19. Final Practice will be held on Carb Day (Friday, May 22) at 11:00 a.m (FS1). with the annual Pit Stop Competition at 2:00 (FOX).

Pre-Race begins at 10:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 24th with the green flag for the 200-lap race on the 2.5-mile oval at 12:45 p.m. Stick with IndyCar1909.com and our social media platforms for all the latest on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

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