2026 Indy 500 Starting Grid & Lineup: Free Printable PDF Download

The 2026 Indy 500 starting grid is set, and you can grab the full lineup in a free printable PDF right here. The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 rolls off on Sunday, May 24, 2026, with 33 of the world’s best open-wheel drivers lined up in 11 rows of three at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This year’s grid features the defending winner on pole, two former Formula 1 drivers, a four-time Indy 500 champion still in the field, and Katherine Legge attempting to become the first woman ever to run the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. There is a lot to track on race day.

To make it easy, we put together a colorful printable PDF that lists every car, every row and every qualifying speed. Pin it to your fridge, take it to your watch party, or hand a copy to every guest. The download link is below, along with the full lineup, pole position story and race day schedule.

2026 Indy 500 Starting Grid

Qualifying for the 2026 Indy 500 had a soggy start. Rain washed out Saturday entirely, the first full-day washout of Indy 500 qualifying since 2008, so IndyCar set the whole field on Sunday using a single-day condensed format. Felix Rosenqvist topped both the first round and the second round at over 232 mph, but the Firestone Fast Six was where the real fireworks went off.

When it ended, Alex Palou was back where he was three years ago: on pole. His four-lap average of 232.248 mph earned the defending Indy 500 winner his second career pole at the Brickyard and a $100,000 check from PPG. He becomes the first defending Indy 500 winner to claim the pole the following year since Helio Castroneves did it in 2010. Joining him on the front row are Alexander Rossi in the middle and David Malukas on the outside, both putting down monster runs to lock out Row 1.

There was late drama, too. Three hours after qualifying ended, IndyCar disallowed the qualifying times of Caio Collet and Jack Harvey for unapproved car modifications. Collet, who had qualified 10th, and Harvey, who had qualified 29th, were both moved to the rear of the field. That sent everyone behind them up the order and rewrote the bottom half of the grid.

The full 33-car grid follows below. You can also print it out using the link further down the page.

Full 2026 Indy 500 Starting Lineup

Here is the complete 2026 Indy 500 starting grid sorted by row, with car number, driver, country, team and four-lap qualifying average speed. This lineup reflects the updated order after the Collet and Harvey inspection penalties.

Row	QP	Car	Driver	Country	Team	Avg Speed (mph)
1	1	10	Alex Palou (W)	🇪🇸	Chip Ganassi Racing	232.248
1	2	20	Alexander Rossi (W)	🇺🇸	Ed Carpenter Racing	231.990
1	3	12	David Malukas	🇺🇸	Team Penske	231.877
2	4	60	Felix Rosenqvist	🇸🇪	Meyer Shank Racing	231.375
2	5	14	Santino Ferrucci	🇺🇸	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	230.846
2	6	5	Pato O’Ward	🇲🇽	Arrow McLaren	230.442
3	7	8	Kyffin Simpson	🇰🇾	Chip Ganassi Racing	230.883
3	8	23	Conor Daly	🇺🇸	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	230.712
3	9	3	Scott McLaughlin	🇳🇿	Team Penske	230.577
4	10	9	Scott Dixon (W)	🇳🇿	Chip Ganassi Racing	230.347
4	11	76	Rinus VeeKay	🇳🇱	Juncos Hollinger Racing	229.585
4	12	75	Takuma Sato (W)	🇯🇵	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	230.995
5	13	33	Ed Carpenter	🇺🇸	Ed Carpenter Racing	230.829
5	14	06	Helio Castroneves (W)	🇧🇷	Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian	230.811
5	15	21	Christian Rasmussen	🇩🇰	Ed Carpenter Racing	230.705
6	16	66	Marcus Armstrong	🇳🇿	Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian	230.701
6	17	28	Marcus Ericsson (W)	🇸🇪	Andretti Global	230.667
6	18	7	Christian Lundgaard	🇩🇰	Arrow McLaren	230.661
7	19	26	Will Power (W)	🇦🇺	Andretti Global	230.279
7	20	6	Nolan Siegel	🇺🇸	Arrow McLaren	230.213
7	21	45	Louis Foster	🇬🇧	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	230.212
8	22	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay (W)	🇺🇸	Arrow McLaren	230.202
8	23	2	Josef Newgarden (W)	🇺🇸	Team Penske	230.165
8	24	18	Romain Grosjean	🇫🇷	Dale Coyne Racing	229.791
9	25	27	Kyle Kirkwood	🇺🇸	Andretti Global	229.607
9	26	11	Katherine Legge	🇬🇧	HMD Motorsports with AJ Foyt Racing	229.456
9	27	47	Mick Schumacher (R)	🇩🇪	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	229.450
10	28	15	Graham Rahal	🇺🇸	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	229.017
10	29	19	Dennis Hauger (R)	🇳🇴	Dale Coyne Racing	228.982
10	30	51	Jacob Abel (R)	🇺🇸	Abel Motorsports	228.169
11	31	77	Sting Ray Robb	🇺🇸	Juncos Hollinger Racing	226.572
11	32	4	Caio Collet (R)*	🇧🇷	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	—
11	33	24	Jack Harvey*	🇬🇧	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	—

(W) = Former Indy 500 winner • (R) = Rookie of the Year eligible • *Times disallowed due to inspection failures, started from the rear

Download the Free Printable 2026 Indy 500 Starting Grid PDF

Want to follow the race your way? We made a free, printable PDF that shows the full 2026 Indy 500 starting grid. All 33 drivers, all 11 rows, all the qualifying speeds, on one clean A4 page.

It is colorful, easy to read and ready to print at home. Use it to track lap leaders, pit stops and race results. There is room next to each driver for notes as the race unfolds. It is perfect for fans at home, race day watch parties, or fantasy pools with friends.

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Pole Position: Alex Palou Strikes Again

The Spaniard is the story of the 2026 Indy 500 starting grid. Alex Palou, driving the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, posted a four-lap average of 232.248 mph in the Firestone Fast Six to claim his second career Indy 500 pole. He becomes the first defending Indy 500 winner to claim pole the following year since Helio Castroneves in 2010.

Palou is also the reigning four-time NTT IndyCar Series champion, with three wins already in the 2026 season and a commanding points lead. He goes into Sunday as the clear favorite, and oddsmakers have him priced accordingly.

Alexander Rossi, the 2016 winner, will start second in his best Indy starting spot since 2017. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver was in search of his first ever Indy 500 pole and ran a stunning opening lap of 232.568 mph before settling for P2. David Malukas rounds out the front row in his new Team Penske ride. After spending 2025 at A.J. Foyt Enterprises, he joined Penske this off-season and put the No. 12 Chevy on Row 1.

Storylines to Watch in the 2026 Indy 500

This year’s lineup has more drama packed into it than usual. Here are the angles worth a closer look:

Katherine Legge attempts “The Double.” Legge announced this week that she plans to race the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the same day. Only five drivers have ever attempted the 1,100-mile double, and Legge will be the first woman in history to do so if she pulls it off. She qualified 26th in the No. 11 Chevrolet.

Castroneves chases history again. Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves starts P14 in the No. 06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda. He competes only part-time in IndyCar now, focusing on the Stock Car Pro Series, but every May he comes back to chase the record-breaking fifth Indy 500 win that would set him apart from A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears. He is 51 on race day.

Two F1 names on the grid. Mick Schumacher (Rahal Letterman Lanigan, P27) is a rookie this year after racing in Formula 1 with Haas and serving as a Mercedes reserve. Romain Grosjean (Dale Coyne, P24) is back in IndyCar after spending the 2025 season in IMSA sports cars. Their presence adds star power and unpredictability to the field.

Penalty drama scrambles the back. Three hours after qualifying ended, the times of Caio Collet (originally P10) and Jack Harvey (originally P29) were disallowed for unapproved car modifications, sending both to the rear. It is the second straight year that post-qualifying technical penalties have rewritten the Indy 500 grid; in 2025, Josef Newgarden and Will Power were both demoted to the back row.

Newgarden buried again. Two-time Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden starts P23 in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevy. It is a better starting spot than P32 (where he started last year after a Penske penalty), but the only Penske driver to miss the Fast Six this year will need a big strategy and some luck to climb back to the front.

A rare Cayman Islands flag inside the top 10. Kyffin Simpson, driving the No. 8 Ganassi Honda, qualified seventh, the best result of his young career and one of the rare top-10 starts ever for a Cayman Islands driver at Indy.

2026 Indy 500 Race Day Schedule

Race day at the Brickyard is a long, ceremony-packed event. Gates open at sunrise, and the energy keeps building until the green flag drops. Here is the full schedule in Eastern Time:

• 6:00 AM – Gates open
• 8:45 AM – Borg-Warner Trophy March to the Bricks
• 9:00 AM – Cars to pit lane
• 10:00 AM – FOX pre-race coverage begins
• 10:30 AM – Cars to grid on the front straight
• 11:47 AM – Driver introductions begin
• 12:18 PM – Invocation and National Anthem
• 12:35 PM – Singing of “Back Home Again in Indiana”
• 12:38 PM – Command to start engines
• 12:45 PM – Green flag drops

How to Watch the 2026 Indy 500 Live

For the second straight year, FOX has exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for the Indy 500. The full race airs live on FOX with pre-race coverage starting at 10:00 AM ET.

You can also stream it through the FOX Sports app or the FOX One streaming service. If you do not have a cable plan that carries FOX, live TV streaming services like Fubo, YouTube TV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV and Sling Blue all include the channel. Most of them offer free trials that cover race weekend.

Watching from outside the U.S.? Check your local listings. The race is broadcast in dozens of countries, and many cable apps and streaming platforms carry it live.

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