{"id":174051,"date":"2026-03-01T17:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174051\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:27:26","slug":"what-channel-is-indycar-on-today-live-stream-tv-schedule-start-time-for-2026-grand-prix-of-st-petersburg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174051\/","title":{"rendered":"What channel is IndyCar on today? Live stream, TV schedule, start time for 2026 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

What channel is IndyCar on today? Live stream, TV schedule, start time for 2026 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg <\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season begins Sunday on familiar asphalt in St. Petersburg, Florida, but will the race have a familiar winner?<\/p>\n

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Alex Palou took the checkered flag to open the 2025 season and never looked back, winning eight of 17 races and placing outside the top five only three times. As a new year begins, the Spaniard remains the man everyone is chasing.<\/p>\n

The top challengers will try to set the tone from the outset Sunday. Kyle Kirkwood’s three wins last year were the second-most behind Palou, and the Floridian will look to start the 2026 season on top.<\/p>\n

Pato O’Ward finished second in the points standings with 10 top-five finishes, and the 26-year-old from Mexico is hoping for more this season.<\/p>\n

It all starts Sunday in Florida. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the season-opening race.<\/p>\n

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What channel is IndyCar on today?<\/p>\n

The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will be broadcast by Fox, with\u00a0Will Buxton, James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell on the call. Fans can stream the race live on Fubo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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What time does the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg start?<\/p>\n

The IndyCar season opener is officially set to begin at noon ET on Sunday, with the green flag expected to drop at 12:29 p.m.<\/p>\n

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The race will take place on a 1.8-mile street course in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.<\/p>\n

IndyCar Series schedule 2026<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Race<\/p>\n

Site<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Winner<\/p>\n

Mar. 1<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of St. Petersburg<\/p>\n

Streets of St. Petersburg<\/p>\n

12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

Mar. 7<\/p>\n

Good Ranchers 250<\/p>\n

Phoenix Raceway<\/p>\n

3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Mar. 15<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of Arlington<\/p>\n

Streets of Arlington<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Mar. 29<\/p>\n

Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Barber Motorsports Park<\/p>\n

1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Apr. 19<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of Long Beach<\/p>\n

Streets of Long Beach<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

May 9<\/p>\n

Sonsio Grand Prix<\/p>\n

IMS Road Course<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

May 24<\/p>\n

Indianapolis 500<\/p>\n

Indianapolis Motor Speedway<\/p>\n

10 a.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

May 31<\/p>\n

Detroit Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Streets of Detroit<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

June 7<\/p>\n

Bommarito Automotive Group 500<\/p>\n

World Wide Technology Raceway<\/p>\n

9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

June 21<\/p>\n

Grand Prix at Road America<\/p>\n

Road America<\/p>\n

2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

July 5<\/p>\n

Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio<\/p>\n

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course<\/p>\n

12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

July 19<\/p>\n

Music City Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Nashville Superspeedway<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Aug. 9<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of Portland<\/p>\n

Portland International Raceway<\/p>\n

4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Aug. 16<\/p>\n

Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham<\/p>\n

Streets of Markham<\/p>\n

12 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Aug. 23<\/p>\n

Freedom 250 Grand Prix of D.C.<\/p>\n

Streets of Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Aug. 29<\/p>\n

Snap-On Fixers and Makers 250<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Mile<\/p>\n

2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Aug. 30<\/p>\n

Snap-On Milwaukee Mile 250<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Mile<\/p>\n

1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n

Sept. 6<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of Monterrey<\/p>\n

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca<\/p>\n

2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What channel is IndyCar on today? Live stream, TV schedule, start time for 2026 Grand Prix of St.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[28,70139,68918,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-174051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-florida","tag-grand-prix","tag-grand-prix-of-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}