{"id":174324,"date":"2026-03-01T22:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174324\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:44:30","slug":"indycar-race-results-st-petersburg-march-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/174324\/","title":{"rendered":"Indycar Race Results: St. Petersburg (March 1, 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Pete race results for the NTT Indycar Series season-opener<\/p>\n<p>NTT Indycar Series drivers are on the grid in St. Petersburg, Florida. The 14-turn track is set to host the Firestone Streets of St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>View Indycar race results for St. Petersburg below.<\/p>\n<p>Indycar Menu<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2026\/02\/25\/indycar-tv-schedule-for-st-petersburg-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Schedule<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2026\/02\/27\/indycar-practice-results-february-27-2026-st-petersburg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prac<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2026\/02\/28\/indycar-starting-grid-and-tv-schedule-for-st-petersburg-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Qual<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2026\/03\/01\/indycar-race-results-st-petersburg-march-1-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott McLaughlin and Marcus Ericsson set the front row. 100 laps of open wheel racing are up next\u2026<\/p>\n<p>St. Pete<br \/>Race Report<\/p>\n<p>Green flag, McLaughlinb is clear before turn one. Marcus Armstrong, Mick Schumacher and Sting Ray Robb are tangled in turn four, caution.<\/p>\n<p>Green, McLaughlin leads Ericsson into turn one. <\/p>\n<p>Lap 12, David Malukas picks up a flat tire. He comes to a stop in the runoff area.<\/p>\n<p>Lap 23, Will Power heads to the pit lane with suspension damage after tagging the wall. He climbs from the car and he\u2019s done for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Lap 27, Christian Rasmussen spins with help from Kyffin Simpson, no caution.<\/p>\n<p>Lap 35, McLaughlin pits for the first time. A lap later, Ericsson also dives for the pit lane. Ericsson cycles out just in front of McLaughlin! Palou is in front of both of them after pitting on lap 26.<\/p>\n<p>Lap 40<\/p>\n<p>Lap 40, Scott Dixon has lost the right rear wheel after a pit stop. The caution is out.<\/p>\n<p>Green, Palou leads Ericsson and McLaughlin trail him into turn one.<\/p>\n<p>Lap 63, Palou is driving away. He leads Ericsson by 10.8 seconds. <\/p>\n<p>Lap 65, McLaughlin has a run on Ericsson into turn one. He dives inside and outbrakes him, McLaughlin to 2nd.<\/p>\n<p>Lap 68, Palou pits from the lead. A lap later, McLaughlin heads for the pit lane. He attempts to block Kirkwood on cold tires, Kirkwood slips by. <\/p>\n<p>Lap 78, Palou leads Kirkwood by 6.2 seconds. <\/p>\n<p>10 to go, Palou leads Kirkwood by 9.5 seconds. <\/p>\n<p>7 to go, McLaughlin has a run on Kirkwood. He dives inside and takes 2nd away. Lundgaard follows him through to take 3rd away.<\/p>\n<p>4 to go, Palou leads McLaughlin by 13.8 seconds. <\/p>\n<p>Alex Palou wins on the Streets of St. Petersburg!<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg<br \/>Race Results<br \/>March 1, 2026<br \/>Indycar Series<\/p>\n<p>Pos | Driver<\/p>\n<p>1. Alex Palou<\/p>\n<p>2. Scott McLaughlin<\/p>\n<p>3. Christian Lundgaard<\/p>\n<p>4. Kyle Kirkwood<\/p>\n<p>5. Pato O\u2019Ward<\/p>\n<p>6. Marcus Ericsson<\/p>\n<p>7. Josef Newgarden<\/p>\n<p>8. Romain Grosjean<\/p>\n<p>9. Rinus VeeKay<\/p>\n<p>10. Dennis Hauger<\/p>\n<p>11. Marcus Armstrong<\/p>\n<p>12. Felix Rosenqvist<\/p>\n<p>13. David Malukas<\/p>\n<p>14. Louis Foster<\/p>\n<p>15. Kyffin Simpson<\/p>\n<p>16. Alexander Rossi<\/p>\n<p>17. Caio Collet<\/p>\n<p>18. Graham Rahal<\/p>\n<p>19. Christian Rasmussen<\/p>\n<p>20. Nolan Siegel<\/p>\n<p>21. Sting Ray Robb<\/p>\n<p>22. Will Power<\/p>\n<p>23. Scott Dixon<\/p>\n<p>24. Santino Ferrucci<\/p>\n<p>25. Mick Schumacher<\/p>\n<p>Indycar Series<br \/>Point Standings<\/p>\n<p>Pos | Driver | Points<\/p>\n<p>1. Alex Palou<br \/>54<\/p>\n<p>2. Scott McLaughlin<br \/>41<\/p>\n<p>3. Christian Lundgaard<br \/>36<\/p>\n<p>4. Kyle Kirkwood<br \/>32<\/p>\n<p>5. Pato O\u2019Ward<br \/>30<\/p>\n<p>6. Marcus Ericsson<br \/>29<\/p>\n<p>7. Josef Newgarden<br \/>27<\/p>\n<p>8. Romain Grosjean<br \/>24<\/p>\n<p>9. Rinus VeeKay<br \/>22<\/p>\n<p>10. Dennis Hauger<br \/>20<\/p>\n<p>11. Marcus Armstrong<br \/>19<\/p>\n<p>12. Felix Rosenqvist<br \/>18<\/p>\n<p>13. David Malukas<br \/>17<\/p>\n<p>14. Louis Foster<br \/>17<\/p>\n<p>15. Kyffin Simpson<br \/>15<\/p>\n<p>16. Alexander Rossi<br \/>14<\/p>\n<p>17. Caio Collet<br \/>13<\/p>\n<p>18. Graham Rahal<br \/>12<\/p>\n<p>19. Christian Rasmussen<br \/>11<\/p>\n<p>20. Nolan Siegel<br \/>10<\/p>\n<p>21. Sting Ray Robb<br \/>9<\/p>\n<p>22. Will Power<br \/>8<\/p>\n<p>23. Scott Dixon<br \/>8<\/p>\n<p>24. Santino Ferrucci<br \/>6<\/p>\n<p>25. Mick Schumacher<br \/>5<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg<br \/>Video Highlights<\/p>\n<p>Links<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpstpete.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Grand Prix of St Petersburg<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Indycar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Pete race results for the NTT Indycar Series season-opener NTT Indycar Series drivers are on the grid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[79537,28,48975,16090,16091,72187,72189,79532,80446,202,204,203,199,5723,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-174324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-alex-palou","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-indy","11":"tag-indycar","12":"tag-indycar-series","13":"tag-marcus-ericsson","14":"tag-ntt-indycar-series","15":"tag-scott-mclaughlin","16":"tag-st-petersburg-fl","17":"tag-st-pete","18":"tag-st-pete-headlines","19":"tag-st-pete-news","20":"tag-st-petersburg","21":"tag-st-petersburg-florida","22":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","23":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174324","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=174324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}