The 2026 Race
Race length: 70 laps / 191.1 miles (307.3 km)
Push-to-Pass: 200 seconds total, up to 20 seconds per use
Tires: 5 sets of standard Firestone tires and 5 alternate sets per car (rookies get 1 extra set of standard tires in the first practice session)
Green flag: Sunday, March 15, 1:17PM ET
Expected race duration: 1 hour and 55 minutes
Number of participants: 25Entry List for the Grand Prix of Arlington
#2 Josef Newgarden – PPG Team Penske (Chevrolet)
#3 Scott McLaughlin – DEX Imaging Team Penske (Chevrolet)
#4 Caio Collet – Combitrans Amazona AJ Foyt Racing (Chevrolet)
#5 Pato O’Ward – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
#6 Nolan Siegel – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
#7 Christian Lundgaard – Arrow McLaren (Chevrolet)
#8 Kyffin Simpson – Sunoco Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
#9 Scott Dixon – PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
#10 Alex Palou – DHL Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
#12 David Malukas – Verizon Team Penske (Chevrolet)
#14 Santino Ferrucci – Homes For Our Troops AJ Foyt Racing (Chevrolet)
#15 Graham Rahal – Mobil 1 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
#18 Romain Grosjean – BMax Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)
#19 Dennis Hauger – Ault Block Chain Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)
#20 Alexander Rossi – ECR Java House (Chevrolet)
#21 Christian Rasmussen – ESC Java House (Chevrolet)
#26 Will Power – TWG AI Andretti Global (Honda)
#27 Kyle Kirkwood – JM Bullion / Gold.com Andretti Global (Honda)
#28 Marcus Ericsson – InPwr Andretti Global (Honda)
#45 Louis Foster – Droplight Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
#47 Mick Schumacher – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
#60 Felix Rosenqvist – SiriusXM / Texas A&M Meyer Shank Racing (Honda)
#66 Marcus Armstrong – ROOT Insurance Meyer Shank Racing (Honda)
#76 Rinus VeeKay – Silo Juncos Hollinger Racing (Chevrolet)
#77 Sting Ray Robb – Goodheart Juncos Hollinger Racing (Chevrolet)
Schedule for the Grand Prix of Arlington
Friday, March 13
Practice 1: 4:05PM – 5:25PM ET
Saturday, March 14
Practice 2: 9:35AM – 10:55AM ET
Qualifying: 2:35PM – 4:10PM ET
Sunday, March 15
Warm-up: 10:05AM – 10:35AM ET
Race – ‘Drivers, Start Your Engines’: 1:10PM ET
Race – Green Flag: 1:17PM ET
The Grand Prix of Arlington on TV
USA
Practice 1 & Qualifying: Fox Sports 2
Practice 2 and the Warm-up: Fox Sports 1
Race: Broadcast starts at 12:30PM (ET)
Canada
All practice sessions and the race will be available on TSN+, with the race broadcast starting at 12:30PM (ET).
UK
All sessions and the race will be shown on Sky Sports F1. The race broadcast begins at 4:30PM (GMT).
Australia
All sessions, except the warm-up, and the race will be shown on Stan Sport. The race broadcast begins on Monday morning at 3:30AM (AEST).
New Zealand
Practice 1: Sky Sport 1
Practice 2 & Qualifying: Sky Sport 5
Warm-up: Sky Sport 6
Race: Sky Sport 4, the broadcast starts at 5:30AM (NZDT)
Weather Forecast
The first edition of the Grand Prix of Arlington appears set to take place under very favorable weather conditions. It will be warm and sunny, with temperatures staying around 26 °C throughout the three-day race weekend.
Friday, March 13: 79 °F (26 °C), sunny
Saturday, March 14: 79 °F (26 °C), sunny
Sunday, March 15: 79 °F (26 °C), mostly sunny
Source: AccuWeather.com
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