IndyCar: Kirkwood Fastest in Practice 2 at Acura GP of Long Beach

Kyle Kirkwood picked up right where he left off on the tricky 11-turn street circuit, dominating Practice 2 for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The Andretti Global driver posted the quickest time of the session in his No. 27 JM Bullion/Gold.com Honda, clocking a lap of 1m07.5417s and continuing his impressive early-weekend pace.

Team Penske’s David Malukas came in second, just 0.2333 seconds behind Kirkwood with a 1m07.7750s lap in the No. 12 Verizon Chevrolet.

Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward slotted into third with a 1m07.7919s effort in the No. 5 Chevrolet. Defending series points leader.

Alex Palou finished fourth for Chip Ganassi Racing, turning a 1m07.8339s lap in the No. 10 OpenAI Honda.

Meyer Shank Racing’s Marcus Armstrong rounded out the top five with a solid 1m07.8817s in the No. 66 RE/MAX Honda, 0.34s behind Kirkwood.

Nolan Siegel in the No 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet started the Group A session and managed to make contact in Turn 8 with ten minutes into the session. He was cleared and released from the INDYCAR Medical Unit.

Mick Schumacher Photo courtesy of Penske Entertainment: Joe Skibinski

Mick Schumacher was back on track after the team replaced his engine last night. But after ten minutes into the session for Group B, he made contact with the tire barrier in Turn 3. That ended practice for the rookie who could have used some time on the track that is new to him.

The 27-year-old was seen and release by the INDYCAR Medical Unit. He stated that the hit was soft and that he was fine. He feels pretty good in the car and is not worried about the lack of practice time.

After the Group B session resumed, Romain Grosjean made contact with the wall in Turn 1 on both the front and the back of his car. This ended the session.

The Firestone Fast Six Qualifying is scheduled for 3:30 pm PT.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time	Speed	Behind	Gap	Laps
1	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda	1m07.5417s	104.895	–.—-	–.—-	24
2	12	David Malukas	Team Penske	Chevy	1m07.7750s	104.534	0.2333	0.2333	27
3	5	Pato O’Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevy	1m07.7919s	104.508	0.2502	0.0169	27
4	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1m07.8339s	104.443	0.2922	0.0420	28
5	66	Marcus Armstrong	Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda	1m07.8817s	104.370	0.3400	0.0478	29
6	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda	1m08.0510s	104.110	0.5093	0.1693	25
7	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1m08.0698s	104.081	0.5281	0.0188	25
8	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1m08.0770s	104.070	0.5353	0.0072	21
9	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1m08.0800s	104.066	0.5383	0.0030	27
10	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	Chevy	1m08.1521s	103.956	0.6104	0.0721	25
11	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	1m08.1777s	103.917	0.6360	0.0256	25
12	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevy	1m08.1794s	103.914	0.6377	0.0017	24
13	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	Chevy	1m08.2165s	103.858	0.6748	0.0371	22
14	26	Will Power	Andretti Global	Honda	1m08.2599s	103.792	0.7182	0.0434	25
15	20	Alexander Rossi	ECR	Chevy	1m08.2622s	103.788	0.7205	0.0023	28
16	76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevy	1m08.2697s	103.777	0.7280	0.0075	25
17	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevy	1m08.2786s	103.763	0.7369	0.0089	28
18	4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevy	1m08.4033s	103.574	0.8616	0.1247	33
19	21	Christian Rasmussen	ECR	Chevy	1m08.4841s	103.452	0.9424	0.0808	31
20	19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	1m08.5475s	103.356	1.0058	0.0634	25
21	45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1m08.6208s	103.246	1.0791	0.0733	22
22	47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	1m08.7262s	103.087	1.1845	0.1054	24
23	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevy	1m08.8573s	102.891	1.3156	0.1311	25
24	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevy	1m09.0401s	102.619	1.4984	0.1828	27
25	18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	1m09.1076s	102.518	1.5659	0.0675	24

Lucille Dust reporting live from Long Beach

IndyCar News: Kirkwood Fastest in Practice 2 at Acura GP of Long Beach

2026 Acura GP Practice 2 Results