Alex Palou Secures 5th Consecutive Pole With Dominant Pace at Road America

For the fifth time in five races, Alex Palou put his No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda on pole position, this time for Sunday’s (June 21) XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. The defending NTT IndyCar Series champion and current points leader went 0.2927 seconds faster than Team Penske’s David Malukas to capture his first pole at the Wisconsin track.

“It’s incredibe, five in a row this year,” Palou told FOX after the session. “This team and everybody at Honda has just given me the best car, all the power we needed. We suffered quite a lot there in Q2, couldn’t really get the lap we wanted, but the car was super rapid. Just so happy.

“Tomorrow’s going to be tough. It’s going to be a long, long race for everyone. I don’t really know what tire is best, it seemed like everybody was unhappy with the Alternates yesterday and suddenly, today, they’re so much faster. I think it’s going to be very interesting in terms of strategy and stuff, but obviously, we’re starting from a great spot and hopefully we can keep it there.”

Five straight pole wins. 🤯

Alex Palou wins pole position at Road America! pic.twitter.com/x6An4gYCJ3

— INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) June 20, 2026

Firestone Fast Six

Position	Driver	Number	Team	Time from Pole (seconds)
1.	Alex Palou	10	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:00:000m
2.	David Malukas	12	Team Penske	+0.2927s
3.	Marcus Armstrong	66	Meyer Shank Racing	+0.3610s
4.	Felix Rosenqvist	60	Meyer Shank Racing	+0.3887s
5.	Marcus Ericsson	28	Andretti Global	+0.5122s
6.	Scott McLaughlin	3	Team Penske	+0.6505s

Round 2

Caio Collet was the standout car in the top 12 session, briefly looking set to follow in the footsteps of Linus Lundqvist (2024) and Louis Foster (2025) in taking his first IndyCar pole at Road America, but ultimately fell off the pace in the session’s closing minutes.

Santino Ferrucci received a six-place grid penalty for an unapproved engine change and will start 13th on Sunday.

Position	Driver	Number	Team	Time from Advancing
7.	Santino Ferrucci	14	AJ Foyt Enterprises	+0.0241s
8..	Nolan Siegel	6	Arrow McLaren	+0.0997s
9.	Caio Collet	4	AJ Foyt Enterprises	+0.2684s
10.	Pato O’Ward	5	Arrow McLaren	+0.2947s
11.	Will Power	26	Andretti Global	+0.3862s
12	Scott Dixon	9	Chip Ganassi Racing	+0.03947s

Round 1, Group 1

Group 1 got through their session with no incidents of note.

Alexander Rossi will take a six-place grid penalty for an unapproved engine change and therefore be relegated to the back of the pack for Sunday’s race.

Position	Driver	Number	Team	Time from Advancing
13.	Christian Lundgaard	7	Arrow McLaren	+0.2037s
15.	Josef Newgarden	2	Team Penske	+0.02128s
17.	Dennis Hauger	19	Dale Coyne Racing	+0.2734s
19.	Kyffin Simpson	8	Chip Ganassi Racing	+0.3146s
21.	Alexander Rossi	20	Ed Carpenter Racing	+0.3563s
23.	Mick Schumacher	47	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	+0.3573s

Round 1, Group 2

Romain Grosjean, who missed out on making the top 12 by .006 seconds, brought the heart-stopping moment in Group 2 when exiting the pits in the path of Power, who was on a flying lap. Grosjean’s No. 18 Honda crossed the pit exit line just as Power’s No. 26 came by, nearly making contact with the Andretti driver.

Encontronazo entre Grosjean y Power… Power comenzaba su vuelta lanzada, y Grosjean por alguna razón, se ha metido en el vértice cuando salía de pits, con Power teniendo que irse largo.#INDYCAR #XPELGP pic.twitter.com/EgxBLHFpaF

— Fórmula 360 (@Formula360es) June 20, 2026

Position	Driver	Number	Team	Time from Advancing
14.	Romain Grosjean	18	Dale Coyne Racing	+0.006s
16.	Christian Rasmussen	21	Ed Carpenter Racing	+0.0086s
18.	Kyle Kirkwood	27	Andretti Global	+0.0238s.
20.	Graham Rahal	15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	+0.1837s
22.	Rinus VeeKay	76	Juncos Hollinger Racing	+0.2628s
24.	Louis Foster	45	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	+0.4935s
25.	Sting Ray Robb	77	Juncos Hollinger Racing	+1.2526s

2026 IndyCar Road America Qualifying Results

Sunday’s race, the XPEL Grand Prix, will get underway at 2 p.m. ET on FOX.