Spaniard Alex Palou won the Long Beach Grand Prix IndyCar race Sunday, finishing 3.9663 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Felix Rosenqvist.
Palou took the lead from Rosenqvist on the 59th lap of the 90-lap race on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit surrounding the Long Beach Convention Center and never relinquished it.
Palou completed the 177.12-mile race in 1 hour, 49 minutes, 9.5058 seconds and had an average speed of 97.356 mph in the No. 10 OpenAI Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. He started third in the 25-car field.
The victory was Palou’s first in six races in Long Beach. He was the runner-up behind American Kyle Kirkwood last year, finished third in 2022 and 2024, fourth in 2021 and fifth in 2023.
Kirkwood finished fourth Sunday, 5.973 seconds behind Palou. He continues as the only racer on the circuit to finish in the top five in each of the season’s five races.
There was one caution in the race, declared on the 57th lap because of debris in Turn 4. Racing under the green flag resumed on the 61st lap.
Of the 42 IndyCar races in Long Beach, the pole winner has gone on to win the race six times, including Kirkwood in 2023 and 2025.
Marcus Ericsson was the only driver who failed to complete the race, dropping out after 38 laps because of mechanical issues.