The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course belonged to papaya as Pato O’Ward captured the victory forward of teammate Christian Lundgaard to guide Arrow McLaren’s first 1-2 within the IndyCar Sequence.
O’Ward and Lundgaard, who began on pole, mixed to guide 86 of 90 laps in what grew to become a grueling, caution-free race in scorching and humid circumstances on the 13-turn, 2.258-mile pure terrain street course. The pivotal second got here on Lap 42, when Lundgaard pushed vast in Flip 2, permitting O’Ward to shut and ultimately get the race-clinching lead in Flip 5. O’Ward went on to win by 0.9877s over Lundgaard.
There have been 97 whole passes, with 82 for place. Moreover, there have been 24 automobiles nonetheless on the lead lap, a document for the occasion.
Listed below are the winners and losers from the eleventh spherical of the 2026 season.
WINNER: Arrow McLaren
Tony Kanaan, Pato O’Ward, Arrow McLaren
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Anytime a corporation will get a 1-2 end result, they’ll possible find yourself on this record. Nevertheless, Arrow McLaren had been the one workforce to have all three automobiles within the high 10, courtesy of Nolan Siegel pushing to a high 10 end result.
Regardless of the off-track drama Arrow McLaren opting to not re-sign Lundgaard, who got here into the race weekend as the one driver to win (twice) and even contact the rostrum (4 occasions), and permitting the Dane to go away at season’s finish, the workforce loved its finest race weekend of 2026.
With O’Ward incomes his breakthrough victory, it’ll be fascinating how the remainder of the season shakes out, however clearly everyone seems to be pushing to maximise the current.
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Marcus Ericsson, Andretti World
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There have been some ideas that Ericsson may need been a darkish horse for the race final Sunday, particularly contemplating he’s a former runner-up at Mid-Ohio.
After qualifying seventh within the #28 Andretti World Honda, although, the Swede by no means absolutely bought going and the whole lot began to go downhill when, on his first pit cease on Lap 11, a stall through the cease price him beneficial observe place and dropped him close to the again of the pack. From there, he made up some floor however was then issued a penalty for avoidable contact with Scott Dixon’s #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, costing him two observe positions.
Ultimately, Ericsson was left ending twenty first, whereas teammates Kyle Kirkwood and Will Energy completed third and sixth, respectively.
Rinus VeeKay, Juncos Hollinger Racing
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Rinus VeeKay put Juncos Hollinger Racing’s (JHR) #76 Chevrolet into the Quick Six, qualifying sixth, and at one level was operating down Arrow McLaren’s deadly duo of O’Ward and Lundgaard.
The one factor that finally stored the Dutchman off the rostrum was a sluggish ultimate cease, which allowed Kirkwood to vault forward and take the ultimate podium spot whereas VeeKay held off reigning and four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou to take fourth.
The end result marked the second fourth-place end result for VeeKay and JHR during the last three race weekends, matching the efficiency at Highway America. Moreover, it marks the perfect end for JHR on a street course since Romain Grosjean secured the identical end at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca through the 2024 season.
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Romain Grosjean, Dale Coyne Racing
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It was an abysmal weekend for Dale Coyne Racing (DCR).
Romain Grosjean certified nineteenth and was left ending twenty third, whereas rookie teammate Dennis Hauger was caught in final; qualifying and ending twenty fifth – the one automobile a lap down.
General, it was a little bit of a shock contemplating final 12 months the workforce collected a ninth-place end result with VeeKay.
This newest displaying put a highlight, within the worst of the way, on what has been a difficult previous month-and-change for DCR, with Hauger’s Thirteenth-place end result the perfect standout of 5 mixed finishes of twentieth or worse between him and Grosjean.
WINNER: Kyle Kirkwood
Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti World w/ Curb-Agajanian
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
It’s staggering that, for a man that had eight wins in 9 begins within the junior classes at Mid-Ohio, Kirkwood simply now bought his first podium on the observe – which additionally, maybe much more odd, is his first IndyCar podium at a street course.
Higher late than by no means, although, because the third-place end for Kirkwood got here after a less-than-stellar Tenth-place effort in qualifying.
The 27-year-old Florida native now has 4 podiums on the season (together with his win in Arlington) and has pushed himself again into second within the championship standings. Maybe much more of be aware, although, is how he has really chipped away six factors into Palou’s lead over the previous three race weekends; sitting 56 factors (404-348) behind with seven rounds to go.
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LOSER: Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
Merely put, it was a tricky weekend for Mick Schumacher.
Though the German certified sixteenth (began fifteenth after Sting Ray Robb’s grid penalty for an unapproved engine change), beginning on the softer alternate tires proved to be too difficult. From the drop of the inexperienced flag, he went backwards and was by no means actually in a position to put collectively a clear stint. And simply when it regarded like he may get some clear operating, he discovered visitors within the type of Robb or Grosjean, and was by no means in a position to get by.
Ultimately, it was Schumacher’s worst end since Barber Motorsports Park in April, the place he additionally completed twenty fourth. Whether or not it’s observe adaptation, or Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing making an attempt newly-developed components and making him the guinea pig, one thing isn’t fairly clicking on the pure terrain street programs.
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