The green flag will be waving soon in downtown Detroit.
The 2026 Detroit Grand Prix is taking place from Friday, May 29, up until the main event on Sunday, May 31, in Detroit. The IndyCar series race that concludes the festivities on Sunday will begin at 12:30 p.m. ET (Fox), with the Indy NXT race taking place earlier in the day and the Sports Car Classic taking place on Saturday.
Spanish driver Álex Palou, who has won the last three IndyCar championships for Chip Ganassi Racing, maintains a commanding lead in this year’s standings having won three of the seven races held so far this season. He is looking to win his fourth in Detroit, a race he last won in 2023 when the Grand Prix returned to the streets of downtown Detroit.
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Last year’s winner was Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood, who finished a chippy race weekend that included an incident with Will Power during the Friday practice laps and a big crash on lap 84 of the main event that took out drivers Louis Foster and Felix Rosenqvist. Kirkwood enters Detroit’s race weekend third in the overall standings behind Palou and Team Penske’s David Malukas.
Rosenqvist comes into this race having won the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 24, in what was the closest finish in the history of the historic race. He finished 0.0233 ahead of Malukas, who has zero wins but four top-5 finishes this season.
Chip Ganassi’s Scott Dixon has won the Detroit Grand Prix a record five times, with Power having three Grand Prix wins to his name.
Here’s what you need to know about the Grand Prix weekend.
When is the Detroit Grand Prix
Grand Prix weekend in Detroit will be from Friday, May 29, through Sunday, May 31. The two biggest races will take place on Sunday, with the main event scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Where to watch Detroit Grand Prix
All IndyCar practices, qualifications and races for the Detroit Grand Prix can be streamed on Fubo, which carriesFox Sports Networks including FS1 and FS2.
Watch Detroit Grand Prix
Where to watch Indy NXT Detroit
All Indy NXT practices, qualifications and races can be streamed on Fubo.
Where to watch Detroit Sports Car Classic
The qualifications for the Sports Car Classic at the Detroit Grand Prix will not be on broadcast television. Instead, they will be streamed on Peacock (subscription required) and IMSA.tv, with international viewers able to stream the race on YouTube.
Watch Detroit Sports Car Classic on Peacock
Road closures for Detroit Grand Prix
Drivers trying to use Woodward, Jefferson, Atwater or Larned downtown during race weekend will need to find an alternate route, as the race has those streets undergoing full or partial closures near the Renaissance Center through Sunday and beyond.
Here’s the full list of road closures for the event, including alternate routes provided by DDOT.
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You can reach Christian at cromo@freepress.com.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Grand Prix, how to watch IndyCar, NXT races and qualifiers
Reporting by Christian Romo, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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