2026 Round 5 — Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR post-race discussion thread for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

All post-race short or quick responses should be discussed in this thread. More significant events or highlights may be discussed in their own threads.

Unofficial race results will be posted in the race winner post shortly following the conclusion of the broadcast. Official race results will be posted as a new post once they have been published by INDYCAR.

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2026 Round 5 — Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR race discussion thread for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

Some notes for our live race discussions:

• Do NOT discuss or otherwise refer to the results of any current sporting event, or sporting event which has taken place within the last 24 hours.
• Bigoted comments regarding the invocation, national anthem(s), and any other special pre-race ceremonies will not be tolerated.

🏁 RACE INFORMATION

• 🔁 Laps — 90
• 📏 Distance — 177.12 miles (285.047km)
• 🟢 Green flag — 2:57pm PDT

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📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Race Broadcast	Green Flag
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 5:30pm EDT	5:57pm EDT
🇺🇸	FOX, 5:30pm EDT	5:57pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN5 or TSN+, 5:30pm EDT	5:57pm EDT
🇧🇷	⏰ Band, 18h40 BRT	18h57 BRT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 9:30pm GMT	9:57pm GMT
Africa	⏰ CANAL+ SPORT 5, 9:35pm GMT	9:57pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1 or Sky Sports Mix, 10:30pm BST	10:57pm BST
🇵🇹	SPORT TV 4, 22h30 WEST	22h57 WEST
🇪🇸	M+ Vamos, 23.30h CEST	23.57h CEST
🇫🇷	⏰ CANAL+ SPORT 360, 23h50 CEST	23h57 CEST
🇳🇱	Ziggo Sport or Ziggo Sport 3, 23:30 CEST	23:57 CEST
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport F1 or Motorvision+, 23:30 CEST^(1)	23:57 CEST
🇮🇹	⏰ Sky Sport Uno or Sky Sport F1, 23:45 CEST	23:57 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 23:30 CEST	23:57 CEST
🇩🇰	TV3 MAX, 23:30 CEST	23:57 CEST
🇳🇴	???	23:57 CEST
🇸🇪	V Sport Motor, 23:30 CEST	23:57 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 23:30 CEST^(2)	23:57 CEST
🇫🇮	V Sport+ Suomi or Viaplay, 00:30 EEST	00:57 EEST
🇹🇷	S Sport Plus, 00:30 TRT	00:57 TRT
🇯🇵	GAORA SPORTS, 6:30 JST	6:57 JST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 7:30am AEST	7:57am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 3, 9:30am NZST	9:57am NZST

Broadcast notes:

1. 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹 — ⏰ Late-join coverage also available on Sky Sport Top Event, from 00:00 CEST.
2. 🇭🇺 — 📼 Tape-delay coverage also available on Match4, Thursday 08:30 CEST.

📝 STARTING LINE UP

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Official Starting Line Up and Tire Designation

2026 Round 5 — Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR warmup discussion thread for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Warmup
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 1pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS1, 1pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 5pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports Mix, 6pm BST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 19:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 20:00 EEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 6, 5am NZST

2026 Round 5 — Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR qualifying discussion thread for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Qualifying
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 6:30pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS1, 6:30pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 6:30pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 10:30pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1 or Sky Sports Mix, 11:30pm BST
🇵🇹	SPORT TV 3, 23h30 WEST
🇪🇸	M+ Deportes 2, 00.30h CEST
🇳🇱	Ziggo Sport 3, 00:30 CEST
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport Top Event or Sky Sport F1, 00:30 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 00:30 CEST
🇸🇪	V Sport Motor, 00:30 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 00:30 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 01:30 EEST
🇯🇵	GAORA On Demand, 7:30 JST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 8:30am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 6, 10:30am NZST

📝 QUALIFYING GROUPS

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Qualification Groups

2026 Round 5 — Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR practice 2 discussion thread for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Practice 2
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 1:30pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS2, 1:30pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 1:30pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 5:30pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1 or Sky Sports Mix, 6:30pm BST
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport F1, 19:30 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 19:30 CEST
🇸🇪	V Sport Motor, 19:30 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 19:30 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 20:30 EEST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 3:30am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 6, 5:30am NZST

2026 Round 5 — Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR practice 1 discussion thread for the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Practice 1
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 6pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS1, 6pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 6pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 10pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1, 11pm BST
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport F1, 00:00 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 00:00 CEST
🇸🇪	V Sport Motor, 00:00 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 00:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 01:00 EEST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 8am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 4, 10am NZST