Complete IndyCar championship standings after 2026 Markham

Palou further cements his place atop the championship standings, increasing his advantage to +133 over Kirkwood

A fourth-place finish in a high-attrition race on the streets of Markhan helped Alex Palou to add another 23 points to his championship lead, now 133 points ahead of Kyle Kirkwood (who wrecked).

David Malukas is four points behind Kirkwood in third, while Christian Lundgaard is just two points back of Malukas in a close battle for second.

Inside the top ten, the only other significant change was Indy 500 winner Felix Rosenqvist falling from sixth to eighth.

Additionally, Romain Grosjean jumped three positions in the standings to 18th after his runner-up finish at Markham.

2026 IndyCar standings after Markham (Race 14 of 18)

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Alex Palou	542
2	Kyle Kirkwood	409
3	David Malukas	405
4	Christian Lundgaard	403
5	Pato O'Ward	385
6	Josef Newgarden	352
7	Scott McLaughlin	345
8	Felix Rosenqvist	344
9	Marcus Ericsson	329
10	Rinus VeeKay	295
11	Will Power	292
12	Scott Dixon	264
13	Graham Rahal	258
14	Kyffin Simpson	252
15	Marcus Armstrong	244
16	Santino Ferrucci	225
17	Alexander Rossi	218
18	Romain Grosjean	209
19	Louis Foster	200
20	Nolan Siegel	195
21	Dennis Hauger (R)	189
22	Christian Rasmussen	164
23	Caio Collet (R)	158
24	Mick Schumacher (R)	151
25	Sting Ray Robb	150
26	Conor Daly	24
27	Takuma Sato	20
28	Jack Harvey	8
29	Jacob Abel (R)	6
30	Helio Castroneves	5
31	Ed Carpenter	5
32	Ryan Hunter-Reay	5
33	Katherine Legge	5