Ericsson leads home Honda finishers in St. Louis with P2
World Wide Technology RacewayMarcus Ericsson led the way for Honda today at World Wide Technology Raceway, finishing second in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in St. Louis.
Marcus Ericsson led the way for Honda today at World Wide Technology Raceway, finishing second in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in St. Louis.
The Andretti Global driver started 12 th and carved his way through the field to lead 114 laps, the most of any driver in today’s race. The Swede finished just 0.6613 of a second behind P1 to claim his first podium finish of the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.
It was also a good day for Ericsson’s Andretti Global teammates, with all three drivers scoring top-10 finishes at WWTR. Last year’s Gateway winner, Kyle Kirkwood, closed championship gap with a sixth-place finish. While Will Power came home eighth in his #26 Andretti Global Honda.
Marcus Armstrong was ninth for Meyer Shank Racing in a strong showing, while his Kiwi countryman Scott Dixon crossed the line in 12 th place.
The race was red flagged twice for weather in the St. Louis area, once with Marcus Ericsson leading and once with Scott Dixon at the fore. However, with the full race distance run, Ericsson would come up just short at the checkered flag.
Polesitter and championship leader Alex Palou took a gamble on fuel in the HRC-liveried 'Honda Honda’. The Spaniard led 49 laps on the day before ultimately running out of fuel in the pit lane and dropping to the rear of the field. Despite finishing 17 th , Palou still leads the points standings by 49 points over Kirkwood.
The 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for the XPEL Grand Prix June 21st.
It was a great night out here in St. Louis. The Honda Power was great and got me a lot of positions going from 12th all the way up to the lead and fighting for the win all night. It’s bittersweet, of course, when we were leading that many laps to miss out on the win. But we saw great performance by the Delaware Life Honda and from everyone at Andretti Global. I’m so proud of these guys.
It was a great night out here in St. Louis. The Honda Power was great and got me a lot of positions going from 12th all the way up to the lead and fighting for the win all night. It’s bittersweet, of course, when we were leading that many laps to miss out on the win. But we saw great performance by the Delaware Life Honda and from everyone at Andretti Global. I’m so proud of these guys.
It's easy to be disappointed by the results when we had such a strong showing today. Really great job by Marcus Ericsson to drive from 12th to first, it’s a bummer that he came up just short at the line. Everyone at Andretti did a great job today to get all three of their cars in the top-10. Also, congratulations to CGR for pole at this place. Even though we didn’t walk away with the victory, this has been a big improvement for us at Honda on short ovals. So, thank you to all of the hard work from our teams and for the associates at HRC US. It’s been a long five-week stretch on the road, so I know everyone is excited to take a little break before we get back at it at Road America.”
It's easy to be disappointed by the results when we had such a strong showing today. Really great job by Marcus Ericsson to drive from 12th to first, it’s a bummer that he came up just short at the line. Everyone at Andretti did a great job today to get all three of their cars in the top-10. Also, congratulations to CGR for pole at this place. Even though we didn’t walk away with the victory, this has been a big improvement for us at Honda on short ovals. So, thank you to all of the hard work from our teams and for the associates at HRC US. It’s been a long five-week stretch on the road, so I know everyone is excited to take a little break before we get back at it at Road America.”
