Victory lane · Markham 2026
Marcuswon it.
The drought is over.
01 · Marcus Ericsson won the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. Andretti Global #28.
02 · Sunday 16 Aug 2026, 90 laps. Late charge past Romain Grosjean, won by 7.5305s. Will Power P3 (Andretti).
03 · Fifth career IndyCar win, first since St. Petersburg 2023.
Archive
This page is no longer updating. Frozen Saturday 15 Aug 2026 ~17:43 ET / 23:43 Europe/Madrid.
This was a public weekend tracker for the first Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham after Friday was lost to the unfinished street-course build. It watched whether Saturday would run, then followed Practice 1 and Practice 2 as cars actually went. The race is on; the live watch is over. This is an archive of that weekend as it stood when we stopped.
Track time is Eastern (America/Toronto).
Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham · Aug 15–16, 2026
Unofficial race-weekend tracker, now an archive. Practice 2 was done (2:30–4:00 PM ET, FS1) with an official series Top 10 and no official P2 leader. Qualifying was next at 6:30 PM ET when the archive froze. Nothing here updates any more.
Frozen at Sat 5:43 PM ET · Last checked (frozen) Sat 5:43 PM ET · Last status change Sat 4:22 PM ET
State at freeze
Saturday ran — P2 complete
Practice 2, Sat 2:30 PM–4:00 PM ET · FS1 (official; Pockrass had said FS2) — complete. Official series Top 10 graphic posted; no named P2 leader here. Palou remained official P1 leader. Qualifying was next at Sat 6:30 PM ET when the archive froze.
On track at freeze
Sat 2:30 PM–4:00 PM ET Practice 2 (FS1) — complete. Qualifying was next at Sat 6:30 PM ET.
Frozen at the archive stamp. @IndyCar Sat 16:22 ET posted an official Practice 2 Top 10 graphic. Top 10 only; no official positions 11–25. P1 wrapped at Sat 11:39 AM ET per @ontario_indy; P1 order below is reporter timing, not official INDYCAR results.
Frozen
Next session at the archive stamp
Qualifying was next
Sat 6:30 PM ET — knockout format. Static historical time. No live countdown.
Sunday green flag — 90 laps
Sunday 16 Aug · Sun 12:22 PM ET · FOX / TSN+ — promoter / Honda Indy schedule, as listed at freeze.
IndyCar.com listed ~Sun 12:00 PM ET. Official times conflicted slightly. Frozen at the archive stamp — not tracked after that.
INDYCAR only
Fri 3:05 PM ET IndyCar Practice 1 (original slot)
Fan Friday happened. No cars ran.
Practice 1 — reporter-posted sheet, not official series results
@bobpockrass Sat 12:10 ET. Looks like an INDYCAR Practice 1 sheet; it is a reporter post, not an @IndyCar / @ontario_indy results post.
Series confirms Palou P1 leader. Times stay reporter (@bobpockrass 12:10 ET sheet).
Reporter timing (@bobpockrass). Not official INDYCAR results.
Practice 2 — official series Top 10 graphic, not a full field
@IndyCar Sat 16:22 ET series Top 10 graphic. Positions 11–25 have not been posted.
Official INDYCAR Top 10 only.
Sun 12:22 PM ET 90-lap race · FOX / TSN+ — listed at freeze.
Conflict: IndyCar.com lists ~Sun 12:00 PM ET; promoter / Honda Indy list Sun 12:22 PM ET.
Detected adjustments
Silence
Time since last official word — at freeze
0h 43m
Attributed
Official P1 incidents — @ontario_indy
Official incident posts. Listed here, not in the X strip.
“Saturday’s schedule is powered by TSN.”
Welcome post. Does not confirm cars on track. Does not change P1.
“INDYCAR is incredibly disappointed that our promoter was not able to complete the track build on time, despite significant support from our team on site.”
“Sessions have been rescheduled to Saturday, August 15, to allow for further track preparation.”
Clearances
P1 ran Saturday. Cert is no longer the open question. Historical note: Pockrass named Scot Elkins, INDYCAR managing director of officiating, as the FIA-accredited person who would OK the track — named only, no public sign-off.
P1 ran Saturday. Cert is no longer the open question. No public series certification document exists.
Best guess
Unsettled
Saturday ran. Sunday's open question is weather, not the build.
Cold
Unsettled
Warm
Hot
What this band is built from
Qualitative only. No percentage, no score, no model — just the inputs above.
Environment Canada
Environment Canada, Markham — issued Sat 5:00 AM ET, 15 Aug 2026. No alerts in effect.
Saturday 15 Aug
26/19°C
Sunday 16 Aug
26/20°C
Weather trouble estimate — weather only
Saturday LOW
Sunday MODERATE
Sunday afternoon showers and thunderstorm risk sit against the ~Sun 12:00 PM–12:22 PM ET race window. Weather read only — it says nothing about the track build.
Environment Canada — Markham forecastHistorical
Promoter still does not finish the safety-critical build
Superseded — P1 ran Saturday.
INDYCAR does not deem the circuit safe to run
Superseded — the session ran.
An official postponement or cancellation post appears
Not yet — no such post exists.
Weather stops the Sunday race window
Open — showers and thunderstorm risk Sunday afternoon.
None of these had happened as of the archive stamp, Sat 5:43 PM ET. Historical watchlist, frozen — never a prediction.
Historical
Superseded — they ran Saturday
Construction is no longer blocking. P1 ran. Colors below are the Friday-held historical record, not a live readiness board. No readiness percentage exists.
Series source said the promoter had an insufficient number of tire packs for runoff — cited as the direct reason Friday practice was cancelled.
Safety fencing unfinished (Friday reporting).
Timing and scoring cables unfinished (Friday reporting).
Bridge construction unfinished. Pedestrian vs race bridge still unclear.
Double-sided pit lane cleared for equipment load-in late Thursday afternoon; teams unpacked; Friday morning track walk went ahead.
Caution
Historical
Historical source-health list, frozen at the archive stamp. Last checked Sat 8:34 AM ET. Pages this tracker used. Not a live poll and not re-checked.
Signal
X / Twitter
Official accounts
Verified INDYCAR / promoter posts. Used as sources, not a feed.
IndyCar has wrapped up first practice.
Reporter / schedule — not official
Journalists and INDYCAR staff. Not official posts.
INDYCAR staff, not official account: teams sent that the circuit has its license, track is ready.
Reporter claim: track has its FIA license, ready for a full day. Not confirmed officially.
Paddock / gossip — not fact
Public and media reaction. Unverified by definition; never treated as a source.
“most embarrassing statements… How hard is it to add a sorry”
“what happened at Markham today was pathetic”
“Embarrassing: First day … cancelled due to incomplete track”
Markham wasn’t advised on safety standards; that’s on IndyCar.
Snapshot of the strip at the archive stamp. Not live. Reporter cards stay reporter, not official. Friday sentiment: official tone was delay and apology; public and media tone was embarrassment. Saturday: P1 and P2 ran.