After leading Free Practice 2, Louis Foster continued his strong form in Markham during Saturday evening’s qualifying session. The Briton flew around the Canadian street circuit to claim pole position with a time of 1m13.238s, finishing 0.396s ahead of Christian Lundgaard, who saved McLaren’s day. Caio Collet had a qualifying session to forget in Markham. As AJ Foyt Racing was preparing the car for the start of the session, it had to be wheeled back to the garage after failing to fire up its Chevrolet engine. After resolving the issue, the Brazilian ran slow on track and caused a red flag early in the session. As a result, the #4 lost his two fastest laps and will start from 24th place. Qualifying was further marked by three other red flags. In the first, Will Power spun, and despite avoiding the wall, the delay in resuming traffic led IndyCar to interrupt the Group 2 session. The second was caused by Josef Newgarden, who crashed at the corner preceding the pit entry, triggering a red flag even though he was already inside the pit lane area. Álex Palou was responsible for the third red flag. Right after taking the lead in Q2, the Spaniard clipped the wall lightly, but was unable to negotiate the subsequent turns with left-rear suspension damage, crashing into the barrier that delineates the Markham track. IndyCar returns on Sunday with the Markham GP. The 14th round of the 2026 season is scheduled for 1:00 PM. All activities feature complete coverage from GRANDE PRÊMIO. How IndyCar Qualifying Went in Markham Group 1 The green flag for qualifying waved at 7:46 PM following a 16-minute delay due to preliminary track activities in Markham, which aided Collet as Foyt needed to wheel the #4 back to the garage to resolve a