David Malukas set the pace during practice at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy held in Markham. Malukas clocked the quickest lap time of 1 minute 14.194 seconds in the second practice session of the day, with qualifying scheduled for the evening.
Following closely behind, Alex Palou secured the second-best time with a lap time of 1:14.560, while Dennis Hauger claimed the third spot with a time of 1:14.592 around the Markham downtown road course.
The first day of track sessions had to be called off by organizers due to incomplete course construction and pending safety inspections. This year marks the debut of the race in Markham, having relocated from Toronto’s Exhibition Place, its home since the inaugural event in 1986.
Earlier in the day, Palou had topped the time charts in the morning practice session with a time of 1:14.9915.