Race details | |
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5th round of the 2021 IndyCar season | |
Date | May 15, 2021 |
Official name | GMR Grand Prix |
Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana |
Course | Permanent racing facility 2.439 mi / 3.925 km |
Distance | 85 laps 207.315 mi / 333.641 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Romain Grosjean (Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing) |
Time | 01:09.4396 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Rinus Veekay (Ed Carpenter Racing) |
Time | 01:10:8767 (on lap 14 of 85) |
Podium | |
First | Rinus Veekay (Ed Carpenter Racing) |
Second | Romain Grosjean (Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing) |
Third | Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2021 GMR Grand Prix was an IndyCar motor race held on May 15, 2021, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. [1] It was the 5th round of the 2021 IndyCar Series.
The 85-lap race was won by Ed Carpenter Racing's Rinus Veekay, clinching his first win of his Indycar career. IndyCar rookie Romain Grosjean won pole and finished second, his best ever finish in Indycar. Alex Palou finished 3rd for Chip Ganassi Racing. [2]
The event was held over three days on May 13–15, 2021 at the road course of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. This was the first time the venue featured in the 2021 season, later that year, Indycar would return for the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix in August, and the eighth edition of this race, having debuted in May 2014
The race was the 5th race of the 16-race calendar, held two weeks after the XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway and two week prior to the 105th Indianapolis 500.
Key | Meaning |
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R | Rookie |
W | Past winner |
Practice 1 took place at 9:30 AM ET on May 14, 2021. [1]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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1 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 01:09.8784 |
2 | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:09.9646 |
3 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:10.0624 |
Source: [3] |
Practice 2 took place at 1:00 PM ET on May 14, 2021. [1]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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1 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:09.3323 |
2 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:09.4020 |
3 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:09.4747 |
Source: [4] |
Qualifying took place at 4:30 PM ET on May 14, 2021. [1]
Warmup took place at 10:45 AM ET on May 15, 2021. [1]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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1 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:10.5598 |
2 | 10 | Álex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:10.5924 |
3 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:10.6617 |
Source: [9] |
The race started at 2:30 PM ET on May 15, 2021. [1]
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