The 2021 GMR Grand Prix was an IndyCar motor race held on May 15, 2021, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. It was the 5th round of the 2021 IndyCar Series.

The 85-lap race was won by Ed Carpenter Racing's Rinus Veekay, clinching the first win of his Indycar career. IndyCar rookie Romain Grosjean won the pole and finished second, his best ever finish in Indycar. Alex Palou finished 3rd for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Background 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.

Entrants

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda29 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda51 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda86 Juan Pablo Montoya Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet

Practice Practice 1 Practice 1 took place at 9:30 AM ET on May 14, 2021.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time127 Alexander RossiAndretti AutosportHonda01:09.8784260 Jack HarveyMeyer Shank RacingHonda01:09.9646321 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet01:10.0624 Source:

Practice 2 Practice 2 took place at 1:00 PM ET on May 14, 2021.

+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time12 Josef Newgarden Team PenskeChevrolet01:09.3323221 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet01:09.4020312 Will Power Team PenskeChevrolet01:09.4747 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying took place at 4:30 PM ET on May 14, 2021.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Group 1 Group 2 1 51 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing HondaN/A 01:09.8556 01:09.5476 01:09.4396 1 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske ChevroletN/A 01:09.6101 01:09.7837 01:09.5665 2 3 60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:09.7589N/A 01:09.5189 01:09.6528 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing HondaN/A 01:09.6589 01:09.4743 01:09.7118 4 5 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske ChevroletN/A 01:09.7537 01:09.7727 01:09.7140 5 6 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing ChevroletN/A 01:09.7646 01:09.5627 01:09.8662 6 7 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:09.4890N/A 01:09.8185N/A 7 8 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:09.5867N/A 01:09.8222N/A 8 9 18 Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 01:09.7152N/A 01:09.8548 N/A 9 10 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.8061N/A 01:09.8722N/A 10 11 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.7918N/A 01:09.9060N/A 11 12 12 Will Power Team Penske ChevroletN/A 01:09.8963 No TimeN/A 12 13 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:09.8243N/AN/AN/A 13 14 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport HondaN/A 01:09.9012N/AN/A 14 15 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.8382N/AN/AN/A 15 16 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing HondaN/A 01:09.9512N/AN/A 16 17 30 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.8665N/AN/AN/A 17 18 5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP ChevroletN/A 01:10.0726N/AN/A 18 19 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 01:09.8759N/AN/AN/A 19 20 14 Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises ChevroletN/A 01:10.1830N/AN/A 20 21 11 Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:10.6810N/AN/AN/A 21 22 29 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport HondaN/A 01:10.6174N/AN/A 22 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:11.0455N/AN/AN/A 23 24 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises ChevroletN/A 01:10.9312N/AN/A 24 25 86 Juan Pablo Montoya Arrow McLaren SP ChevroletN/A 01:11.1370N/AN/A 25 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup Warmup took place at 10:45 AM ET on May 15, 2021. +Top Warmup SpeedsDriverTeamEngineLap Time121 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet01:10.55982 10 Álex PalouChip Ganassi RacingHonda01:10.59243 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi RacingHonda01:10.6617 Source:

Race The race started at 2:30 PM ET on May 15, 2021.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 1:47:08.5773 3 7 33 51 2 51 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 85 +4.9510 3 1 44 44 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +15.0726 3 4 1 36 4 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +18.4472 3 2 32 5 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +26.9813 4 11 30 6 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +27.8704 3 10 28 7 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +33.2703 3 14 26 8 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +36.1862 3 5 24 9 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +36.8362 4 16 3 23 10 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +37.1971 3 15 20 11 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +39.8020 3 12 19 12 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +40.3892 3 19 4 19 13 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +43.1147 3 8 17 14 18 Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 85 +43.8110 3 9 16 15 5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 85 +44.5448 4 18 15 16 30 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +44.9971 3 17 14 17 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 85 +45.4208 3 13 13 18 29 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 85 +1:05.1989 3 22 12 19 14 Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 20 11 20 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 24 10 21 86 Juan Pablo Montoya Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 25 9 22 11 Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 21 8 23 60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 4 3 7 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 23 6 25 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 50 Contact 3 6 5Fastest lap: Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing) – 01:10.8767 (lap 14) Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Scott Dixon1762 Alex Palou1633 Josef Newgarden1484 Pato O'Ward1465 Graham Rahal137 Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 408 2 Chevrolet 405 Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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