The 2021 GMR Grand Prix was an IndyCar Series, IndyCar Motorsport, motor race held on May 15, 2021, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 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 IndyCar Series, 2021 season, later that year, Indycar would return for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, 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 2021 XPEL 375, XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway and two week prior to the 2021 Indianapolis 500, 105th Indianapolis 500.

Entrants

Practice

Practice 1

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

Practice 2

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

Qualifying

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

Qualifying classification

; Notes * Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Warmup took place at 10:45 AM Eastern Time Zone, ET on May 15, 2021.

Race

The race started at 2:30 PM Eastern Time Zone, ET on May 15, 2021.

Race classification

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Engine manufacturer standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links

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