Round 2: revised calendar. GMR Grand Prix, Indianapolis Motor Speedway. July 4.
It's been almost a month since the Chequered flag fell at Texas and it will be the seventh running of this event.
So far, the start of each race has barely been without incident, the exception being 2017 and last year, though there was a coming together with O'Ward and Rossi, who sustained some damage, forcing him to pit early.
The inaugural race in 2014 featured a standing start but pole sitter Saavedra stalled as the lights went out and his car was hit by Munoz and Aleshin, showering the track with carbon-fibre and forcing a restart. It was decided that from 2015 onwards, the race would go back to having a rolling start. However, several cars came together at Turn 1, though somehow this didn't lead to a restart.
In 2016 after the start and as the field moved into the Turn 1, Kanaan collected Bourdais on the outside of the corner, bringing out the first caution of the race. The race restarted after four laps under yellow. Last year the yellow came out on Lap 1, as Charlie Kimball and Ed Jones made contact.
The track is a modified layout of the circuit previously used for the F1 United States Grand Prix, held from 2000 - 2007. The race is run clockwise, the opposite direction to the Indianapolis 500.
Some trivia:
Driver with the most wins: Will Power, 2015, 2017, 2018
Team with the most wins: Team Penske, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Layout:
F1 course, 2000 - 2007.
IndyCar Road Course.
Length:
2.439 Miles (3.925 Km)
Turns: 14
Lap record:
Will Power, May 12, 2017. 1:07.704, 129.69 mph (208.44 km/h).
Team Penske, Dallara DW12-Chevrolet IndyCar V6.
Verizon IndyCar Series.
Last year's race:
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...Bvalue%5D=2243
Pole:
Felix Rosenqvist, 1:08.2785, 128.597 mph (206.956 km/h)
Chip Ganassi Racing,
Dallara IR18-Honda HI19R Indy V6
Winner:
Simon Pagenaud,
Team Penske,
Dallara IR18-Chevy IndyCar V6
Laps: 85
Distance: 207.315 Miles (333.641 km)
Race Time: 1:49:46
Average Speed: 103.254 Mph (166.171 km/h)
Fastest Lap: Patricio O'Ward, Carlin Racing, lap 4. 69.7962 sec, 125.801 mph (202.457 km/h)
Caution periods: 3
Laps 15: 11-14, 16-18, 60-67
Race broadcast: NBC.
4 July, 12:00pm ET.