2021 GMR Grand Prix
| Race details | |||||
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| 5th round of the 2021 IndyCar season | |||||
Layout of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | |||||
| 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) | ||||
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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.