| Country: | United States |
| Race: | GMR Grand Prix |
| Date: | May 15 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Series: | IndyCar |
| Official Name: | GMR Grand Prix |
| Round No: | 5th |
| Location: | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 2.439 |
| Course Km: | 3.925 |
| Distance Laps: | 85 |
| Distance Mi: | 207.315 |
| Distance Km: | 333.641 |
| Pole Driver: |  Romain Grosjean |
| Pole Team: | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing |
| Pole Time: | 01:09.4396 |
| Pole Country: | FRA |
| Fast Driver: | Rinus Veekay |
| Fast Team: | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| Fast Time: | 01:10:8767 |
| Fast Lap: | 14 |
| Fast Country: | NED |
| First Driver: | Rinus Veekay |
| First Team: | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| First Country: | NED |
| Second Driver: | Romain Grosjean |
| Second Team: | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing |
| Second Country: | FRA |
| Third Driver: |  Alex Palou |
| Third Team: | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Third Country: | ESP |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | ||
| Past winner |
| align=center | ! | Driver | Team | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Josef Newgarden | Chevrolet | ||
| 3 |  Scott McLaughlin | Chevrolet | ||
| 4 | Chevrolet | |||
| 5 | Chevrolet | |||
| 7 | Chevrolet | |||
| 8 | Honda | |||
| 9 | Scott Dixon | Honda | ||
| 10 | Honda | |||
| 11 | Chevrolet | |||
| 12 |  Will Power | Chevrolet | ||
| 14 | Chevrolet | |||
| 15 | Honda | |||
| 18 | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | ||
| 20 | Chevrolet | |||
| 21 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | ||
| 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Chevrolet | ||
| 26 | Honda | |||
| 27 | Honda | |||
| 28 | Honda | |||
| 29 | Honda | |||
| 30 | Honda | |||
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Honda | ||
| 51 | Romain Grosjean | Honda | ||
| 60 | Honda | |||
| 86 | Chevrolet |
Practice 1 took place at 9:30 AM ET on May 14, 2021.
| + Top Practice Speeds | ||||||
| Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| + Top Practice Speeds | ||||||
| Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:09.3323 | |
| 2 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:09.4020 | |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:09.4747 | |
| Source:[4] | ||||||
Qualifying took place at 4:30 PM ET on May 14, 2021.
Warmup took place at 10:45 AM ET on May 15, 2021.
| 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 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:10.6617 | |
| Source:[9] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The race started at 2:30 PM ET on May 15, 2021.
| Driver | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 176 | ||
| 2 | Alex Palou | 163 | ||
| 3 | Josef Newgarden | 148 | ||
| 4 |  Pato O'Ward | 146 | ||
| 5 | Graham Rahal | 137 | ||
| Source: | ||||
| Manufacturer | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda | 408 | ||
| 2 | Chevrolet | 405 | ||
| Source:[11] | ||||
