IndyCar at Mid-Ohio – facts, figures, entry list
All you need to know ahead of the 10th round of the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series – the Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course presented by the HPD Ridgeline.
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Event date: Friday, July 2 – Sunday, July 4
Track: Mid-Ohio, 2.258-mile 13-turn road course near Lexington, OH.
Race distances: 80 laps / 180.64 miles
Firestone tire allotment: Six sets of primary tires are available for each entry across the weekend, with rookies getting one extra set. Four sets of alternate compound red-sidewalled softer tires are available per entry.
Push-to-pass parameters: 200 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 20 seconds per activation.
At-track schedule (local/Eastern Time) and broadcast details
Friday, July 2
2.30 – 3.15pm Practice 1 Peacock Premium (live)
Saturday, July 3
9.00 – 9.50pm Practice 2 Peacock Premium (live)
12.00 – 1.15pm Qualifying Peacock Premium (live), NBCSN 8.00pm ET (same day delay)
3.30 – 4.00pm Practice 3 Peacock Premium (live)
Sunday, July 4
12.00-2.00pm – NBC broadcast
11.58am “Drivers start your engines”
12.05pm – Green flag: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (80 laps)
Leigh Diffey is the NBC / Peacock announcer alongside analyst Townsend Bell.
Pennzoil IndyCar Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is chief announcer alongside analyst Davey Hamilton. Jake Query, Nick Yeoman and Michael Young are turn announcers, with Joel Sebastianelli and Alex Wollf in the pit lane. The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio will air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM 205, indycar.com and the IndyCar Mobile app powered by NTT DATA.
Race Notes
2020 race winners: Will Power (Team Penske-Chevrolet) and Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport-Honda)
2020 NTT pole winners: Power, 1min06.3343sec (122.543mph) and Herta, 1min26.2788sec (94.215mph).
Qualifying record: Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske-Chevrolet), 1min03.8700 seconds, 127.271mph (2016)
Scott Dixon holds the record for wins at Mid-Ohio, with six. Other multiple winners include Emerson Fittipaldi (three wins), while Michael Andretti, Helio Castroneves, Teo Fabi, Bobby Rahal, Al Unser and Alex Zanardi all won at Mid-Ohio twice. Mid-Ohio winners in this weekend’s race – as well as Dixon, Power and Herta – include Graham Rahal, Pagenaud, Josef Newgarden and Alexander Rossi.
Power holds the record for poles at Mid Ohio – five – while other Mid-Ohio pole-winners competing this weekend are Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Pagenaud, Rossi and Herta.
Chip Ganassi Racing has won 11 times at Mid-Ohio thanks to Zanardi, Juan Pablo Montoya, Dixon, Dario Franchitti and Charlie Kimball. Team Penske has 10 wins at the track with Fittipaldi, Unser Jr., Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Pagenaud, Newgarden and Power.
No. |
Driver |
Hometown |
Car name |
Team-Engine |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
Nashville, Tennessee |
XPEL Team Penske |
Team Penske-Chevrolet |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
Christchurch, New Zealand |
PPG Team Penske |
Team Penske-Chevrolet |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
Stouffville, Canada |
K-Line Insulators / AJ Foyt Racing |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises-Chevrolet |
5 |
Pato O'Ward |
Monterrey, Mexico |
Arrow McLaren SP |
Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
Varnamo, Sweden |
Arrow McLaren SP |
Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Kumla, Sweden |
Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing |
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
Auckland, New Zealand |
PNC Bank Grow up great |
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda |
10 |
Alex Palou |
Barcelona, Spain |
NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing |
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda |
12 |
Will Power |
Toowoomba, Australia |
Verizon 5G Team Penske |
Team Penske-Chevrolet |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
Le Mans, France |
ROKiT / AJ Foyt Racing |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises-Chevrolet |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
New Albany, Ohio |
Fifth Third Bank |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda |
18 |
Ed Jones |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
SealMaster |
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan-Honda |
20 |
Conor Daly |
Noblesville, Indiana |
U.S. Air Force |
Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
Hoofddorp, Netherlands |
Sonax / Autogeek |
Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
Montmorillon, France |
Menards Team Penske |
Team Penske-Chevrolet |
26 |
Colton Herta |
Valencia, California |
Gainbridge |
Andretti Autosport-Honda |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
Nevada City, California |
NAPA Auto Parts / AutoNation |
Andretti Autosport-Honda |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
DHL |
Andretti Autosport-Honda |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
Toronto, Canada |
#ShiftToGreen |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport-Honda |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
Tokyo, Japan |
Panasonic / Mi-Jack |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda |
45 |
Santino Ferrucci |
Woodbury, Connecticut |
Hy-Vee |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
El Cajon, California |
Carvana Chip Ganassi Racing |
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Nurtec ODT |
Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda |
52 |
Ryan Norman |
Cleveland, Ohio |
KOINU INU / EVO |
Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda |
59 |
Max Chilton |
Reigate, UK |
Carlin |
Carlin-Chevrolet |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
Bassingham, UK |
AutoNation / SiriusXM |
Meyer Shank Racing-Honda |
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