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2021 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America

{{Short description|Ninth race of the 2021 IndyCar Series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox American championship car race report|Country=USA|Race=REV Group Grand Prix at Road America|Image=Road_America.svg|Caption=|Date=June 20|Year=2021|Official name=REV Group Grand Prix at Road America|Round_No=9th|Series=IndyCar|Location=Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin|Course=Permanent racing facility |Course_mi=4.014|Course_km=6.460|Distance_laps=55|Distance_mi=220.55|Distance_km=354.94|Pole_Driver={{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden|Pole_Team=Team Penske|Pole_Time=01:46.0186|Pole_Country=USA|Fast_Driver={{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou|Fast_Team=Chip Ganassi Racing|Fast_Time=01:48.5653|Fast_Lap=43|Fast_Country=ESP|First_Driver={{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou|First_Team=Chip Ganassi Racing|First_Country=ESP|Second_Driver={{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta|Second_Team=Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian|Second_Country=USA|Third_Driver={{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power|Third_Team=Team Penske|Third_Country=AUS}}

The 2021 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America was the ninth race of the 2021 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on Sunday, June 20, 2021, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at Road America, a {{Convert|4.048|mi|km}} permanent road course. The race went to the scheduled 55 laps to completion. At race's end, Álex Palou, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, would take advantage of a disaster-stricken Josef Newgarden to win his second career IndyCar Series win and his second of the season.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-20 |title=Palou makes late surge to win at Road America |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/31675457/alex-palou-makes-late-surge-josef-newgarden-win-indycar-race-road-america |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} To fill out the podium, Colton Herta, driving for Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian, and Will Power, driving for Team Penske, would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Road America is a motorsport road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NTT Indycar Series, NTTWeatherTech SportsCar Championship, SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, ASRA, AMA Superbike series, IndyCar Series, and SCCA Pro Racing's Trans-Am Series.

Numerous driver replacements would occur for the race. Former F1 driver Kevin Magnussen, who would make his IndyCar debut, would replace Felix Rosenqvist, who suffered injuries at the 2021 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-16 |title=Magnussen to make IndyCar debut subbing for Rosenqvist at Road America |url=https://racer.com/2021/06/16/magnussen-to-make-indycar-debut-subbing-for-rosenqvist-at-road-america/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=RACER |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-06-13 |title=Rosenqvist to remain in hospital overnight following Detroit crash |url=https://racer.com/2021/06/12/rosenqvist-to-remain-in-hospital-overnight-following-detroit-crash/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=RACER |language=en-US}} Oliver Askew would also replace an injured Rinus VeeKay, who suffered injuries in a cycling incident.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-15 |title=RINUS VEEKAY UNDERWENT SUCCESSFUL SURGERY TO REPAIR CLAVICLE FOLLOWING CYCLING ACCIDENT - Ed Carpenter Racing |url=http://www.edcarpenterracing.com/rinus-veekay-underwent-successful-surgery-repair-clavicle-following-cycling-accident/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |language=en-US}}

In addition, NASCAR driver Cody Ware would make his IndyCar debut.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Nathan |title=Cody Ware to make IndyCar debut with Dale Coyne Racing at Road America |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2021/06/15/indycar-cody-ware-debut-dale-coyne-racing-road-america/7698201002/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}

= Entry list =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

!Key

!Meaning

align="center" |{{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Rookie

align="center" |{{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Past winner

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

! align="center" |{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

2

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

3

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

4

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

5

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward

|Arrow McLaren SP

|Chevrolet

7

|{{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Magnussen {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Arrow McLaren SP

|Chevrolet

8

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

9

|{{flagicon|NZ}} Scott Dixon {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

10

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

12

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

14

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

15

|{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

18

|{{flagicon|UAE}} Ed Jones

|Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

|Honda

20

|{{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

21

|{{flagicon|USA}} Oliver Askew

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

22

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

26

|{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta

|Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

27

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

28

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

29

|{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe

|Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport

|Honda

30

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

48

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Jimmie Johnson {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

51

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

|Honda

52

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Cody Ware {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

|Honda

59

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

60

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Harvey

|Meyer Shank Racing

|Honda

Practice

= First practice =

The first practice session was held on Friday, June 18, at 5:00 PM EST. The session would last for 45 minutes.{{Cite web |title=REV GROUP GRAND PRIX |url=https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2021/IndyCar-Series/Road-America |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=IndyCar.com}} Romain Grosjean, driving for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, setting a time of 1:47.6781.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-18 |title=Grosjean tops field on 1st day of IndyCar practice |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/story/_/id/31662089/romain-grosjean-tops-first-indycar-practice-road-america |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"

!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

!Lap Time

style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |51

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

|Honda

|01:47.6781

style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |26

|{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta

|Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

|01:45.4730

style="text-align:center;" |3

| style="text-align:center;" |2

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|01:47.8417

colspan="6" |[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5857/2021-06-18/indycar-results-p1.pdf Full first practice results]

= Second practice =

The second practice session was held on Saturday, June 19, at 11:10 AM EST. The session would last for 45 minutes. Josef Newgarden, driving for Team Penske, would set the fastest time in the session, setting a time of 1:45.3399.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-19 |title=Newgarden leads second Road America practice |url=https://racer.com/2021/06/19/newgarden-leads-second-road-america-practice/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=RACER |language=en-US}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"

!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

!Lap Time

style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|01:45.3399

style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |28

|{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta

|Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

|01:45.4730

style="text-align:center;" |3

| style="text-align:center;" |15

|{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|01:45.6515

colspan="6" |[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5858/2021-06-19/indycar-results-p2.pdf Full second practice results]

= Third and final practice =

The final practice session was held on Saturday, June 19, at 5:30 PM EST. The session would last for 30 minutes. Colton Herta, driving for Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian, would set the fastest time in the session, setting a time of 1:47.6312.{{Cite web |title=Road America IndyCar: Herta tops final practice |url=https://us.motorsport.com/indycar/news/road-america-indycar-herta-tops-final-practice/6587293/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=us.motorsport.com |language=en}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"

!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

!Lap Time

style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |28

|{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta

|Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

|01:47.6312

style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |9

|{{flagicon|NZ}} Scott Dixon {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|01:47.6457

style="text-align:center;" |3

| style="text-align:center;" |15

|{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|01:47.6707

colspan="6" |[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5863/2021-06-19/indycar-results-pf.pdf Full final practice results]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 19, at 2:30 PM EST. The qualifying format was a three-round knockout elimination format. For round one, the field is divided into two groups based on the odd and even positions of drivers in the final pre-qualifying practice session. The fastest driver in that session decides which group the odd-positioned drivers will be in with the even-positioned drivers in the other group. The fastest six drivers from each group would move onto round 2. Then, the fastest six drivers in round 2 would move onto to the third round, also known as the Firestone Fast Six. The fastest driver in Round 3 would win the pole.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=Breaking Down the Ins and Outs of IndyCar Qualifying |url=https://fanbuzz.com/racing/indycar-qualifying/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=FanBuzz - Sports News - NFL {{!}} NCAA {{!}} NBA {{!}} WWE |language=en-US}}

Josef Newgarden, driving for Team Penske would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, setting a time of 1:46.0186 in the third round.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Nathan |title=Josef Newgarden grabs second-straight pole, says strategy for Sunday at Road America crucial |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2021/06/19/road-america-indycar-2021-josef-newgarden/7698500002/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}

= Full qualifying results =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"

! rowspan="3" |{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

! rowspan="3" |{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! rowspan="3" |Driver

! rowspan="3" |Team

! rowspan="3" |Engine

! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Time

! rowspan="3" |{{Tooltip|Final
grid|Final starting grid position for race}}

colspan="2" scope="col" |Round 1

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |{{Tooltip|{{Nowrap|Round 2}}|Round 2/Top 12}}

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |{{Tooltip|{{Nowrap|Round 3}}|Round 3/Firestone Fast 6}}

scope="col" |Group 1

! scope="col" |Group 2

scope="row" |1

| align="center" |2

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Team Penske

| align="left" |Chevrolet

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.6078

|01:45.6818

|01:46.0186

| align="center" |1

scope="row" |2

| align="center" |26

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta

| align="left" |Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

| align="left" |Honda

|01:45.7504

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.5231

|01:46.2616

| align="center" |2

scope="row" |3

| align="center" |60

| align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Harvey

| align="left" |Meyer Shank Racing

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.0061

|01:45.3612

|01:46.7206

| align="center" |3

scope="row" |4

| align="center" |12

| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Team Penske

| align="left" |Chevrolet

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.6716

|01:45.8570

|01:46.8237

| align="center" |4

scope="row" |5

| align="center" |10

| align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou

| align="left" |Chip Ganassi Racing

| align="left" |Honda

|01:45.8821

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.8363

|01:46.8633

| align="center" |5

scope="row" |6

| align="center" |22

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

| align="left" |Team Penske

| align="left" |Chevrolet

|01:46:1281

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.7996

|01:47.1274

| align="center" |6

scope="row" |7

| align="center" |51

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

| align="left" |Honda

|01:46.1329

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.9015

| data-sort-value="7" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |7

scope="row" |8

| align="center" |28

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay

| align="left" |Andretti Autosport

| align="left" |Honda

|01:46:3086

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.9514

| data-sort-value="8" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |8

scope="row" |9

| align="center" |27

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Andretti Autosport

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.6286

|01:46.1037

| data-sort-value="9" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |9

scope="row" |10

| align="center" |5

| align="left" |{{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward

| align="left" |Arrow McLaren SP

| align="left" |Chevrolet

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45.7681

|01:46.1069

| data-sort-value="10" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |10

scope="row" |11

| align="center" |14

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

| align="left" |A. J. Foyt Enterprises

| align="left" |Chevrolet

|01:46.1085

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.2225

| data-sort-value="11" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |11

scope="row" |12

| align="center" |18

| align="left" |{{flagicon|UAE}} Ed Jones

| align="left" |Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:45:7968

|01:46.2270

| data-sort-value="12" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |12

scope="row" |13

| align="center" |9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZ}} Scott Dixon {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Chip Ganassi Racing

| align="left" |Honda

|01:46.3427

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="13" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="13" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |13

scope="row" |14

| align="center" |15

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

| align="left" |Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.2779

| data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |14

scope="row" |15

| align="center" |20

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly

| align="left" |Ed Carpenter Racing

| align="left" |Chevrolet

|01:46.3976

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="15" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="15" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |15

scope="row" |16

| align="center" |21

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Oliver Askew

| align="left" |Ed Carpenter Racing

| align="left" |Chevrolet

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.2902

| data-sort-value="16" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="16" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |16

scope="row" |17

| align="center" |3

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Team Penske

| align="left" |Chevrolet

|01:46.8624

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="17" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="17" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |17

scope="row" |18

| align="center" |8

| align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

| align="left" |Chip Ganassi Racing

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.4069

| data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |18

scope="row" |19

| align="center" |29

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe

| align="left" |Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport

| align="left" |Honda

|01:47.0294

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="19" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="19" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |19

scope="row" |20

| align="center" |30

| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

| align="left" |Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.5130

| data-sort-value="20" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="20" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |20

scope="row" |21

| align="center" |7

| align="left" |{{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Magnussen {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Arrow McLaren SP

| align="left" |Chevrolet

|01:47.3776

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="21" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="21" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |21

scope="row" |22

| align="center" |59

| align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

| align="left" |Carlin

| align="left" |Chevrolet

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.5551

| data-sort-value="22" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="22" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |22

scope="row" |23

| align="center" |48

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|USA}} Jimmie Johnson {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Chip Ganassi Racing

| align="left" |Honda

|01:47.7886

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="23" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="23" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |23

scope="row" |24

| align="center" |4

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett

| align="left" |A. J. Foyt Enterprises

| align="left" |Chevrolet

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:46.9786

| data-sort-value="24" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="24" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |24

scope="row" |25

| align="center" |52

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|USA}} Cody Ware {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| align="left" |Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

| align="left" |Honda

| align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

|01:47.7324

| data-sort-value="25" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| data-sort-value="25" align="center" style="background: silver" |N/A

| align="center" |25

colspan="10" |[https://www.indycar.com/results/ntt-indycar-series/2021/rev-group-grand-prix/qualifications---round-1-group-1 Full first group qualifying results]
colspan="10" |[https://www.indycar.com/results/ntt-indycar-series/2021/rev-group-grand-prix/qualifications---round-1-group-2 Full second group qualifying results]
colspan="10" |[https://www.indycar.com/results/ntt-indycar-series/2021/rev-group-grand-prix/qualifications---round-2 Full second round qualifying results]
colspan="10" |[https://www.indycar.com/results/ntt-indycar-series/2021/rev-group-grand-prix/qualifications---firestone-fast-6 Full Fast Six qualifying results]

Race results

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! scope="col" |Driver

! scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" |Engine

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Laps

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Time/Retired

! scope="col" |Pit

Stops

! scope="col" |Grid

! scope="col" |Laps

Led

! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Pts.|Points}}

1

| align="center" |10

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" |1:50:55.0534

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |51

2

| align="center" |26

|{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta

|Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +1.8926

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |

| align="center" |40

3

| align="center" |12

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +2.9853

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |

| align="center" |35

4

| align="center" |9

|{{flagicon|NZ}} Scott Dixon {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +3.9048

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |13

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |33

5

| align="center" |51

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +4.7136

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |

| align="center" |30

6

| align="center" |8

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +5.1806

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |18

| align="center" |

| align="center" |28

7

| align="center" |27

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +7.7219

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |

| align="center" |26

8

| align="center" |30

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +7.9145

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |20

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |25

9

| align="center" |5

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward

|Arrow McLaren SP

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +9.0243

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |

| align="center" |22

10

| align="center" |59

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +9.3733

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |22

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |21

11

| align="center" |15

|{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +9.8027

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |

| align="center" |19

12

| align="center" |21

|{{flagicon|USA}} Oliver Askew

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +11.3019

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |16

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |19

13

| align="center" |28

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +11.9378

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |

| align="center" |17

14

| align="center" |3

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +12.1930

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |17

| align="center" |

| align="center" |16

15

| align="center" |29

|{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe

|Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +13.9479

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |19

| align="center" |

| align="center" |15

16

| align="center" |14

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +14.1169

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |

| align="center" |14

17

| align="center" |60

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Harvey

|Meyer Shank Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +15.5945

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |

| align="center" |13

18

| align="center" |22

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +16.4614

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |

| align="center" |12

19

| align="center" |52

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Cody Ware {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +16.9933

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |25

| align="center" |

| align="center" |11

20

| align="center" |20

|{{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +17.5558

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |15

| align="center" |

| align="center" |10

21

| align="center" |2

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |55

| align="center" | +1:30.7894

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |32

| align="center" |13

22

| align="center" |48

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Jimmie Johnson {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

| align="center" |54

| align="center" | +1 Laps

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |23

| align="center" |

| align="center" |8

23

| align="center" |18

|{{flagicon|UAE}} Ed Jones

|Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

|Honda

| align="center" |50

| align="center" |Off Course

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |

| align="center" |7

24

| align="center" |7

|{{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Magnussen {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

|Arrow McLaren SP

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |33

| align="center" |Off Course

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |21

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |7

25

| align="center" |4

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

| align="center" |19

| align="center" |Mechanical

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |24

| align="center" |

| align="center" |5

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="11" style="text-align:center" |Fastest lap: {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:48.5653 (lap 43)

class="sortbottom"

! colspan="11" |[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5813/2021-06-20/indycar-race-results.pdf Official race results]

Standings after the race

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! scope="col" | Driver

! scope="col" | Points

align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou

|align="left"|349

align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward

|align="left"|321

align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon

|align="left"|296

align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden

|align="left"|261

align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

|align="left"|255

colspan=4|[https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/06/Road-America-driver-points.pdf Official driver's standings]

{{col-2}}

;Engine manufacturer standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! scope="col" | Manufacturer

! scope="col" | Points

align="center"| 1

| Honda

| 738

align="center"| 2

| Chevrolet

| 710

colspan=4|[https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/06/Road-America-engine-points.pdf Official engine manufacturers' standings]

{{col-end}}Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

{{IndyCar Series race report|Name_of_race=Grand Prix of Road America|Year_of_race=2021|Previous_race_in_season=2021 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix|Next_race_in_season=2021 Honda Indy 200|Previous_year's_race=2020 REV Group Grand Prix|Next_year's_race=2022 Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America}}

{{IndyCar Series on NBC}}

Category:2021 in IndyCar

Category:June 2021 sports events in the United States