Your Open-Wheel Weekend Race Calendar: May 17 – May 19

Let’s Go – Formula One & IndyCar Weekend Schedule

Formula One

Formula One is back in action after an exciting Miami GP, and this time it’s at the famed Imola Circuit for the EMILIA-ROMAGNA Grand Prix

FAST FACTS – courtesy of Formula1.com

Vital statistics

  • First Grand Prix – 1980 (Imola held the Italian Grand Prix in 1980, the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981-2006, and the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from 2020 onwards)
  • Track Length – 4.909km
  • Lap record – 1m 15.484s, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 2020
  • Most pole positions – Ayrton Senna (8)
  • Most wins – Michael Schumacher (7)
  • Trivia – The circuit’s president is Gian Carlo Minardi, formerly boss of the eponymous Formula 1 team that gave Fernando Alonso his debut in F1.
  • Pole run to Turn 1 braking point – 553 metres
  • Overtakes completed in 2022 – 55
  • Safety Car probability – 100%
  • Virtual Safety Car probability – 33%
  • Pit stop time loss – 29.01 seconds

 

IndyCar

The build-up of the 2024 Indianapolis 500 continues with Fast Friday and qualifying.

The 108th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 26 (11 a.m. ET, NBC, Peacock, Universo, INDYCAR Radio Network).

IndyCar May 17 - 19 schedule at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Photo Credit: IndyCar

 

Let’s Go!

Article by AutomotiveWoman.com Editor, Juliana Chiovitti, aka @AutomotiveWoman online.

IMAGES: F1 and IndyCar PR

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