IndyCar Firestone GP St. Petersburg – facts, schedule, entry list

Event date: Friday, Feb. 25 – Sunday, Feb. 27

Track: 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit (clockwise) through downtown St. Petersburg, FL, plus runway of Albert Whitted Airport.

Race distance: 100 laps (181 miles)

Firestone tire allotment: Six sets primary, four sets alternate, one additional set available for rookies for use in first practice.

Push-to-pass parameters: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum single duration of 15 seconds. The push-to-pass is not available on the initial start or any restart unless it occurs in the final two laps or three minutes of a timed race.

IndyCar schedule (local/Eastern Time) and broadcast details

Friday, Feb. 25
3.40-4.25pm – First practice – Peacock Premium

Saturday, Feb. 26
9.00-9.45am – Second practice – Peacock Premium
12.30-1.45pm – Qualifying – Peacock Premium

Sunday, Feb. 27
8.45-9.15 – Warm-up – Peacock Premium
12.00pm – Pre-race – NBC Sports, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
12.23pm – “Drivers, start your engines” – NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
12.30pm – Green flag: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding (100 laps) – NBC, Telemundo, Peacock Premium

*For full on-track schedule, click here

Leigh Diffey is the announcer alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe. Marty Snider Kevin Lee and Dave Burns are the pit reporters.

All NTT IndyCar Series practice sessions and qualifying and Indy Lights races will stream live on Peacock Premium, NBC’s direct-to-consumer livestreaming product.

IndyCar Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the chief announcer alongside analyst Davey Hamilton. Nick Yeoman. Jake Query and Michael Young are the turn announcers, while Ryan Myrehn and Alex Wollf are pit reporters. All IndyCar races, practices and qualifying sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM 160, racecontrol.indycar.com and the IndyCar Mobile app powered by NTT DATA. All Indy Lights practice and qualifying sessions and races are available on racecontrol.indycar.com, the INDYCAR App and SiriusXM 160.

Race Notes

2021 race winner: Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport-Honda), 1h51m51.4115s, 96.552mph.

2021 NTT P1 Award winner: Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport-Honda), 60.3210sec, 107.425mph. 

Qualifying lap record: Jordan King (Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet) 60.0476sec, 107.914mph, 2018 (set in Round 1 of qualifying)

The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will be the 19th Indy car race on the streets of St. Petersburg, dating back to 2003. Scott Dixon, despite starting the race 17 times and having 51 wins to his name, is still seeking his first St. Pete win. His best results have been four runner-up finishes.

There are three multi-time St. Pete winners due to start Sunday’s race – Helio Castroneves has triumphed here three times (2006, ’07, ’12), while Power (2010 and ’14), and Newgarden (2019 and ’20) have won two each. Other past winners due to take the green on Sunday are Graham Rahal and Herta.

Team Penske has won pole position for 10 of the past 15 St. Petersburg races, including nine of the last 12 poles earned by Power. Other past pole winners active this weekend include Rahal, Sato and Herta. But just three drivers have won the race from pole – Castroneves (’07), Power (’10) and Herta (’21).

Team Penske has won at St. Petersburg 10 times, including six of the last 10 races with Castroneves (2012), Power (2010 and ’14), Juan Pablo Montoya (2015-16) and Newgarden (2019-2020).

Four drivers will be making their first IndyCar starts this weekend – Tatiana Calderon and Kyle Kirkwood of AJ Foyt Racing, Devlin DeFrancesco of Andretti Autosport, and David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports.

Entry list for 2022 Firestone GP of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding