How to prepare for the Indy 500 + why Grosjean missed out on a first win

This week on the IndyCar Podcast, co-host JR Hildebrand gives you an expert preview ahead of what will be his 11th attempt to qualify for the Indy 500.Ahead of starting practice this week, Hildebrand gives you some insider tips in what to look for, how to asses the practice order and how to gain the most from the week’s action as a viewer, also helping to explain the complicated schedule of the 500.As ever Hildebrand is joined by American Editor Jack Benyon and the duo also look back on the Indianapolis road course race last weekend where Romain Grosjean took a stunning pole and Rinus VeeKay completed the unrivalled quartet of winning at every level of the Road to Indy and now in IndyCar where he became its sixth youngest winner at just 20.Hildebrand expertly breaks down the blue flag situation which Grosjean said cost him the race having been on both sides of that story, after that incident became a talking point for fans of F1 watching Grosjean as IndyCar doesn’t always enforce blue flags like its fellow series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.