Listen to this article Event date: Friday, April 29 – Sunday, May 1 Track: 2.366-mile, 17-turn road course in Birmingham, AL. Race distance: 90 laps (212.94 miles) Firestone tire allotment: Six sets primary, four sets alternate, and one additional set of primaries available to rookies for use in first practice. Push-to-pass parameters: 200 seconds of total time with a maximum single duration of 20 seconds. IndyCar schedule (local/Central Time) and broadcast details Friday, April 293.00-4.00pm – First practice – Peacock Premium Saturday, April 309.00-10.00am – Second practice – Peacock Premium12.00-1.15pm – Qualifying – Peacock Premium4.20-4.50pm – Third practice – Peacock Premium Sunday, May 0112.00pm – Pre-race build-up – NBC12.08pm – “Drivers, start your engines”12.15pm – Green flag: Honda Indy GP of Alabama (90 laps / 212.94 miles) – NBC and Peacock Premium Leigh Diffey is the announcer alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe. All NTT IndyCar Series practice sessions and qualifying stream live on Peacock Premium, NBC’s direct-to-consumer livestreaming product, while Peacock Premium’s exclusive post-race show will be streamed following the race. 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 app powered by NTT DATA. Race Notes 2021 race winner: Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda). 2021 NTT P1 Award winner: Pato O’Ward (Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet), 65.8479sec, 125.744mph. Qualifying lap record: Pato O’Ward (Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet) 65.5019sec, 126.409mph, 2021 during Q2 This will be the 12th Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama dating back to 2011. Josef Newgarden has won the event three times, Team Penske-Chevrolet teammate Will Power has won it twice, while other event winners in this weekend’s edition include, Alex Palou, Takuma Sato, Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves. In terms of teams Penske has won six of the 11 races at Barber, while the remaining five were clinched by Andretti Autosport (twice), Chip Ganassi Racing, Ed Carpenter Racing and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Power has scored four pole positions here, Castroneves two, while Pato O’Wa …