Indianapolis 500, Formula 1, NASCAR have big races on same day: TV, streaming
May 26 marks the biggest day in auto racing in 2024. Two of the world's most prestigious races – Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix and IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 – take place on that day. Those two races, along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans (scheduled for June 15-16), comprise the Triple Crown of motor sports.
NASCAR Cup's longest race of the season, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, N.C., caps off the action. Kyle Larson, a NASCAR Cup star, plans on racing at Indy and Charlotte, a feat last accomplished in 2014 by Kurt Busch.
Here are the details on racing's big day.
Formula 1: Monaco Grand Prix
Time: 9 a.m. ET
TV: ABC
Streaming: SiriusXM Channel 81, here.
Race details: 78 laps on a 19-turn, 2.07-mile (3.337 km) course on the streets of the principality on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, just west of Italy. The inaugural F1 version of the race was in 1950, and has been run continuously every year, except 2020, since 1955. It was run 10 times before F1 took over jurisdiction.
2023 winner: Max Verstappen
Drivers to know: Verstappen (2 Monaco wins, 4 wins in '24 so far); Sergio Perez (1 Monaco win); Lando Norris (1 win in '24); Carlos Sainz (1 win in '24); Charles Leclerc (pole sitter); Lewis Hamilton (3 Monaco wins).
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IndyCar: Indianapolis 500
Time: 12:45 p.m. ET
TV: NBC, coverage begins at 11 a.m. ET
Streaming: Peacock, SiriusXM Channels 85, 218
Race details: 200 laps on a 2.5-mile oval (4.02 km). This is the 108th running of the race that began in 1911 and has been run continuously since 1946. Here is the 33-car starting grid.
2023 winner: Josef Newgarden
Drivers to know: Newgarden; Larson; Helio Castroneves, who shares the race record with 4 wins; Takuma Sato (2 Indy 500 wins); Scott McLaughlin (pole sitter).
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NASCAR Cup: Coca-Cola 600
Time: 6 p.m. ET
TV: Fox
Streaming: SiriusXM Channel 90, Fox Sports app
Race details: 400 laps on the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway 1.5-mile oval (2.41 km). The race started as the World 600 in 1960.
2023 winner: Ryan Blaney
Drivers to know: Larson (won Charlotte in '21), Martin Truex Jr. (2 wins at Charlotte); William Byron (2024 Daytona 500 winner who has 3 wins this year); Denny Hamlin (3 wins this year).
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