The Long Beach Street Course runs clockwise around the Convention Center and includes several unique features: a curved start/finish straight along the Pacific shoreline, a tight right-hand hairpin at the end of the lap, and the “Queen Mary” ocean liner as scenery. The 100-minute sprint race, together with the Detroit Grand Prix in May, are the shortest rounds of the season.
• Honda at Home: The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is the home race for both American Honda Motor Co.—based in Torrance—as well as Honda’s performance arm, Honda Racing Corporation USA—based in Santa Clarita. All of the Honda-powered IndyCar drivers will visit Honda’s Torrance headquarters for a special event in the lead up to the race weekend. American Honda Motor Co. is celebrating 40 years of Acura this weekend as well.

Porsche race cars at the Long Beach Grand Prix
GTP class (Porsche 963):
• #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport: Kévin Estre (FRA), Laurens Vanthoor (BEL)
• #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport: Julien Andlauer (FRA), Felipe Nasr (BRA)
• #5 JDC-Miller MotorSports: Laurin Heinrich (DEU), Tijmen van der Helm (NLD)

GTD class (Porsche 911 GT3 R):
• #120 Wright Motorsports: Adam Adelson (USA), Callum Ilott (GBR)
• #177 AO Racing: Harry King (GBR), Mikkel Pedersen (DNK)