(Hannover, 23rd January 2011) - Just one month until the start of the third iamINDY.de season what also marks the first anniversary of the series. What could be a better reason to celebrate this great event with a great race? The Web Racing Network will bring on their cameras and put the best hosts in online racing behind the microphones which gives everybody the opportunity to enjoy this spectacle. And as known from our last broadcasted race all viewers will again have a chance to win a prize! Watch the race, enjoy the action and win.

The challenge is to conquer the famous Corkscrew and to circle the rest of the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as fast as possible for 70 demanding laps! Do you have the endurance to compete against the best 29 road course IndyCar drivers?
 
Names like Rahal, Mears, Andretti, Tracy, Zanardi, Herta and Castroneves won at this track which showed one of the most exciting overtaking maneuvers in racing history, also known as “The Pass”, when Zandardi overtook Herta in the Corkscrew on the very last lap of the 1996 race. Now you have the chance to put your name on the winners list. What makes this track so special are certainly the large elevation changes which give the track the feeling of a huge roller-coaster: over a track length of 2.238 miles (3,602 km) the racing line climbs 300 foot (91 m) from the lowest to the highest point – and falls down again.

But before you can enter the grid of 30 cars you need to qualify! The qualifications will take place one week before the race on Friday and Saturday evening. You only need to post one fast lap in one of both sessions, though you should make sure that you don’t get bumped out. All drivers have two runs per day and each run consists out of two flying laps. But if go out again to improve your time you risk everything because your old time will be erased! Excitement guaranteed.

What do you wait for now? Head over to www.iamindy.de and sign up for the race in the internal forums (click here to get to the signup thread).

INDY Grand Prix of Monterey Event Schedule

4h Qualifications (Round One)
Friday, 18th February 2011   |   20:00 – 24:00 CET / 19:00 – 23:00 GMT / 2:00 – 6:00 PM EST

(open qualifier)
 
2h Qualifications (Round Two)
Saturday, 19th February 2011   |   22:00 – 24:00 CET / 21:00 – 23:00 GMT / 4:00 – 6:00 PM EST

(open qualifier)

 
Practice Race
Saturday, 26th February 2011   |   18:00 – 20:30 CET / 17:00 – 19:30 GMT / 12:00 – 2:30 PM EST

(1h practice, 10 min. open qualifier, 70 laps race)
 
INDY Grand Prix of Monterey broadcasted by WRN (Web Racing Network)
Sunday, 27th February 2011   |   18:00 – 20:00 CET / 17:00 – 19:00 GMT / 12:00 – 2:00 PM EST

(10 min. open qualifier, 70 laps race)