IndyCar racing, its season in limbo in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, remains committed to staging the Indianapolis 500 even if it means delaying the US classic, IndyCar chief executive Mark Miles said Friday.
"What I can say is that organizing the 104th Indianapolis 500 mile race is our highest priority," Miles told AFP.
"It's impossible to know exactly what effect the crisis will have on this, but I'm completely sure, if it's possible to be sure, that we'll run the 500." The fabled race on the 2.5 mile (4 km) oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is scheduled for May 24.
"Our objective is to stay the course, for now, and to see if it's possible to do it as scheduled mid-may," Miles said. "If that's not possible we'll find another date. But that's a decision we'll come to when it's clear what the future looks like."