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IndyCar Road America start times: The NTT IndyCar Series will return to Road America with two women in the field for the first time in more than eight years.

With Tatiana Calderon (who is running the road and street course races for A.J. Foyt Racing this season) being joined by Simona de Silvestro in a Paretta Autosport entry, the Sonsio Grand Prix will mark the first IndyCar race with multiple female drivers since the 2013 season finale (which featured Pippa Mann and de Silvestro)

“I’m super happy to see another female driver joining the grid, to see women in motorsport,” Calderon said. “I think it’s great for the series, great for the sport. It’s another very competitive driver joining the grid that is already quite competitive. Yeah, looking forward to seeing Simona and competing against her this weekend and in the next couple of rounds.”

It’s been a long road for de Silvestro, who finished 13th in points with a career-best second at Houston in her most recent full-time season in 2013.

Since then, de Silvestro has made starts in Formula E, sports cars and the Supercars series in Australia.

Aside from three starts in 2015 with Andretti Autosport, de Silvestro largely has been absent from IndyCar until she returned in the Indy 500 last year with Paretta.

Road America will be the first of three scheduled starts this year for de Silvestro, who also will race at Mid-Ohio and Nashville with Paretta Autosport. After being partnered last year with Team Penske, the team owned by Beth Paretta (which is comprised primarily of women in key positions) has formed a technical alliance with Ed Carpenter Racing.

“I think the last seven years I’ve always tried to come back to IndyCar,” said de Silvestro, who raced full time in IndyCar