{"id":394536,"date":"2024-05-17T03:17:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T03:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=394536"},"modified":"2024-05-17T04:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T04:03:58","slug":"it-sucks-indy-500-winners-prep-marred-by-massive-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=394536","title":{"rendered":"'It sucks': Indy 500 winner's prep marred by 'massive' crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis 500<\/a> winner Marcus Ericsson's preparation for this year's race at the famed speedway has been rocked by a hard collision in practice.<\/p>\n

The Andretti Global driver, who won the 2022 crown jewel event with Chip Ganassi Racing<\/a>, crashed at turn four before sliding down the front straight.<\/p>\n

Ericsson hit the inside wall before slowly sliding into the attenuator, coming to a halt at pit entry. In all, Ericsson suffered three big impacts before climbing from the car.<\/p>\n

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"Massive shunt for the No.28," said James Hinchcliffe in commentary.<\/p>\n

"Just gets down onto that kerb. It just upset the car a tiny bit and by the time he caught it he was out in the grey. Nothing he could do. Hands off the wheel. Every one of those impacts just sucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"It's such a small thing. You're so focused on the car in front. You are trying to keep your car low to make sure you can get a little bit of clean air on the left side of your front wing, trying to get a little bit more front grip. If you get the tiniest bit too low, that can be the result."<\/p>\n

\"Marcus<\/p>\n

Ericsson was cleared of any injuries after the crash and said it was ultimately his mistake and apologised to the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"I'm feeling okay. Obviously it was quite a decent hit," said the Swede.<\/p>\n

"The safety in these cars is pretty impressive. I need to watch it back. Obviously, lost it in the middle (of the corner) there. I don't know if I brushed the kerb a little bit. Yeah, I think I brushed the kerb a little bit and that's probably enough to send it (into a spin).<\/p>\n

"Then you're a passenger. Very disappointing. I'm very sorry to my team. They've done a very good job with and they have a lot of work ahead of them now, so that's probably the worst part of the whole thing."\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Ericsson wasn't the only driver to crash. Hours earlier, Indianapolis 500 rookie Linus Lundqvist suffered a "vicious" crash at turn two.<\/p>\n

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver lost control of his car after dipping his left wheels below the white line.<\/p>\n

He hit the outside wall hard with his right rear wheel before veering wildly as he tried to control the car as it careened towards the inside wall.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndyCar\/status\/1791133334757609620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Lundqvist was also cleared of any injuries after visiting the medical centre.<\/p>\n

McLaren driver Pato O'Ward topped Friday's practice session with a top speed of 228.861mph.<\/p>\n

He led Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin and Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing, who set 227.316mph and 226.915mph laps respectively.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndyCar\/status\/1791233777848459529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Colton Herta (Andretti), Josef Newagrden (Penske), Linus Lunqvist (Ganassi), owner-driver Ed Carpenter, Will Power (Penske), and Scott Dixon (Ganassi) completed the top 10.<\/p>\n

Practice will continue on Saturday (AEST) with 'Fast Friday' where cars will set their cars up ahead of qualifying on Sunday (AEST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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