Fernando Alonsos crash at 4:40 p.m. ET on Thursday, throughout the 2nd day of Indianapolis 500 practice, left his Arrow McLaren SP team with plenty of work to do. Compared to some of the larger effects seen at the Speedway, there should be nothing to stop the Spaniard from resuming on-track activities in the morning.
” It was an embarassment what occurred, since as much as that point, I believe that the day was going quite well,” stated the 2003 Indy 500 winner. “Certainly for the No. 66, but it looked like to some extent for the No. 5 and No. 7. We concentrated primarily on running in traffic and were making little enhancements.
The majority of the impact was soaked up by the best side of the vehicle, with minimal bodywork damage tape-recorded as Alonso unsettled the car while driving below the white line in Turn 4, which sent the No. 66 on a larger trajectory leaving the corner and into the wall before spinning into pit lane.
McLaren Racing sporting director Gil de Ferran does not anticipate Alonsos crash to be a hinderance to AMSPs total efforts in the three-car team featuring novices Pato OWard and Oliver askew.
Fortunately, we have a great team here that Im sure will pull us out of a tough scenario. We have to turn the page and start fresh as a group tomorrow.”
Alonso unhurt in Indy crash” Its coming along well,” AMSP general manager Taylor Kiel informed RACER as 10 p.m. approached. “Weve got all hands on deck getting the No. 66 Ruoff Mortgage Chevy put back together, and will be okay for tomorrows running. Its nothing we havent been through in the past, so we were as prepared as you can be.”
