INDY 500 PRACTICE DAY TWO CRASHES

In the second day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 there have been a couple of big crashes for Fernando Alonso and Felix Rosenqvist.

Alonso and Rosenqvist were uninjured but had their days end abruptly in single-car crashes. Alonso’s No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet made contact with the Turn 3 SAFER Barrier some 95 minutes into the seven-hour practice. His car slid into the inside barrier on the short chute and then up the track to the outside barrier in Turn 4 before coming to rest.

Alonso exited the car without assistance but disappointed. The McLaren crew spent the afternoon preparing Alonso’s backup car for practice on Thursday.

“It was understeer on the car, and even if I lifted the throttle on the entry of the corner, it was not enough, and I lost completely the front aero,” said Alonso, the two-time Formula 1 champion and 2017 Indy 500 rookie of the year. “The wall came too close and too quickly. Unfortunately, it happened today.

“I’m sorry for the team, but we will learn and hopefully we will come back stronger tomorrow. I’m disappointed and sad for the team and for the guys. We worked quite a lot on the car and definitely now it’s quite damaged, so I feel sorry for the team and for my mistake.” 

With just less than an hour remaining in practice, Rosenqvist made hard contact with the SAFER Barrier exiting Turn 2 in the No. 10 NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. Rosenqvist was also uninjured and team officials said he will move to a backup car as well.

“I was behind Colton (Herta) and just trying to run the car in traffic, and I just felt a very sudden change of having a bit of push, and it went very loose, very fast,” Rosenqvist said. “I couldn’t react to it. “A shame, but that’s how it is.”

This was a scary moment for @alo_oficial during #Indy500 practice ?? pic.twitter.com/B7tkrUBvv9

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) May 15, 2019

Another big hit during #Indy500 practice, but @FRosenqvist has been checked, cleared and released from the @IMS infield medical center ?#INDYCAR // #ThisIsMay pic.twitter.com/MoG7o1Ce1C

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) May 15, 2019

IT WAS A CLOSE CALL FOR AUSSIE WILL POWER TOO:

This was close. Pay attention to @12WillPower‘s quick reaction ?#INDYCAR // #ThisIsMay pic.twitter.com/wFlaOgTe7n

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) May 15, 2019

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