Marcus Ericsson suffered a tough crash within the ultimate session of the Unser IndyCar Open Check at Phoenix Raceway on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old Swedish native had begun the final hour of the day’s working and went by way of Flip 4 because the backend of his No. 28 Andretti International Honda broke unfastened. Regardless of his greatest efforts to make the save, the automobile drifted again up and the precise facet hit the wall earlier than coming to relaxation simply previous the beginning/end line of the 1-mile tri-oval.
Ericsson reacts
The 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner was in a position to get out of the automobile underneath his personal energy. He returned to the storage as his beat up machine arrived courtesy of the tow truck, the place he apologized to his total crew however was left not sure what occurred to trigger the crash.
“We have to take a look at the information, however it was one thing, it was like a pop and I misplaced energy on the kind of important a part of the nook,” Ericsson mentioned. “So, yeah, I would like to have a look at the information and video to kind of perceive what occurred there. However yeah, one thing did not do what it usually does there and it is simply not the precise place for that to occur on a Q [qualifying] sim.”
Intermittent rain confirmed up previous to the beginning of the final session, and lingered with spot bathe sprinkles all through. With that mentioned, Ericsson didn’t attribute the crash to the rain.
“No, it wasn’t moisture,” he mentioned. “It was one thing else.”
General, the wreck places a damper on what was an in any other case good begin of preseason testing for Ericsson. He’ll attempt to put the incident behind him and begin off on a constructive observe within the season-opening Streets of St. Petersburg, website of his final IndyCar win, subsequent week.
“It is simply actually annoying as a result of I felt like Sebring was actually robust, this was actually robust, after which you’ve an enormous crash,” Ericsson mentioned. “It simply actually pisses me off. However yeah, we get it collectively after which we go to St. Pete subsequent week.”
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