Following a full day of qualifying, Monday was race apply for the 33 drivers and groups competing within the a hundred and tenth operating of the Indianapolis 500.
They’d two hours of apply from 1-3pm EST, however they solely managed to get about half of that in earlier than extreme climate arrived.
A warning for lightning within the space was displayed with round 55 minutes left within the apply, and all automobiles had been pressured into the pits. IndyCar officers ended the session quickly after, and ordered groups to clear the pit lane because the rain lastly arrived.
Within the 65 minutes of operating they did get, a pair of 2x Indy 500 winners led the pace charts.
Staff Penske’s Josef Newgarden was quickest with a 226.198mph lap, adopted by RLL Racing’s Takuma Sato at 225.723, and the Dale Coyne Racing rookie of Dennis Hauger at 224.554mph.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon, Jack Harvey, Pato O’Ward, Caio Collet, and Christian Rasmussen crammed out the remainder of the highest ten speeds.
All 33 automobiles made it out onto the monitor, however pole-sitter Alex Palou was delayed as all the media obligations and picture shoots did not go away the staff a lot time to get the No. 10 automobile again into race trim.
No driver ran extra laps than Sting Ray Robb, who accomplished 46 laps across the 2.5-mile speedway.
The following time automobiles will likely be on monitor will likely be for Carb Day this Friday, and that would be the ultimate apply session earlier than the inexperienced flag flies for the 2026 Indy 500.
Multi-car crash
Sadly, the quick apply additionally featured the primary incident of the month for the Indy 500 rivals.
Alexander Rossi, who certified second for this 12 months’s Indy 500, spun on the exit of Flip 2 and impacted the wall. The went up on its facet earlier than sitting again down, and that is when Pato O’Ward spun and slammed into the facet of him. Each automobiles sustained vital injury.
Romain Grosjean additionally spun and hit the skin wall whereas attempting to keep away from the incident, turning it right into a three-car crash. A number of others narrowly averted being collected as effectively.
O’Ward and Grosjean had been rapidly checked and launched from the infield care heart, whereas we nonetheless await phrase on Rossi’s situation. He gave the impression to be limping after climbing from the automobile.
The most recent replace is that Rossi is awake and alert, however has been been transported to an area hospital for additional analysis.
Monday Indy 500 apply outcomes
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