It was a wild day for ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean within the a hundred and tenth operating of the Indianapolis 500. The Dale Coyne Racing driver was operating as excessive as fifth through the late-race pink flag, and whereas he fell again a number of locations ultimately, it was nonetheless his best-ever end within the Indy 500.
Grosjean additionally did it whereas carrying a No. 18 stylized in honor of fallen NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, and the automotive quantity he carried to 56 of his 63 Cup Collection wins — in addition to each of his Cup Collection titles in 2015 and 2019.
Grosjean by no means meant Kyle, however he did meet his older brother Kurt by way of their connection at Haas. Driving that Busch-esque No. 18, Grosjean began twenty fourth in his fourth Indy 500 begin. After 200 laps of intense wheel-to-wheel racing, he was ninth, a full ten positions greater than his earlier finest end within the 500.
Romain Grosjean, Dale Coyne Racing Honda
Photograph by: Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos
“It was a bizarre day,” remarked Grosjean through the Indy 500 Victory Celebration on Monday. “129 laps into the race, we have been a lap down and P30. Acquired a penalty (for passing beneath yellow), after which someway the automotive got here alive — Honda gave us a extremely good engine with good mileage.”
On the ultimate stint of of the race, Grosjean stated: “I knew after we pitted on lap 165, we might go to the tip. At that time, I used to be twentieth and I used to be instructed that 12 drivers needed to pit in entrance of us. I did the maths and noticed I might get P8, and I am going to take that any day … I am very joyful to be high ten, very pleased with the entire workforce. a little bit of a loopy race, loopy day.”
Grosjean was additionally the race’s greatest mover, gaining 15 positions from his beginning spot to last race end result.
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