Fernando Alonso’s success at 4:40 ET on Thursday, during the second day of Indianapolis 500 practice, left his Arrow McLaren SP team doing a lot of work. But compared to some of the bigger impacts seen on the Speedway, there should be nothing in the morning to stop the Spaniard from resuming morning activities on the track.
“It’s going well together,” AMSP general manager Taylor Kiel told RACER as he approached 10 p.m. ‘We have all hands on deck around the no. 66 Put Ruoff Mortgage Chevy back together, and we’ll be fine for tomorrow. It’s nothing we have not been to before, so we were as prepared as you can be. “
The majority of the impact was absorbed by the right side of the car, with limited damage to bodywork recorded as Alonso caused the car to crash while driving under the white line in Turn 4, which was the no. 66 sent on a wider trajectory from the corner and into the wall before spinning in pit lane.
McLaren Racing sporting director Gil de Ferran does not expect the Alonso crash to be detrimental to AMSP’s overall efforts in the three-car team with rookies Pato O’Ward and Oliver askew.
“It was sad what happened, because up to that point I think the day went well,” said the winner of the Indy 500 from 2003. ‘Sure for the number 66, but it also looked like something no. . 5 and no. 7 ek. We mostly concentrated on running in traffic and made small improvements.
‘Honestly, we learned a lot with every car change. These things happen. Now we’re just building up and trying to get the track in the best shape tomorrow. Fortunately, we have a great team here that I’m sure will pull us out of a difficult situation. We need to turn the page and start anew tomorrow as a team. ”
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