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Grosjean on Sato shunt: “We’ve agreed to disagree”

Grosjean on Sato shunt: “We’ve agreed to disagree”

The shunt saw Grosjean make hard contact at Turn 10 with the #51 Dale Coyne Racing-RWR entry which he raced in his rookie season and now driven by Sato.

Grosjean approached Turn 10 at racing speed, whereas Sato and Conor Daly and three cars ahead of them were running slow, trying to create gaps so they could run flying laps without interference. The former Formula 1 driver, “I think we’ve agreed to disagree with Takuma on what happened, so that’s OK,” before explaining his side of the argument.

“There was just no flags on the track,” he said, “and I think we should have flags when these cars are that slow to the corner. That’s all. I just think if I had known there were like four cars – because you cannot see. I know there was one on the left [Daly], one on the right [Sato], that’s all I knew. I didn’t know there were some in front [McLaughlin, Will Power and Alexander Rossi].

“If there’s only one, the guy should accelerate. Obviously there were more, but I think…

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