New Dale Coyne Racing recruit Takuma Sato was left deeply unhappy after being crashed into by Andretti Autosport’s Romain Grosjean in IndyCar’s second practice at St. Petersburg.
Sato was running behind the Penske pair of Scott McLaughlin and Will Power, as well as the Andretti car of Alexander Rossi, the group trying to get enough separation at Turn 10 before commencing flying laps.
Conor Daly had just moved off-line when Grosjean arrived on a flying lap and, apparently caught by surprise by the dawdling cars ahead despite having a good view after the kink on the back straight, the French driver locked up and struck Sato’s car – ironically, the entry Grosjean used to drive.
Sato’s car was jacked high into the air in the shunt and both cars were out of the session.
“It’s a shame isn’t it?” Sato told NBC. “Everybody was trying to make a gap, which is the right thing.
“OK, nobody wants to have that situation, but we were just all slowing down. I had to hit the…
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