Sato was running behind the Team Penske-Chevrolet 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 his Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet off the line when Grosjean arrived on a flying lap. Apparently caught by surprise by the dawdling cars ahead, despite having a good view after the kink on the back straight, he locked up and struck Sato’s #51 Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda – ironically, the entry Grosjean used to drive.
The rear of Sato’s car was jacked high into the air in the shunt and the damage put both cars out of the session.
“It’s a shame isn’t it?” Sato told NBC’s Marty Snider. “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 brake after coming through [Turn] 9A which is a little kink, but you…
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