Jimmie Johnson has been diagnosed with a broken right hand but has been cleared to drive in Saturday’s practice for IndyCar’s Long Beach Grand Prix.
The seven-time NASCAR champion said in a tweeted video that he won’t know his status for the rest of the weekend until he tries driving. The race is Sunday.
“I worked with my race team and we’ve created a nice little carbon-fiber splint to support the area that’s injured,” Johnson said. “… I feel very good about things now, I’m willing to try practice, but I really won’t know until I’m out there in the practice session and feel the demands of the race car to know if I can go further and into the race.”
Morning update from Long Beach pic.twitter.com/Oymdxo9Kdn
— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) April 9, 2022
Johnson suffered the injury in practice Friday when his car drove into the tire barrier on Turn 5. He did not remove his hands from the steering wheel — standard practice in open-wheel racing but not common in stock cars.
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