Indianapolis 500 testing takes flight as Romain Grosjean inadvertently hits bird during early run
Romain Grosjean's first Indianapolis 500 test session took flight quickly Tuesday. As he navigated a 200-plus mph lap through the third turn on the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2. 5-mile oval, Grosjean's No.
18 Honda clipped a bird — not far from the 12th green of the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course where the goal is to make birdies. Grosjean, left with no choice at such a high speed, did the only thing he could.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Romain Grosjean's first Indianapolis 500 test session took flight quickly Tuesday. As he navigated a 200-plus mph lap through the third turn on the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2. 5-mile oval, Grosjean's No.
18 Honda clipped a bird — not far from the 12th green of the Brickyard Crossing Golf Course where the goal is to make birdies. Grosjean, left with no choice at such a high speed, did the only thing he could. The implications of that regrettable result were splattered across the left leg of Grosjean's fire suit.
“I still have blood on my race suit, there were pieces of the bird on my rollbar. The helmet stinks, the seat stinks,” the French driver said. “I couldn't see where I was going any more, there's plenty on the aero screen, so it was far from ideal.
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