I'm counting on my guys, my boys, to put the car back together and go back to work." "The good news is we still have Thursday and Friday before qualifying. "This just set us back one day since it is Wednesday. "The accident was most impressive, but the good news is I am feeling very good," Castroneves said. Castroneves is expected to return to the track on Thursday. The penalty dropped the Brazilian from second to third in the season standings, 18 points behind his Penske teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.ĭamage to Castroneves' Chevrolet-Dallara was remarkably light, although team owner Roger Penske said the team likely will switch to a backup car. Castroneves was deemed guilty of causing a first-lap accident when he tapped Scott Dixon into a spin, sweeping in several additional cars. In all aspects, I have to say I was very lucky there was no big shunt."Įarlier in the day, Ind圜ar Series officials docked Castroneves eight points for violating a rule about avoidable contact in Saturday's Grand Prix of Indianapolis. "The good news is the impact wasn't very strong and the landing was smooth as well. "Unfortunately I still do not understand what happened," Castroneves said in a team statement. The car landed upside-down before rolling back over on its wheels.Ĭastroneves, a three-time 500 winner for Team Penske, climbed out of the car without assistance.Ĭastroneves had just warmed up with a lap at 219.183 mph and started his first hot lap of the day when the crash occurred at 12:46 p.m. A gust of wind caught the car and flipped it over. His car wiggled as it went through the first turn early in practice for the Indianapolis 500, then spun into the outer wall and started rolling backward in the short chute between the first and second turns. Helio Castroneves' car got airborne and flipped after hitting the wall in Turn 1 during practice for the Indy 500. INDIANAPOLIS - Helio Castroneves has been cleared and released from Indianapolis Motor Speedway's infield medical center after his car went airborne in a spectacular crash Wednesday.
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