Driver survives 'wild' airborne IndyCar crash

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The IndyCar Series season-opener has been marred by a six-car clang conscionable seconds into the 100-lap race, resulting successful 1 operator getting airborne.

The chaos kicked disconnected heavy successful the grounds 27-car battalion erstwhile McLaren operator Felix Rosenqvist slapped the partition retired of crook 3 courtesy of a interaction from erstwhile Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon.

As Rosenqvist slowed and the tract checked up, chaos unfolded. In amongst the carnage, Andretti Autosport operator Devlin DeFrancesco launched into the aerial similar a spinning top.

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The reddish emblem was rapidly drawn and racing was brought to a halt connected thigh one.

Meyer Shank Racing operator Helio Castroneves was the archetypal to get retired of his car, carrying a limp. His teammate Simon Pagenaud was caught up successful the melee too.

Replays showed the clang began successful earnest erstwhile AJ Foyt Racing's Santino Ferrucci got into the backmost of Castroneves, sending him into a spin.

That near DeFrancesco obscurity to go, who slowed and copped a deed by David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing which sent the Canadian into a spin.

Series rookies Sting Ray Robb (Meyer Shank Racing) and Benjamin Pedersen (AJ Foyt Racing) were among the past drivers onto the country astatine precocious speed.

Pedersen piled into the broadside of DeFrancesco's car, which launched it into the air.

The tract duly returned to the pit lane, minus those caught up successful the carnage, portion the way was cleaned up.

Despite the severity of the hit, DeFrancesco was rapidly cleared by the onsite aesculapian team.

"I'm fine, I had a hard knock, and it's not the mode we wanted to commencement the season," helium said.

"We had our concerns with crook three. We made IndyCar precise alert of it. There were aggregate incidents determination each weekend.

"It's been slippery and that was the script that happened.

"I saw Helio spinning successful beforehand of maine and determination was obscurity to go. Then I saw (Pedersen) coming and I was similar 'Yeah, this is going to beryllium a large one'.

"I conscionable braced up and got acceptable for it. It was a chaotic ride."

Of the six cars, conscionable Robb was capable to instrumentality to the contention having mislaid his beforehand helping and suffered a puncture successful the incident.

After a lengthy delay, racing resumed with Andretti Autosport's Romain Grosjean starring teammate Colton Herta.

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