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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlexander Rossi remains in good spirits following a hard Indy 500 practice crash which left him with minor hand and ankle injuries. Image: Joe Skibinski<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlexander Rossi remains in good spirits following a hard Indy 500 practice crash which left him with minor hand and ankle injuries. Image: Joe Skibinski<\/p>\n
Rossi was circulating amongst a drawn out pack of cars during Practice 7 when his #20 Ed Carpenter Racing car spun through Turn 2.<\/p>\n
The car collided with the outside SAFER barrier heavily, before also being hit by the #5 of Pato O\u2019Ward.<\/p>\n
Rossi was assessed and underwent outpatient procedures to repair minor injuries to his left hand and right ankle.<\/a><\/p>\n During the following episode of the Off Track with Hinch and Rossi podcast, Rossi detailed the suspected cause of the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s kind of the lamest way to crash, but we were fuel saving, and the way that the packs work in practice is everyone\u2019s quite nice to each other because you\u2019re trying not to hang anyone out,\u201d explained Rossi.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a race, the cadence and the flow is a lot faster and more aggressive, and so when you\u2019re in practice, you can kind of get these big check-up effects and kind of this situation happened going into Turn 1 and this was like the second lap of it.<\/p>\n \u201cMy previous lap was a 207 mph lap, so that goes to show how kind of big the check-ups were and this lap was kind of starting out in the same vein.<\/p>\n \u201cThe cars don\u2019t work at that speed, I know it sounds counterintuitive, but there\u2019s a perfect window where the car\u2019s working well.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you go above that, you\u2019re obviously going to have problems, and if you go below that, I guess in some situations, you also have problems.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it was actually a crash because we were going too slow in dirty air, because it was about 20 mph slower than I had gone through there in practice on Tuesday with the same car.\u201d<\/p>\n Rossi commended the safety of modern IndyCar machines, and then confirmed that the cast would come off his right foot well ahead of the race.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was one of those incidents where you\u2019re just blown away repeatedly by the safety of IndyCar and all of the advancements that they have made,\u201d Rossi said.<\/p>\n \u201cConsidering some of the forces that went on in the first impact and then the secondary impact with Pato, the fact that there\u2019s no head, shoulder, neck issues and the only thing that we\u2019re dealing with is a very small bone on the inside of my ankle, which this very large club foot [cast] will come off tomorrow.<\/p>\n \u201cSo this all looks very dramatic but you basically can\u2019t be weightbearing for this process while they try and control the swelling.\u201d<\/p>\n Rossi noted that if the cast removal process runs smoothly then he should be ready for Carb Day, however joked that the weather forecast looks less than ideal.<\/p>\n \u201cAssuming when they take that off it\u2019s as expected, then Carb Day \u2013 well I mean it\u2019s going to be wet \u2013 so we\u2019ll see you all on Sunday,\u201d Rossi added.<\/p>\n The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is set to commence at 2:45am AEST on Monday May 25, and can be viewed on Stan Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rossi is due to start from second position alongside pole-sitter Alex Palou for Chip Ganassi Racing, and Team Penske\u2019s David Malukas.<\/p>\n Indianapolis 500 \u2013 How to watch, schedule, starting grid & more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n