Click here now.<\/a><\/p>\nThe contact between Rahal and Power went unpenalised.<\/p>\n
Rahal was a non-finisher, classified 23rd out of 25 cars.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the incident, Power said he did not intend to make contact with Rahal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt really bad for Graham,\u201d Power said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe both braked and he jerked to the left. I just couldn\u2019t do anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cI absolutely did not want to have any contact and he moved to the left. There was nothing I could do.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019s very mad but when he watched the replay\u2026 I would have happily backed out if I knew he would do that, but it was just very unpredictable for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A podium would have been the perfect end to the day for Rahal, who started a lowly 20th.<\/p>\n
In a race punctuated by five cautions, Rahal and his strategist Brian Barnhart worked their way through the field to be podium contenders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the rest needs to be discussed with Will directly,\u201d Rahal said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just shocked how many errors he\u2019s making this year, and he has the last handful of years. I just need to have a personal discussion about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, I\u2019m not so worried about the singular result here, I\u2019m worried about the overall result of the championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother podium, or let\u2019s say P4 at worse, puts us easily into the top 10 in points and I don\u2019t know where we\u2019re at right now but I\u2019m going to get 14th or 15th. It\u2019s a big swing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a lot of money at stake, there is a lot that goes into that. I\u2019m just very disappointed at the end result.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor him, he could have been calm and fought. He still had overtake left. Just line up Turn 14 and you\u2019ve got overtake going up the hill.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe would have known I was out of overtake, because he could have seen it coming out of the carousel, that\u2019s why he closed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a good run in the carousel, but overtake to no overtake, so massive.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just disappointed with the quality of racing when I raced him clean all day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I passed him as well as when he got by on the restart, I didn\u2019t do anything dirty, raced him clean, gave him room. Just disappointed. That\u2019s all I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n
IndyCar continues on July 6 (AEST) at Mid-Ohio.<\/p>\n
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