{"id":420383,"date":"2026-05-10T04:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/420383\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:15:14","slug":"indycar-news-romain-grosjean-confronts-marcus-armstrong-at-indianapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/420383\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar news: Romain Grosjean confronts Marcus Armstrong at Indianapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9158-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Fancied a fist fight\u2019: Grosjean confronts Kiwi IndyCar star\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRomain Grosjean is restrained by Meyer Shank Racing team members at Indianapolis. Image: Marshall Pruett<\/p>\n<p>Video surfaced post-race of Grosjean approaching Armstrong in the pit lane before being stopped by the New Zealander\u2019s crew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet off. I was going to talk to him,\u201d Grosjean said as he was being restrained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going to say I want to punch you. I\u2019ll put my hands behind my back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grosjean eventually settled down and spoke with Armstrong, albeit with members of the Meyer Shank Racing team between them.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the IndyCar broadcast, Armstrong chuckled about the pit lane incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fancied a bit of a fist fight, actually \u2013 bit of UFC, bit of MMA \u2013 something I\u2019m not accustomed to,\u201d Armstron said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, I\u2019ve got a 350-pound fueller who was right behind me. So fair play to Romain, he\u2019s got some balls for trying to attack me with him behind me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI almost said on the radio, queue the pit lane brawl. Actually, we\u2019ve always discussed it, imagine a brawl on pit lane. How would we stack up? And I think we\u2019d stack up pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s a reason to hire a crew chief like Jimmy Looper who also serves as head of security for his car and peacekeeper for his driver. Good to see Romain throttle back. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/racing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#racing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/motorsport?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#motorsport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indycar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#indycar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9PBBZBaMJr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9PBBZBaMJr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marshall Pruett (@marshallpruett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marshallpruett\/status\/2053264834502803650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exact cause of Grosjean\u2019s outburst has not yet come to light, though speculation has linked an on-track clash during the 85-lap race.<\/p>\n<p>Grosjean wound up a lap down in 21st as the last finisher after being caught in a multi-car clash at the penultimate turn.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong had a rollercoaster day, starting 20th before rocketing forward to ninth after the Lap 1, Turn 1 carnage.<\/p>\n<p>After his teammate Felix Rosenqvist crashed out, Armstrong was demoted to the back of the lead lap for pitting before the pits were open under the full course caution.<\/p>\n<p>He then mounted a charge through the field, ultimately falling just short of the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we picked up 12 spots on the first lap, I\u2019m not sure. Then afterwards, we just drove our way back from P-last to 11th,\u201d said Armstrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess it\u2019s a testament to how fast our car is and I\u2019m the happiest I\u2019ve ever been to finish P11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/250635\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/250635.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Romain Grosjean is restrained by Meyer Shank Racing team members at Indianapolis. Image: Marshall Pruett Video surfaced post-race&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,1058,213],"class_list":["post-420383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}