Marcus Ericsson and Linus Lundqvist in big crashes in Indy 500 Practice 4
Marcus Eꦗricsson and Linus Lundqvist admit errors leading to wrecking cars
Marcus Ericsson and Linus Lundqvist were i🎉nvolved in the first big smashes of Indy♈ 500 practice.
Both dr💦ivers wrecked their cars during Thursday’s Practice 4 session.
Andretti Global driver Ericsson - the 2022 winner o🐻f the famous race - crashed at Turn 4 then slid down the straight.
He experienced three big impacts but was able to clamber ❀out of the car.
Ericsson was cleared of any inju꧅ries after bei෴ng checked by the medical team.
"I'm feeling okay. Obviously it was quite a🎉 decent hit," Ericsson said.
"The safety 🍰in these cars 🐎is pretty impressive. I need to watch it back.
“Obviously, lost it in the mཧiddle there. I don't know if I brushed the kerb a li💞ttle bit.
“Yeah, I think I brushed the kerb a little bit and that's probabꦛly enough to send it.
"Then you're a passenger. Very disappointing.
“I'm very sorry to my team. They've done a very good job w♋ith and they haꦡve a lot of work ahead of them now, so that's probably the worst part of the whole thing."
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Lundqvist♏ was also cleared of injury after his𝓀 crash at Turn 2.
“I’m alright,” said Lundqvist. “Just want to apologise to the team. Obviously not what we’re lookin✱g to do. It’s a shame.
“🐻I know that the guys worked so hard to put this car together. It sucks.
“It’s my mistake. I know exactly what I did. I touc𒁃hed the kerb in Turn 2 and couldn’t ho♐ld onto it.
“It’s something that you talk about often at this place, bu💟t it’s just a mistake on my part and the team’s going♏ to pay the price for it.
“It goes so fast, 🐟and when you get down there and you realise where you’re at, it’s kind of too late.
“It’s a small mistake. Easy thing to happen, 🌠but big consequences.
“I know we’re going to bounce back from some🌱thing lik♌e this.
“Doesn’t mean that it doesn’t suck in the moment. Obviously it hurts an𒉰d especially when it’s y﷽our mistake.
“But we’ll rebound, I’ll learn from it. There’s another w♍eek or so unt🅺il the race so we’ll bounce back for that.”
James wa🉐s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
