🗣 'The pit exit is a bit awkward, but he just drove straight into me' 😤 Scott McLaughlin says Romain Grosjean 'destroyed' his top-five chances in the IndyCar DetroitGP 👇
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin reckons that his clash with ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean “destroyed” his chances of a top-five finish in the Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday.Andretti AutosportDespite being on cold tires, Grosjean went straight for the apex at Turn 1 as McLaughlin attempted to pass him on the inside, leading to a collision that sent the New Zealander into a huge slide.
The pair have also previous form this season, crashing out at St Petersburg together with the roles effectively reversed, as McLaughlin was defending on cold tires soon after a pitstop. When asked by NBC how their clash impacted his race, McLaughlin replied: “It destroyed it. Basically, we got into Turn 1 there, the pit exit is a bit awkward, but he just drove straight into me, so I was committed, braking as deep as I could, and he just went straight to the apex and I had nowhere to go.
“It’s duty of care from all of us to get out of there cleanly, I just don’t think he really cared about where I was and just turned across my nose. “The car was fast, and on the last few laps there I think we hammered through them on that last restart, I think we were 12or something, and came through to seventh. A reasonable recovery but, overall, gutted with the day.”Photo by: Jake Galstad /
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