Grosean crashes in first Indy car test
 

This morning former F1 driver Grosean crashed in his first laps in an Indy car . Apparently into the tire barrier in turn 1 . He was unhurt the car had some damage but was repaired and he returned to the track . Had to be a little scary after the horrific crash he had in F1 . This mornings test was at Barber Motorsports Park with Dale Coyne racing .

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Jim Clark once said something along the lines of; if you make a mistake and don't crash you weren't driving hard enough.

I was watching some rally the other day and surprised to see Thierry Neuville still in the game. I havnt payed attention in probably 10 or 12 years I remember he crashed constantly back then. Same with ken block and he is still going strong. I always thought crashing meant you were a bad driver but I guess not? Like Patton said no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country

He didn't have the F1 technology to make him look good. Indy requires you to know how to drive.
I've been to Barber. You really have to screw up big time to crash in turn 1.

Not sure what the current cars have, but didn't know F1 was using driver aids?

2014 with the new aero regulations made for some very drifty cars.
I enjoyed watching the drivers struggle with the cars in both 2014 and 2015.
I've been watching less and less since, not sure what things are now.

I’m going to go out on a limb here but I’m guessing he was going significantly faster than you on this track.

Grosjean DNF'ed a lot in F1.
There are driver's with different qualities.
Some of those qualities come with negatives.
A guy willing to push to the limit is gonna off more than a guy that isn't.

He completed 83 laps with one spin. Completely new car, new tires, new track, recovering from a a major wreck that almost killed him.

I think I'll give him a pass.

With one of the least-well funded teams on the grid.

I'm with you on this. I have never understood the Grosjean hate.

Maybe he listens to Radiohead?

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I remember all of the **** that Michael Andretti got for his disastrous year in F1, in 1993. To my mind, it resembles what Grosjean has gone through. From the outside, it looks pretty bad, all their fault.

If you actually look at the other side, what they didn't tell you was going on behind the scenes with McLaren in 1993, a different picture emerges. McLaren didn't have their **** together in 1993 and the car was a turd and a half. I lost all respect for Ron Dennis after I learned what went down and he left Michael twisting in the wind. To this day, if I ever run across Ron, I'll be sure and kick him in the ass.

I was there for the first Indycar race and no one had a problem with turn 1

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Edit for clarification of the obvious: I was not driving. Just a spectator and took the above photo.

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You can say that again.

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Seriously?

You know that race pace is different than practice pace, right?

In practice, you are practicing to qualify which is completely different from how you drive in traffic or in a race.

I think you should call up Dale Coyne and let him know that you’re free for 2021.

The fact is he didn't really "crash" he slid off into the kitty litter.
He commented after that he's still adapting to the car, which doesn't brake at all like an f1 car (much less downforce thus much longer braking zone) and that the lack of power steering was different.
I predict he'll be on the podium somewhere before the season's out.

Tough crowd.

No one else has ever, ever crashed in their first Indycar outing. Or even an experienced Indycar driver in practice at a track they have run many times before.

I waarched a short video clip of his day and was surprised to see how bad the burns on his left hand looked, months after his accident. He has mentioned that he does not like taking his gloves on and off, just leaves the left one on, now I can see why.

He looked pretty relaxed and seems like he’s enjoying himself.

Are we speaking of Romain Grosjean? Did he change the spelling of his name?

No, bad spelling abounds here. It's "Merica, you know.

Maybe he can get a job being Tiger's driver.....

He's doing exactly what he should be doing, pushing to find the limit of the cars performance envelope

I have raced there many times. There is more elevation change going thru turn one than it appears in those photos. Not unheard of to do some agricultural racing at that spot.

Seriously. I was there for the practices and even the Indy Lights race. No one crashed in turn one. I don't remember them even getting sideways.
There were some off road adventures in turn 2-3

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Barber was designed as a motorcycle track.Did the Porsche Driving Experience there.

Was glad to see him ok and retire from F1, disappointed I have to see him in Indycar now. just my opinion, would like to see him sail off into the sunset.

Looks like he will be doing just that as Gene Haas has sent him packing, allegedly because he does not want to face a widow or children.

May find a seat elsewhere or in another series, as many other F1 exes do.

I believe Grosjean ( spelling police take note of correction ) that he has a full time Indy car ride with Dale Coyne . But it is for street and road courses only no ovals . It sounds like Gene Haas was considering some sort of help/sponsorship but then changed his mind . He probably got the final bill on the wrecked Bahrain car and said I'm out 😁