Romain Grosjean Crashes A Honda Pace In Laguna Seca While Filming An IndyCar Video.
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- Last weekend he forgot for a split second that IndyCar brake pads worked in feet, not meters.
- Also that split second was all it took to send him to James Hinchcliffe at corner one of the first round of the Portland Grand Prix.
But at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Friday, Romain Grosjean's final IndyCar weekend could have started worse.
On Friday, the IndyCar rookie, with Dale Coyne Racing teammate Ed Jones in the passenger seat in a blue Honda Type R, crashed into a tire barrier at Laguna Seca. They crossed the track shooting a video clip for IndyCar.
The ignition key triggered the car's airbags, but both drivers were checked and cleaned by the IndyCar Medical Center, according to an HPD official. So for Friday afternoon practice and the remainder of the penultimate race weekend of the series. There should be no problem getting into the cabin of their Indy car.
The two Coyne drivers had similar segments to the HPD and IndyCar earlier this year three times at St. Pete (with Ryan Hunter-Ray and James Hinchcliffe), Mead Ohio (with Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato), and last weekend in Portland (with Alexander Rossi and Colton Hertha). In these segments, the drivers try to do a quick lap.
While chatting casually about the track and the car to give fans an additional picture of the two.
"Everything was going fine until he came out and said the pedals were hard, but the car wasn't slowing down," HPD spokesman Dan Leighton told IndyStar. "Brake pads need to be glazed or something. It hit hard, hard enough to kill the airbags, but (the driver) was fine.
HPD already has three used pace car models, so they don't have to struggle to buy an emergency car for the weekend. All you have to do is replace the white and red Type R's respective hazard warning lights, which now take on their original roles.
"The hood and grille (which is damaged)," said Leighton. "Looks like it hasn't hit the tires yet. After that, it's all body."
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