Alexander Rossi Returns After 3-Car Indy 500 Crash as Front-Row P2 Start Holds

12 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 19

Alexander Rossi said he was in good spirits Tuesday after outpatient procedures for minor injuries from Monday’s heavy three-car Indy 500 practice crash.
The 2016 Indy 500 winner lost the rear entering Turn 2, hit the wall hard and collected Pato O’Ward and Romain Grosjean in the first major incident of the month at Indianapolis.
Rossi still keeps his front-row starting spot after qualifying second, with Alex Palou on pole and David Malukas alongside him.
Ed Carpenter Racing may need a backup car for the 110th Running, a setback because teams spend the month refining one chassis for Indianapolis’ 200 laps.
The crash complicates Rossi’s bid for a second Indy 500 title after his 2025 race ended early with a pit-lane fire.

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