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Lundqvist returns for Indianapolis IndyCar flee, MSR plans Friday announcement
Pagenaud has uncared for every flee since his horrendous Mid-Ohio fracture in educate final month, which change into prompted by a brake failure, as IndyCar’s medical team has refused to certain him to flee after he displayed concussion-vogue indicators.
Lundqvist made a extremely spectacular IndyCar debut in Nashville final weekend, qualifying in 11th and working as excessive as third all through the pitstop cycles. He change into on for a real dwell when he crashed out with 10 laps to head however website the flee’s quickest lap beforehand.
“First, I want to suppose a gigantic thank you to Mike [Shank] and Jim [Meyer] for their trust to construct me motivate in the automobile some other time,” acknowledged Lundqvist. “The Nashville weekend change into substantial in so many ways.
“Obviously, so much of impressions and so much of most modern stuff for me going on that weekend and I change into fairly upset with the potential that it ended. It change into my mistake and I loved it up until that point.
“I mediate it also left me and the team looking more, which I am grateful for one more opportunity at Indy. I realize it will be tricky some other time, however now I fill a full flee weekend under my belt.
“Optimistically we are in a position to string some real results together and fetch some real speed, however I command uncover it irresistible’ll be a substantial weekend.”
Linus Lundqvist, Meyer Shank Racing Honda, with Michael Shank
Portray by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Photos
Lundqvist will some other time partner elephantine-season MSR driver Helio Castroneves on the Brickyard weekend, that might maybe take into narrative the IndyCar Sequence inch alongside with NASCAR. IndyCar runs its 85-lap flee on Saturday, its second tournament of the twelve months on the IMS road route.
The Swedish racer has four starts on the be conscious in Indy NXT opponents, starting from pole in three out of the four races. He has two wins on his resume, both of which had been transformed from pole.
Meyer Shank Racing has printed there will be an extra indispensable announcement at Indianapolis on Friday at 11am, which is predicted to middle on four-time Indy 500 winner Castroneves’ future with the team.
Pagenaud posted this message on social media: