Fernando Alonso will seek post position at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday in the wake of enduring the primary qualifying day seventh speediest. The McLaren Formula 1 driver created a noteworthy execution in his first aggressive session on a US oval track.
Alonso, 35, is among the ‘quick nine’ who will debate post on Sunday. Alonso said: “It was intense, definitely. With the weather conditions, we only had this attempt, so that creates a little bit of stress on everyone”.
The Spanish driver’s normal speed for his four-lap qualifying keep running on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway was 230.034mph. Dale Coyne said: “Sebastien is in good hands here at the hospital with the staff and now we just wait for him to recover.”
American Ed Carpenter, who ran later in the day, was speediest at 230.468mph. The shootout for post is because of start at 22:00 BST.
Bourdais, who drove for F1 team Toro Rosso in 2008 and 2009, had been “wakeful and caution” instantly after the mishap and had not lost awareness.
“I think we did OK, and put the laps together but I think there is more to come from the car. We have a little bit more speed than we showed today so hopefully we can put everything together.
“It felt difficult, it felt tricky. You are going very fast, you feel the degradation of the tyres. Lap one and lap four are very different in terms of the balance and you need to keep your concentration very high every corner, every lap.
“I need to keep learning, keep progressing. With this being my first qualifying, I saw there were things I could do differently, the preparation of the tyres, the laps, the consistency of the laps. I am happy with today’s performance but I think tomorrow will be better.”
Drivers should get a few endeavors at setting a period on the primary day of qualifying at Indy, however a rain storm in the morning deferred running and at last the session was stopped so that every driver just had one four-lap endeavor.
The hazards of racing on fast American oval tracks were underlined as previous F1 driver Sebastien Bourdais endured numerous cracks to his pelvis and a break to his correct hip in a rapid crash.
