Day 2 report: Indy 500 A productive day of 117 laps at the IMS
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tuesday 16 May
FERNANDO ALONSO, McLaren Honda Andretti driver
|  | Day: 2 | Top speed: 221.029mph | Laps: 117 |  |
"It was good, it was good, very positive and productive day. We did a lot of laps - 117 laps today I think - a lot of learning, some group running, finally with some traffic. So, it is information I will sleep on and be a better oval driver tomorrow.
(About running in traffic) "It felt OK, it felt as I expected. Obviously, here it's very important to keep close to the car in front of you, to take the benefit from the next straight. It was useful. I'm on the best team for that; we are six cars and we were running together.
"My teammates were amazing in helping me. I knew they were taking care of me in some moments of the run, so that was good and yeah, first time for me. I was learning every lap here and there, you know, when I follow them, learning what they do, how they attack the next corner or the next lap, how they prepare the overtaking, so, it was very useful and a very productive day."
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