Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Wednesday 15 May

Day: 2

Top speed: 225.433mph

Laps: 46

 

FERNANDO ALONSO, #66

"It was understeer on the car, and even if I lifted the throttle on the entry of the corner, it was not enough and I lost completely the front aero. The wall came too close and too quickly. Unfortunately, it happened today. We will lose a little bit of running time again. I'm sorry for the team, but we will learn, and hopefully, we will come back stronger tomorrow.

"I'm disappointed and sad for the team and for the guys. We will learn from this and hopefully tomorrow we're back on track and back stronger."

 

GIL DE FERRAN, Sporting Director

"We’ll have made a decision by the end of the day as to what exactly we’re going to do. After yesterday’s electrical issues, which put a dent in our running time, the team worked hard overnight to address the problems and the car was handling better this morning so it’s a shame that practice was cut short.

"There’s no denying the past few days have impacted our preparations, but we do feel we have a direction for where we need to take the set-up of the car. We’re pulling together as a team, Fernando is in great spirits, and we just have to keep working in a calm and determined manner.”

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