In the opening spherical of the season at St. Petersburg, the Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver slid into the smash of Rinus VeeKay’s Ed Carpenter Racing car on Lap 42 of 100, on the Flip 4 tire wall. The RLL machine then needed to snatch in a second impact as Kyle Kirkwood’s Andretti Autosport entry struck it on the rear and launched itself.
Harvey used to be taken to the medical heart after which sent for extra overview at a local sanatorium to compare his sore lawful wrist and left forearm.
IndyCar’s medical consultants wouldn’t particular the Briton to attain to the #30 Honda-powered RLL car in time for Monday’s take a look at at Barber Motorsports Park. Instead he relinquished driving tasks to frail System 2 driver Juri Vips, who tested alongside Christian Lundgaard and Graham Rahal. The Estonian had impressed the team in a take a look at at Sebring closing year.
An RLL commentary on the time talked about, “Harvey will probably be evaluated all over again old to making his return to competitors on the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 2.”
This afternoon, the team confirmed that the overview had been a particular one, and Harvey can return to motion for IndyCar’s second spherical, the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway.
The commentary read: “Jack Harvey has been cleared to attain to competitors by the INDYCAR medical team after being smitten by a multi-car incident in the Firestone Beefy Prix of St. Petersburg on March 5. The following NTT IndyCar Sequence bustle is the PPG 375 on Sunday, April 2 on the 1.5-mile oval at Texas Motor Speedway.
“We would cherish to accurate our gratitude for the excellent care the IndyCar medical team and AMR IndyCar Safety Personnel has given to Jack, each onsite in St. Petersburg and in the time since then.”
Ironically, it used to be the Texas bustle that Harvey missed closing year on account of a heavy shunt in be aware. His save used to be taken on the closing minute by Santino Ferrucci, who drove from the lend a hand of the realm to attain in the High 10.
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