Last year’s front row starter Rinus VeeKay suffered a hard crash during qualifying on Saturday morning for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
The 23-year-old Dutchman, who was expected to be a strong contender for pole position this weekend, was the fourth of 34 drivers to go out and attack Indianapolis Motorsport Speedway’s fastest four laps, over 10 miles, of the season. VeeKay – who was just 0.004s and 0.006mph away from Alex Palou’s pole-winning four-lap average last year – made his maiden 2024 qualifying run directly after the No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda of IndyCar Series rookie Kyffin Simpson.
“We basically did Turn 3 at speed once, but then had a bit of understanding actually the previous lap and made a little adjustment because with understeer you scrub and lose speed. “I had a huge moment really late and don't really understand how that happened. It seemed a bit unusual. I've been in a way looser car and I've had smaller moments than this. “At that point, I was a passenger who tried to save it, but it just, yeah, I feel terrible for the guys. That's for sure.
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