Indianapolis 500 Testing Takes Flight as Romain Grosjean Inadvertently Hits Bird During Early Run

Indianapolis 500 testing takes flight as Romain Grosjean inadvertently hits bird during early run

Romain Grosjean’s first Indianapolis 500 test session took flight quickly Tuesday. As he navigated a 200-plus mph lap through the third turn on the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.5-mile oval, Grosjean’s No. 18 Honda clipped a bird — not far from the 12th green of the Brickyard Crossing Gol

Romain Grosjean Had To Make An Emergency Pit Stop After Obliterating A Bird At 230 MPH During Indy 500 Practice

Romain Grosjean can once again thank the safety features of the race car he was driving for saving him from serious injury. During Tuesday’s practice for the Indianapolis 500, Grosjean had to make an emergency pit stop after hitting a bird at 230 mph. This is at least the second time in Romain Grosjean’s racing career that the bars installed around a driver’s head on an open cockpit race car have protected him. During the first lap of the F1 Bah…