Stefan Wilson is not going to participate in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 after injuring his again in a crash throughout apply yesterday.

The 33-year-old was taken to Indiana College Well being Methodist Hospital following his collision with Katherine Legge. Wilson’s Dreyer & Reinbold crew confirmed he fractured his twelfth thoracic vertebrae within the affect and might be unable to participate within the race.

Wilson’s enforced absence is a blow for the crew in the one IndyCar race it contests. He had efficiently certified for the race and was as a result of line up twenty fifth on the grid within the automotive D&R is operating in co-operation with Cusick Motorsports.

Dreyer & Reinbold’s different automotive is pushed by Ryan Hunter-Reay. The crew has not confirmed whether or not it’ll area a alternative for Wilson. “The Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick Motorsports crew can have extra data sooner or later,” it stated in an announcement. If a substitute is confirmed they are going to solely have a single, two-hour apply session on Friday to organize for Sunday’s race with the total area of drivers.

The crash occured when Wilson was hit from behind by RLL driver Katherine Legge in flip one throughout yesterday’s eighth official apply session. Each drivers hit the wall – Wilson struggling a head-on affect – then struck the barrier once more.

Legge is because of make her third begin within the race which she final contested a decade in the past. She stated she was taken abruptly how rapidly the sector forward of her slowed down previous to the collision.

Will Energy, who was operating additional forward within the queue when the crash occurred, stated such crashes are extra of a hazard throughout apply than the race.

“You’ve received to be actually on high of [it] as a result of the brake pedal is super-long,” stated the reigning IndyCar champion. “When an enormous pack checks up, it might probably shock you, so if I see a bunch of vehicles up entrance I at all times go away a niche and are conscious which you can are available in and have nowhere to go.

“It’s not just like the race the place you’ll be able to by no means carry. There’s individuals lifting out of line, making an attempt to get again in, individuals on totally different tyre life and such. It will probably all pack up for you actually rapidly in case you’re not prepared.”

Wilson was as a result of make his fifth begin within the race this weekend. His older brother, Justin Wilson, made eight appearances within the Indy 500 however misplaced his life after he was struck by particles in a crash throughout an IndyCar race at Pocono in 2015.

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