Grosjean fumes after first lap crash in heat race of IndyCar all-star race
IndyCar’s exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge got off to a rocky start when Romain Grosjean was crashed on the opening lap of the first heat race
THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — IndyCar's exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge got off to a rocky start Sunday when Romain Grosjean was crashed on the opening lap of the first heat race.
“I mean, who is going to pay for the damage? We come here with no points on the line and do nothing wrong and the car is completely smashed," Grosjean fumed after walking from his crashed car along the private members-only road course back to pit road.
“It’s not what I signed (up for) with IndyCar.”
The no-points all-star race is filling a hole in IndyCar's early-season schedule and actually only pays $500,000 because the Thermal Club members shied away from participating in the event with a matching buy-in. Club members instead were randomly paired with teams for an embedded weekend experience with an IndyCar organization.
