In Sunday’s IndyCar opener at St. Pete, Mick Schumacher found himself in the pits after colliding with Sting Ray Robb and Santino Ferrucci at two corners in his first IndyCar race.
Contact between Santino Ferrucci and Rob ended in Turn 2 with both cars jammed into a tire bundle. Schumacher also failed to react in time to avoid a rear-end collision, and it looked like the race was over before it really started.
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Robb was able to continue racing after the contact, and Ferrucci and Schumacher both retired.
Schumacher’s long-awaited start comes after the former Haas F1 driver and Alpine World Endurance Challenge driver showed strong pace in pre-season testing. Schumacher announced his departure from the WEC Alpine team at the end of last season, before starting IndyCar oval and road course testing, and announced this offseason that he would join Rahal Letterman Lanigan in joining IndyCar.
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Schumacher’s racing career has been a winding one, as the 2020 F2 champion has struggled to consolidate the success expected from his surname. In IndyCar, the St. Petersburg Grand Prix, which has never let its guard down, is known for devouring race cars and drivers. Schumacher will have another chance next week when he competes in his first oval track race in the Desert Double at Phoenix International Raceway.
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