Michael Andretti was left fuming after a race in which he saw all four of his drivers involved in intra team scraps that cost them three Top-10 finishes. Following a restart, Alexander Rossi and Romain Grosjean were dueling over 10th place on Lap 59 of the 80-lap race when Grosjean on Firestone alternates and Rossi on the harder primaries braked for Turn 2 with Rossi protecting the inside line and Grosjean on the outside.
Rossi perhaps braked a tad late and pushed wide from the apex, and the impact between his teammate’s right-front wheel and his own left-front was enough to tear the steering wheel from his hand. Rossi thus ran off the circuit but found just enough steering lock and space to regain the track unassisted, albeit now 19th rather than 10th. Grosjean had nowhere to turn with Rossi fully alongside him so was ushered nose-first into the tire barrier, from which he needed rescuing by IndyCar’s AMR Safety Team, which sent him a lap down.
