A life-changing IndyCar crash at Pocono in 2018 brought an abrupt halt to Robert Wickens’ top-flight career, just as he had begun to make good on the promise shown working his way up the junior ranks. Prior to his high-speed crash into catch fencing that damaged his spinal cord, leaving him paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, the Canadian had hit the ground running by scoring four podiums and a debut pole position in St Petersburg with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
But despite his injuries, Wickens has recovered to race again in touring cars, winning the Michelin Pilot Challenge TCR class in 2023. He also returned to the cockpit of a single-seater for the first time earlier this year with some laps aboard the Formula E Gen3 machine at Portland, with an eye to returning to “elite level” motorsport in the future.
