Absolute Chaos On The Streets Of Toronto During Wild IndyCar Race
The IndyCar Series made its lone trip outside the friendly confines of the United States of America this weekend and hit the streets of Toronto where things got wild toward the end of the race.
The circuit in Toronto is a tricky one, and multiple drivers got caught out by it throughout the race (and the entire weekend), but it was an incident late that resulted in complete chaos.
On Lap 73, Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward simply lost the rear of his car and spun at Turn 1.
Normally, that would be a no fuss, no muss kind of situation, but O'Ward's car settled just at the point in the corner where a driver committing to the corner wouldn't be able to see it until it was too late to avoid contact and the field was tight enough that those running behind him were on the scene before a caution could be thrown or spotters could provide a heads up.
Marcus Ericsson was the first to collide with O'Ward and while the next couple of cars managed to steer clear Pietro Fittipaldi in the No. 51 and Santino Ferrucci in the No. 14 weren't so lucky.
The contact sent Ferrucci into the air and catch fence before his car settled back on track, upside-down.
Oof, that was a big one.
Fortunately, everyone — including Ferrucci — came out of that mostly unscathed.
And thank goodness for the aeroscreen, because that kept the incident from getting really ugly.
Take it from Pato O'Ward, who also criticized what appeared to be a complete lack of a localized yellow, even with a car in such a vulnerable position.
But, wait; there's more.
After the ensuing red flag, we had a little bit of teammate drama from Team Penske. Will Power earned himself a penalty after crashing into his teammate Scott Maclaughlin.
That led to Scotty Mac giving his teammate a Bronx cheer and surely an interesting debrief for the team.
In the end, Colton Herta took the checkered flag with his teammate Kyle Kirkwood right behind him giving Andretti Global a 1-2 finish, and their first victory of the year.