Nolan Siegel was set to take the inexperienced flag in P5 for the second race of IndyCar’s doubleheader in Iowa on Sunday. However after a tough crash within the closing laps of Saturday’s first race at Iowa Speedway, the Arrow McLaren driver has not been cleared by IndyCar’s medical workforce, and the workforce has determined to not run the No. 6 automotive with out him.
Siegel obtained unfastened on Lap 248 of Saturday’s race, careening into the wall to carry out the purple flag:
After the race resumed, Siegel’s teammate Pato O’Ward took residence the win.
In a press release from the workforce, Siegel expressed his disappointment at not being cleared to race on Sunday after the workforce gave him a “rocket” for the weekend.
“There’s no place I’d reasonably be than on the market driving at the moment, particularly from P5, one among my greatest beginning positions of the season,” stated Siegel. “I do know I’m in good palms with the INDYCAR Medical Staff and thank them for the nice care they supply us drivers. Most of all, I really feel for the 6 automotive crew. They gave me a rocket this weekend and put in a ton of labor final evening with hopes we’d be racing at the moment. They need to be on the market combating for podium, and we’ll be again quickly to just do that.”
Arrow McLaren Staff Principal Tony Kanaan outlined how he sympathized together with his younger driver, having been in his sneakers earlier than.
“I’ve been there, I understand how Nolan feels not racing at the moment. It’s the worst feeling on the planet. A very powerful factor, although, is that he’s match to race, and sadly that’s not the case at the moment,” stated Kanaan. “It was a tricky resolution to park the automotive, however we’ve been by means of this earlier than. We simply discovered this morning he’s not cleared, and we determined the perfect factor for the workforce is to not rush into switching drivers this weekend. It’s an excessive amount of of a shuffle and pointless stress once we’re proper again to racing in Toronto in every week.”
Concerning subsequent week’s race, the Arrow McLaren boss made it clear the workforce could have a contingency plan if Siegel isn’t cleared in time.
“After at the moment, we’ll need to make a contingency plan in case Nolan’s not cleared to race in Toronto, however at the moment, that is the perfect for the workforce,” added Kanaan.
May that contingency plan be the previous Indy 500 winner himself? Kanaan participated in a refresher take a look at forward of this 12 months’s Indianapolis 500, in case he wanted to slip into Kyle Larson’s seat because the NASCAR champion tried “The Double.”
