News Details

J.R. Hildebrand suffers broken hand after Long Beach shunt

J.R. Hildebrand has broken a bone in his left hand following a last lap incident with Mikhail Aleshin in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Although Hildebrand had no more push-to-pass applications remaining, the Californian-born racer went to take the inside line as the duo approached the braking zone for Turn 1. Meanwhile Aleshin defended his position just enough for there to be contact, resulting in Hildebrand making contact with the Russian and running straight on into the run-off area.  Despite retiring from the race Hildebrand was still officially classified 11th, one position ahead of Aleshin who managed to continue circulating albeit with damage to the rear of his car....
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hildebrand breaks hand in last lap clash with Aleshin

Mikhail Aleshin was penalised for his part in the incident that left JR...

Hildebrand suffers hand injury at Long Beach

JR Hildebrand's participation in the next Verizon IndyCar Series race at...
-6y from Racer.com

Hildebrand sustains hand injury in crash

– J. R. Hildebrand is to undergo a medical evaluation this week...
-6y from GPUpdate.net

Hildebrand looks to shed 'oval specialist' rep

JR Hildebrand has a couple of messy entries in his Verizon IndyCar Series...
-6y from Racer.com

Comments

comments powered by Disqus

2015 IndyCarToday.com
IndyCarToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with IndyCar.