IndyCar rookie Pietro Fittipaldi is to leave hospital in Belgium this week and head to Indianapolis to be treated by Dr. Terry Trammell and Dr. Steve Olvey for his leg injuries, incurred in WEC's round at Spa-Francorchamps last weekend. Fittipaldi was going through the renowned and quick Eau Rouge downhill left-right sequence during qualifying when his DragonSpeed BR Engineering BR1 went out of control, and skidded hard into the barriers. The shunt caused an open fracture in the Brazilian’s left leg, and a break near the ankle of his right leg. The accident came a week before the 21-year-old was due to make his second IndyCar start of the season on the Indianapolis GP road course, and...
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