Rapid early exit into the tyres for Ascari.
Ascari's Le Mans effort looks to have ended early with a dramatic accident for Werner Lupberger in the #27 car as the rear suspension failed going in to Indianapolis.
As the rear left wheel pushed up into the car signifying the suspension collapse, the car bounced through the gravel and shed much of its bodywork.
Despite the car skidding along through the gravel, it was still travelling at high speed when it hit the tyre wall. Driver Lupberger is okay, but he remained in the car for quite a period, though he was moving about freely.
Ascari's Le Mans effort looks to have ended early with a dramatic accident for Werner Lupberger in the #27 car as the rear suspension failed going in to Indianapolis.
As the rear left wheel pushed up into the car signifying the suspension collapse, the car bounced through the gravel and shed much of its bodywork.
Despite the car skidding along through the gravel, it was still travelling at high speed when it hit the tyre wall. Driver Lupberger is okay, but he remained in the car for quite a period, though he was moving about freely.
Whilst the car certainly looks totalled, reports from the track, which initially confirmed the car was out of the race for good, now seem to suggest that the driver is setting about repairing the car to get it back to the pits.
