Justin Wilson injured in crash

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93665

Simon Pagenaud will stand in for Justin Wilson at Dreyer & Reinbold in qualifying for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio after the Briton was injured in second practice on Saturday morning.

"It looks like he will be out for today for sure so we are going to have Simon qualify the car and we are prepared if Simon needs to be our driver in the race - if Justin can't get back – then we will go in that direction also."

Pagenaud has already made one start for D&R in 2011 having stood in for Ana Beatriz at Alabama back in April and tested impressively for the team at Mid-Ohio last week.

"All those things made it easy for the choice, because there is a level of familiarity with Simon and the two parties," said Reinbold. "He has been great to work with.

"He didn't have much equipment so we got a seat from Vitor to help out, we have got Bourdais' driver suit and equipment – we borrowed things from about everybody in the paddock."
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Let's all hope that he heals quickly and that there are no residual issues from his back injury. I found it quite interesting that Simon took the exact same ride during the race - but not before track officials made a move to alter that portion of the track.

Get Well Soon, Justin!
 
robbybee said:
Let's all hope that he heals quickly and that there are no residual issues from his back injury. I found it quite interesting that Simon took the exact same ride during the race - but not before track officials made a move to alter that portion of the track.

Get Well Soon, Justin!
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Simon's didn't look as violent though, like he stabbed the brakes and scrubbed speed while he could.
 
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