A photograph alternative for the Rahal Letterman Lanigan crew induced the primary hiccup in preparations for the Indianapolis 500 when Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin practically crashed Thursday.

The observe opened as scheduled for follow, and defending race winner Takuma Sato slowed alongside Indy 500 teammates Graham Rahal and Santino Ferrucci for a three-wide picture alternative on the entrance stretch.

McLaughlin noticed the three RLL automobiles had slowed to a crawl forward of him and adjusted his pace as he drove via the fourth flip. However Herta was unaware and needed to rapidly keep away from McLaughlin alongside the wall to keep away from a full collision.

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Each Herta and McLaughlin instantly returned to pit lane to examine for potential repairs, with Herta estimating he would miss not less than an hour of follow.

“I am doing 220 [mph] and coming via the nook, and these idiots are doing 170, it is simply ridiculous,” Herta stated.

McLaughlin spoke with Herta after.

“The Rahal automobiles have been attempting to get a pleasant little picture and I simply checked up, and Colton got here via and he caught me in a short time and it is exhausting to examine up,” McLaughlin stated. “I do not actually know what occurred. It is the primary lap of the morning.”

IndyCar stated it was reviewing the incident and didn’t rule out attainable penalties towards the Rahal crew. RLL didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Ferrucci turned the primary to crash throughout Indy 500 follow this Could when he spun and hit the Flip 2 wall Thursday afternoon. Indianapolis Motor Speedway medical director Dr. Geoffrey Billows stated Ferrucci would endure additional testing on his left leg after the crash.

The Related Press contributed to this report.