Felix Rosenqvist has revealed that it was concussion symptoms, and not any broken bones, that kept the Swede out of the car in Road America in late June.
Rosenqvist suffered a heavy crash in the first race of the Detroit Grand Prix, and was transported to a local hospital as a precaution after being extracted from his car.
He was not able to compete in the second race of the weekend, and also was forced onto the sidelines for the next weekend’s race in Road America.
In a media call leading up to the Mid-Ohio weekend, Rosenqvist confirmed that it was concerns over lingering concussion-like symptoms that kept him out of the car an extra weekend.
He suffered no broken bones and there was no physical reason he could not have competed in Road America one week after his crash, as long as he would have been able to deal with the lingering muscle pain.
But an evaluation by IndyCar’s medical team revealed that he was suffering mild symptoms of a concussion, and the decision was made to keep him out of the car for an additional race.
Kevin Magnussen was called up to make his IndyCar debut in the #7 AMSP Chevy at Road America, but Rosenqvist has now been cleared to climb behind the wheel once again.
A regimen of rest combined with as little screen time as possible over the last two weeks helped the 29-year-old feel completely recovered for this weekend’s race at Mid-Ohio.
Rosenqvist will get his first on-track time since his crash later this afternoon at 2:30 PM EDT.
