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Surfers Paradise, Australia
A flick of the wheel broke Wilson's wrist and sidelined the Briton for the remainder of the Surfers weekend. (LAT Photo) » More Photos
WILSON INJURED, SIDELINED FOR SURFERS PARADISE WEEKEND
Justin Wilson suffered a broken right wrist as the result of a strange accident during the pre-qualifying practice session today at Surfers Paradise. Wilson clipped a tire stack – encased in a rubber sleeve – at the apex of one of the track's chicane. The rubber sleeve apparently "grabbed" the right-front tire, wrenching Wilson's steering wheel around and injuring his wrist in the process. Wilson, who currently stands third in the Champ Car points race, has been ruled out of for the remainder of the Lexmark 300 weekend and his status for the season finale at Mexico City on November 10-12.
Justin Wilson suffered a fracture of the scaphoid bone in his right wrist," said Champ Car Medical Director Chris Pinderski. "The fracture will preclude him from participating this weekend and he will be re-evaluated upon his return to the United States."
ROUGH DAY FOR RuSPORT
Wilson's injury capped a miserable day for RuSPORT, for moments after his incident, new teammate Ryan Briscoe crashed in the second chicane, damaging the left front of the No. 10 Ford-Cosworth-powered Lola beyond immediate repair. Thus Briscoe did not record a time in the qualifying session, hardly the Champ Car debut he might have hoped for in his home country.
Ryan Briscoe (LAT photo) » More Photos
"Obviously it is a big disappointment not to be able to turn
DITTO FOR FORSYTHE
Things were not much better for Forsythe Championship Racing, although at least both A.J. Allmendinger and Paul Tracy finished the day in one piece. But not before Tracy clobbered the wall in the high-speed VB Chicane in the latter stages of the morning practice and Allmendinger tattooed the wall in Turn Eight in the waning moments of qualifying.
Tracy's Lola was rendered hors d'combat with its left front A-arm punched through the tub, while the front of Allmendinger's tub was well and truly crunched as the result of a near-head-on impact.
The good news is Allmendinger turned some quick laps before his crash. The bad news is he forfeited his best lap of 1:31.677 (good enough for the outside of the front row) for causing a red flag with his crash. The good news is that his second best lap of the session – 1:32.536 – was good enough for fifth on the grid.
Meanwhile, although Tracy's crew rolled his back-up car out for qualifying, a fuel leak developed as soon as they fired up the engine. They were unable to solve the problem before the session ended, leaving PT with no qualifying time on the day.
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