Nashville: 9th Pagenaud After the Storm

Simon Pagenaud’s New Top 10 (Mayer Shank Racing). Seventh this season. Despite mechanical problems, the French driver finished the Nashville Grand Prix in ninth place, Sunday evening in the capital of Tennessee, where the 14th round of the IndyCar season took place. Another year on the urban circuit. If Bagignod, who had remained in three complex outings, above all ranked seventh out of the top ten for him, retained even more in such conditions, the organizers, for their part, would have persisted more in this terrible storm which forced them to delay the start. Hour race. Then, once this race started, there were several off-track crashes, collisions and other crashes (other French driver Romain Grosjean (Andretti), who started second, was unfortunate, four laps of access) that caused Red flags, with eight champions in total marking the meeting. Baginud was not spared. However, he did more than limit the damage with this seventh place, which he actually finished halfway through the race after playing the main roles for some time.

Baginud: ‘All in all, it’s not bad’

Crazy racing! I felt like today was a chance to win. The team did a great job. The car was a lot of fun to drive, even with fighting through a mechanical problem the majority of the race. Great finish overall with a ninth place. It’s good to have a positive result after the last few races. pic.twitter.com/7PXV98V9do

—Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) August 8, 2022

After 25 laps, Montmorillonnais found himself in second place. And from there things went downhill for the one who promised to raise his head in Nashville, and who succeeded, even if he freaked out on Sunday and returned to 14th place. Upon arrival, So he’s fairly relieved and glad he left the tub. “Around lap 25 I started to have a problem at the back end, something was slipping and I lacked acceleration when coming out of the turns. Getting ninth with such a problem in the whole race was not a bad thing at all. The car was really fun. Driving. It was The circuit is very bumpy and the fight between the cars was intense. It wasn’t easy but we got some points. It’s good to be positive after the last races.” Next meeting of Pagenaud, twelfth in the general classification, New Zealander Scott Dixon, winner on Sunday, and the other drivers: At Gateway on August 20.