After the tragic death of Dan Wheldon in the Las Vegas Indy 300 last weekend, Jean Alesi tells Autosport he still plans to compete in the Indy 500 next year for Lotus.
He said the passing of Wheldon had not made him change his mind, as he believes it is safe enough.
“Why should I? What happened at Las Vegas can’t happen in Indy: the banking there is negligible and most of all you never take it flat out except in qualifying,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport.
Source: Autosport – Alesi still planning to race at Indy despite Wheldon’s accident
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