Graham Rahal apologized on Sunday for causing a crash during the first lap of the Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway.
Rahal misjudged a corner and took out several cars on the first lap of the race:
Du grand Graham Rahal. #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/cWFGoRIpgv
— Maxime. (@MaximeB123) September 1, 2019
Making a mistake like that — especially on the first lap — is pretty awful.
Rahal’s error knocked himself out of the race, Zach Veach, and both Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports cars. Rahal was receiving hate online for his mistake — which was particularly costly to driver Conor Daly — and apologized on Twitter, saying he was “disappointed” with himself.
I’m disappointed in myself for the first corner incident, and sorry to those who’s races it affected. The last 2 years have been certainly “trying” and that came to a head today. Contrary to every twitter troll on the planets claims, I certainly never intend to do that.
— Graham Rahal (@GrahamRahal) September 1, 2019
Impressive and mature ownership of Lap 1 incident from @GrahamRahal: "I just messed up, misjudged it. I lost my depth there in the pack, not just a little, but a lot. I screwed up. I don't know what else you want me to say."
— Jenna Fryer (@JennaFryer) September 1, 2019
Penske’s Will Power won the race while teammate Josef Newgarden finished fifth.
