IndyCar: Schmidt Peterson Motorsports reveal Robert Wickens’s injuries

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports have revealed the injuries suffered by Robert Wickens in the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway last month.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens was involved in a devastating crash in the IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, August 19, the ABC Supply 500, when his car flew above the SAFER barrier and into the catch fence.

The 29-year-old driver of the #6 Honda attempted to pass Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay on the first green flag lap and the seventh overall lap of the 200-lap race heading into turn two of the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Pocono Raceway triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

In doing so, the Canadian driver made contact with Hunter-Reay’s #28 Honda. As Hunter-Reay’s car spun up the track, it carried Wickens’s #6 Honda with it, which catapulted the #6 Honda above the SAFER barrier, into the catch fence and into a violent spin, which continued until several seconds after it landed on the track.

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Wickens was reportedly awake and alert after the accident when he was attended to by the AMR IndyCar Safety Team and the IndyCar medical staff. He was then airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pennsylvania for further evaluation. He has since undergone several surgeries and been transferred to Indiana University (IU) Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Wickens is set to continue to undergo treatments for the injuries that he suffered as a result of this crash, and he is set to be transferred to a rehabilitation center within the next few days so that he can begin the recovery process.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports revealed specific details regarding the injuries that the Guelph, Ontario native suffered as a result of this nasty crash. They revealed that he suffered a thoracic spinal fracture, a spinal cord injury, a neck fracture, tibia and fibula fractures to both of his legs, fractures in both of his hands, a fractured right forearm, a fractured elbow, four fractured ribs and a pulmonary contusion.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports released the following statement about the matter on Twitter.

Once again, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Robert Wickens and his friends, family and fans as he begins his road to recovery. We continue to hope and pray for him to have a speedy and full recovery so that he can return to IndyCar in the near future behind the wheel of the #6 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda.