"Purposefully wrecking someone in a 150mph corner is just pure insanity. That’s not racing. It’s inexcusable. The driving standards, for some, are a joke right now. That means you [Christian Rasmussen]."

It’s safe to say Conor Daly was not happy with the spectacular crash that ended his Portland IndyCar race, which he blamed on Christian Rasmussen.

Rasmussen - the 2023 Indy NXT champion - certainly is aggressive in his wheel-to-wheel combat and hasn’t always made friends with the way he’s approached his racecraft, especially on ovals. Although, asked about that by The Race earlier this year he pointed out he’d had no penalties and other drivers had done stuff he didn’t agree with either.

However, it’s hard to apportion much blame to Daly here.