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The IndyCar pilot, Felix Rosenqvist, was rushed to hospital after being involved in a dramatic wreckage of five cars shortly after starting a race at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania.
An ambulance took Chip Ganassi Racing driver from Sweden to hospital after the sinking by Takuma Sato in the first round.
Sato, Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi were treated and released from the on-site medical center.
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Sato, the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2017, said he thought it was clear then that he was trying to make an aggressive pass early in the race.
"I'm not really too aggressive," he said.
Rosenqvist's injuries were not considered life-threatening. IndyCar Medical Director Geoffrey Billows said Rosenqvist was walking and everything was going well.
Will Power won the short race, called with 72 laps to go because of the lightning and bad weather in the area.
IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist was hospitalized after being involved in a five-car wreck at Pocono. (Jeffrey Brown / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images, File)
Rosenqvist, 27, has been racing for over 10 years.
Rosenqvist first found a place on a single-seater in Asia in 2008 before moving to Europe as a driver of the Formula 3 series, where he won 13 races and the championship in 2015.
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A year later, Rosenqvist found himself in the Indy Lights series, a step lower than Indy cars. Rosenqvist has made a name for himself by winning three of the ten events that he has started and he has forged crucial links with the CGR team by testing them in Mid-Ohio in 2016 and 2017.
Rosenqvist won two races in Formula E a year ago, before landing a coveted seat with the Ganassi program, Indy.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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