Pole-sitter Louis Foster crashes out of Markham IndyCar race

Louis Foster’s first IndyCar Series win push ended near the halfway point of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham after a crash following an inside move. The 23-year-old Briton started from pole and led control of the 90-lap race, but an untimely caution during the pit cycle forced him to pit before several rivals, dropping him after his lap-33 stop. A pair of cautions over the next seven laps set up a charge on the lap-40 restart, when Foster climbed from eighth to fourth by passing Alex Palou, Will Power and Graham Rahal. While discussing the narrow margins at the circuit, Foster pointed to concerns about concrete walls. On lap 43, his No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda clipped the inside wall of Turn 3 while attempting a move on Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson, sending him into the outside barrier nearly head-on and ending his day.