> Two laps later, with Grosjean a lap down and his three teammates just in front or behind, the driver was ordered over the radio to block approaching traffic for the others to gain positions - a responsibility that, at least when it came to Rossi, Grosjean thoroughly denounced. > On Lap 70, Rossi ran straight through the apex in Turn 6, running rookie Devlin DeFrancesco off-track. 26 Honda well wide and into the grass - a move the Swiss-born Frenchman took blame for after the race, saying he misjudged the move. > On Lap 64, Grosjean slid into Colton Herta on the inside in Turn 2 and pushed the No. > A couple laps later during the caution for Grosjean's stall, Rossi notably swerved into the side of Grosjean, initiating additional unnecessary contact - which he summed up post-race as "just a racing incident." 28 Honda stopped only after it slid into the tire barrier, and he had to be towed out by the AMR Safety Team and fell a lap down. The wheel-to-wheel contact knocked the steering wheel from Rossi's hands, forcing him to miss the apex and directing both cars well off-track. Though unsuccessful, with Rossi forcing him into the grass, Grosjean attempted the same move in the same spot the following lap. > Alexander Rossi and Romain Grosjean shared contact during a Lap 57 restart in Turn 2, with the latter on the softer red tires trying to make a move around the outside. "That's the way it will be going forward." "Racing is a passionate sport, and we have four highly-competitive drivers however, we are one team at Andretti, and our drivers need to remember that we expect them to work together for the betterment of the team. Sunday's display was disappointing and unacceptable and not the way we operate - on or off the track," Andretti said in the statement. "Our race results at Mid-Ohio did not go as planned.
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