Scott McLaughlin crashed badly in practice to abruptly end hꦰis hopes of claiming pꩲole position for the Indy 500.

McLaugh𓄧lin ꧙was sent airborne as he wrecked his Team Penske car on Sunday afternoon, in the session prior to the second day of qualifying.

M🐻cLaughlin had qualified inside theꦅ top 12 on Saturday so progressed into Sunday’s running to decide pole.

But he spun at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, putting both hands on his helmet to ☂brace for impact, before smashing into the Turn 2 ꧂wall.

Team Penske said they’d start the Indy 500 from 12th and not run in qualifyi🐻ng on Sunday.

McLaughlin visited the medical centre but wasꦰ unscathed.

“I'm OK, I'm just really, really, really, really, really sorry for everyone at Team Penske," McLaughlin🍎 said.

“It was talking to me and I sort of felt it, and 🔜I probably should have♐ backed out.

“But you're trying to complete a run to see what it f🐠eels like and was it worth the risk?

“Probably wasn't. I'm incredibly sad.”

He also said: “They can build a new car for me, but I'm just really gutted more t🐎han anything.

“It's 🍨hard to take, like you wish it was for something, but it was for nothing, right? In practice.”

McLaughlin i🐼nsisted he got out of his car as quickly as possible to alleviate his wife’s fears.

Marcus Armstrong and Colton Herta also crashed b𒆙adly this weekend in Indianapolis.