Alonso crashes on 2nd day of Indy 500 practice

INDIANAPOLIS -- McLaren's highly anticipated return to the Indianapolis 500 got off to a brutal start Wednesday following Fernando Alonso's crash on the second day of practice.

Alonso hit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway wall three times and heavily damaged the car McLaren built in its England factory when he lost control exiting the third turn as he followed Graham Rahal. His car smacked the wall, shot across the track, through the grass and into an interior wall, then went back across the track and into the wall again.

"I think it was just pure understeer that I didn't expect," Alonso said. "I was running a bit close to another car and suddenly midcorner I lost completely the front grip. I…