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INDY 500: Castroneves - Hildebrand cost me shot at win

Helio Castroneves hit out at JR Hildebrand for costing him a shot at a fourth Indianapolis 500 victory in the 100th running of the event. Contact from Hildebrand on lap 162 of the 200-lap race damaged the left-rear wheel pod on Castroneves' Team Penske Dallara-Chevrolet. He was able to pit and change the entire rear-wing assembly under a yellow, but could finish only 11th. When asked what happened, Castroneves said: "Go ask him. He was behind so I have no idea. "I felt a bump and basically that put us in a situation that was almost impossible to come back from. I'm really, really, really upset. I have to be careful what I say so I don't regret it later on. "With that...
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