Alexander Rossi said he kept trying to save his No. 7 Ryde Arrow McLaren Chevrolet from hitting the Turn 8 wall in Friday’s practice for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, but doing so cost him.

Rossi suffered a broken right thumb in the incident. He will be unable to compete in Sunday’s 85-lap race (1 p.m. ET, Peacock, INDYCAR Radio Network). It will be the first NTT INDYCAR SERIES race the 32-year-old Californian has missed since joining the series in 2016.

Rossi has eight series wins, including the 2016 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“First of all, I'm very thankful for all the men and women on the INDYCAR medical team and for all the great work they do,” Rossi said after being examined and released at the INDYCAR Medical Unit. “I do have a broken right thumb.

“It's unfortunate because the injury occurred when I almost made it around the corner and I didn't want to give up on it, so I didn't quite get my hands off the wheel in time. However, everyone seems optimistic about the kind of injury it is. We're going to take the next steps here and get ready for Gateway.”

After Sunday’s race, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES will be off three consecutive weekends as the Paris Olympics are held. The Bommarito Automotive Group at World Wide Technology Raceway is the next race on the schedule on Saturday, Aug. 17.

"We are just gutted for Alex and the entire 7 crew,” Arrow McLaren team principal Gavin Ward said. “We'll do everything we can to support him, and that is really what matters today.”

A replacement for the No. 7 car has not yet been announced.