PETA is not happy with IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean after a bird strike during testing

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The Indianapolis 500 open test is in the books, and one of the most-talked-about moments from it had nothing to do with a driver topping the time sheet and everything to do with him accidentally smoking some poor bird with his car.

And — I hope you're sitting down for this — PETA is not happy about it.

On Tuesday, Dale Coyne Racing's Romain Grosjean was traveling at 230 mph when his No. 18 Honda had a run-in with a bird that splattered it and Grosjean with every bit of goop that can be packed into a small bird's body.

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Dale Coyne Racing's Romain Grosjean waves to the crowd at the Children's Of Alabama Indy Grand Prix earlier this season. (Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Afterward, Grosjean laughed off the unfortunate incident, which could've been catastrophic had it not been for the Aeroscreen that IndyCar uses to protect the cockpit.

"I still have ⁠blood on my race suit; there were ​pieces of the bird on the rollbar. I ​couldn't see where I was going anymore; there's plenty on the aeroscreen," he said. "The helmet stinks, the ​seat stinks. I didn't get any chicken ​for lunch; I just walked past it."

Grosjean has had his share of scary moments, most notably a horrific, fiery crash in the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix when racing for the Haas F1 Team.

He handled the aftermath of that with a similar brand of humor, but that's what PETA wasn't happy about.

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"Birds have feelings, apparently more than Grosjean does, ​considering that ​he seemed ⁠more