The leadership of the IndyCar Series addressed the media on Friday afternoon to discuss the disciplinary actions put down on Team Penske and changes moving forward.
IndyCar officials disqualified St. Petersburg race winner Josef Newgarden and third-place finisher Scott McLaughlin for illegally using the overtake in last month’s season-opener. Despite having access to the same overtake as his Team Penske team-mates, Will Power did not receive the same punishment after data showed no wrongful use. Instead, he received a 10-point deduction, but his finish was elevated to second after the disqualification of Newgarden and McLaughlin.
We visually observed them fixing the issue with the car, the CLU.” Explaining the timeline All of this begged the question of how this issue wasn’t found during or directly after the St. Petersburg weekend. “Obviously, we did not catch it at St. Pete,” Frye said. “That's on us, right? So, we have to go back and evaluate what we did or what we didn't do at that point. There's been talk about the amount of time it took from St. Pete to Long Beach to address this. “Obviously, if St.
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