Yesterday, the Indycar was to ensure that the series had all the facts linked to the discovery of the modified attenuators on the entries of the Penske team of numbers 2 and 12 to verify that they violated rule 14.7.8.16 of the Indycar. After the series confirmed the technical offense, by rule, the violating cars were placed in the last positions of the qualification session for which they qualified.
After a more in -depth review last night and early this morning, Indycar will move cars n ° 2 and 12 to the 32nd and 33rd departure positions for Indianapolis 500 of this year presented by Gainbridge. They will start in order on the basis of their qualification times from Saturday.
“The integrity of Indianapolis 500 is essential, and this violation of the Indycar rule against the modification of this part and using it” as supplied “, said the president of Indycar, J. Douglas Boles. “The penalty should be more than just starting where cars may have qualified anyway, if they have the opportunity. The cars belong to the land as two of the fastest 33; However, starting on the tail on the ground is the appropriate penalty in this case. ”
The car n ° 3 did not try to qualify on Sunday in the top 12 due to an accident in the training of the previous afternoon. When examining the car and the Indycar chargeing attenuator No. 3, Indycar noted that the car was actually using a legal and not modified attenuator. Consequently, car n ° 3 will start in 10th place – the last place of those who qualified to participate in the Top 12.
In addition, Indycar suspends the team’s strategists for n ° 2 and 12 for the rest of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, the two cars will lose the qualification points of Indianapolis 500, and each entry has been sentenced to a fine of $ 100,000.
Cars n ° 2 and 12 will also lose their pit positions and select their pit boxes after the rest of the field to adapt accordingly.
“The positive momentum around the NTT Indycar series and the Indianapolis 500 has been on a steep crescendo in recent months, and we want it to be clear that our intention is to maintain this momentum and to discourage the teams from putting Indycar in positions where it calls for the integrity of the offer of our officer and the level of the playground,” said Boles. “While we look at the rest of the week and the race this weekend, we will do everything possible to clearly indicate that it is not only the best race on the planet, but the race where the best victory in completely equitable conditions.”
