There was a lot of drama on Monday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway while the teams practiced for Indianapolis 500 (Midi and, Fox) and major penalties were inflicted on two teams.
In weather conditions (light winds and temperatures in the mid -1970s) which should be like the day of the race, Alex Palou, in the Honda n ° 10 of Ganassi Racing, delivered the fastest Tour (226.765 MPH) of the two -hour session, followed by the quadruple winner Indy 500 Helio Castroneves and Takuma Sato.
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Kyle Larson de Nascar filmed in the fastest 11th round (225.056 MPH) while it was refreshed with the n ° 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. The car entered the training on Monday with only two qualification races of four laps after the repairs were necessary after the accident of Larson at the end of the pre-qualification sequence of Fast Friday.
The Nascar Cup Series championship chief had 82 laps during the session on Monday and was constantly among the 10 fastest cars. His team chose to train in Stop in the last minutes of the session.
“I thought it was decent,” said Larson. “I’m just trying to become a little raced sometimes to learn a little, but it’s so different in practice, I have the impression that more accordion opens the passes, where in the race, it’s a little more difficult to pass. It’s a little different from last year.”
Larson should become the fifth driver to participate in the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 from Nascar to Charlotte Motor Speedway (6 p.m. PM, Sun., Prime Video, Prime Radio, Siriusxm Nascar Radio) on the same day, securing his starting position on the Indy 33 because 33-car with a 21st qualification effort on Saturday.
The 32 -year -old Californian started fifth and finished 18th During the start in Indy of last year.
However, the champion of the Nascar 2021 Cup series returned from a 21st place in the Nascar Stars Race on Sunday evening in North Wilkesboro Speedway to discover that it will actually take place from 19th to 500. He – and the rest of the field – was raised two positions on the starting network Monday after a large penalty was given to a pair of former racing winners, Josef Josef.
Newgarden, who won the last two Indy, and Power, the 2018 Indianapolis winner, originally originally at the quick qualification session on Sunday and sought to face pole position. Instead, officials have found technical offenses – modified attenuators – on their ocs just before leaving on the right track. The cars were withdrawn from the qualification line and Monday morning, the Indycar series announced significant penalties.
Instead of TOP-12 starting positions on the grid, Newgarden and Power take place on Sunday 32nd and 33rd place, respectively. The Penske team was sentenced to a fine of $ 100,000 for each car. The racing strategists of the two teams were suspended for the Indy 500 on Sunday and the cars lost the qualification points of Indianapolis 500.
The third car of Penske, the n ° 3 driving by Scott McLaughlin, had a big accident on Sunday before the qualification session of the pole Top 12. Indycar officials did not find the same modified pieces on the car of McLaughlin, so it will always start the 10th.
The reverse did not seem to affect their pace on Monday. Power was the seventh smallest and Newgarden eighth. McLaughlin only did eight laps to shake up repairs to his car.
Robert Shwartzman of Prema Racing, 25, the first recruit in 43 years to win the Indy 500 Pole Position, finished 26th in the speedboard on Monday.
The traditional two -hour practice of Indianapolis 500, the “Carburate Day”, will take place on Friday from 11 p.m. to 1 p.m., followed by the popular “Pit Stop Challenge” at 2:30 pm.
