Marcus Ericsson has misplaced his second place end within the Indianapolis 500 as a consequence of a technical violation, IndyCar introduced on Monday.
Publish-race checks revealed that the Andretti-entered vehicles of Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood used “modified Power Administration System (EMS) covers and cover-to-A-arm mounting factors with unapproved spacers and components”.
This was in contravention of three totally different rules, together with Rule 14.3.1 which mandates that “all components offered by an Permitted Provider should be used as provided with out modification except in any other case authorized by INDYCAR and said in these Guidelines or in replace bulletins.”
As such, Ericsson and Kirkwood have been relegated to thirty first and thirty second place respectively within the ultimate classification for the race, whereas IndyCar has been hit with a effective of $100,000 for every entry.
Ericsson had completed a detailed runner-up to race winner Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing whereas Kirkwood was initially categorised sixth.
The third automobile to fail technical checks was that of Prema driver Callum Ilott, who has been demoted to thirty third and final within the up to date order. He had provisionally finishedthe race in twelfth place.
In Ilott’s case, the automobile didn’t meet the minimal endplate top and placement specification, breaking rule 14.7.6.8 and 14.7.6.4 of the collection’ technical rules.
As was the case with Andretti, Prema has been fined a $100,000.
Additional, the crew managers of all three entries have been suspended for one race.
