Workforce Penske have defined why they failed a technical inspection throughout Indy 500 qualifying.
Josef Newgarden and Will Energy had been set to compete within the Quick 12 part of Sunday’s working.
However they had been dramatically each disqualified earlier than they took to the observe, and with their rivals already beginning their first qualifying runs.
First Workforce Penske eliminated the rear wing of Energy’s automotive.
However then IndyCar forbid both automotive to start qualifying, failing them in a technical inspection.
“Basically the #12 automotive handed inspection,” Tim Cindric defined.
“Because the #2 automotive went via inspection, the officers didn’t just like the mix line on the attenuator.
“The #12 automotive was the identical manner. There was no motive to run the #12 automotive as a result of it was the identical because the #2 automotive. They usually didn’t just like the #2 automotive.
“I went again to take a look at the #3 automotive nevertheless it didn’t have that.
“There’s a randomness, internally, which we have to kind out.
“My understanding is that the #12 went via inspection however the officers didn’t just like the #2.
“Once we requested if we might modify or change that earlier than we ran. It was understood, initially, that we’d be capable of do this.
“If I used to be one of many opponents I’d have the identical argument, that you just’re solely allowed to alter sure issues when you cross inspection. Wing angles or tyre stress. This was exterior of what you’re in a position to do.
“We didn’t do it proper.
“There’s a seam on the attenuator. We’d stuffed that seam on evidently a few of our attenuators. However on others we hadn’t.
“I believe it’s an arbitrary factor. I checked out different automobiles which crashed and it wasn’t like these.
“As soon as I knew the #2 and the #12 automobiles had been the identical, there was no use to place our automobiles in danger.”
Workforce Penske automobiles will start the Indy 500 on the fourth row, consequently.
