OPINION: Team Penske’s double disqualification for illegal push-to-pass overtake system use from the IndyCar opener at St.
On track, the IndyCar Series offers the most competitive open-wheel racing on the planet, including one of its greatest races in the Indy 500. Off track, it’s an absolute basket case and its appetite for self-harm has reached a new level. The storm that blew up around Team Penske last week is just the latest in a string of dysfunctional mishaps to roll your eyes at.
The difficulty with this whole situation is people expect that we were trying to circumvent the rules with the software, and honestly, we weren’t.” But here’s the chaser: Penske’s three drivers – all top-tier champions – all behaved differently in the St. Petersburg opener. Will Power didn’t use it at all, which meant he wasn’t disqualified but was given a points penalty for the illegal software. Scott McLaughlin used it once for 1.
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