Team Penske explained why the technical inspection failed during the Indy 500 qualifying round.
Josef Newgarden and Will Power were set to compete in 12 fast sections of Sunday running.
However, they were dramatically disqualified before going to the track, and their rivals have already begun their first qualifying run.
The first Team Pensuke removed the rear wing of the Power car.
However, in the future, Indycar banned both cars from starting qualifying and failed them with technical inspections.
“Essentially, the #12 car passed the inspection,” explained Tim Sindrick.
“When #2 car did an inspection, officials didn’t like the blend line of attenuators.
“The #12 car was the same way. It was the same as the #2 car so there was no reason to drive a #12 car. I didn’t like the #2 car.
“I went back to look at the #3 car, but it wasn’t.
“Internally, there is randomness and you need to sort that out.
“My understanding is that #12 was tested, but the staff didn’t like #2.
“When I asked if I could change or change it before I ran, I was initially understood that I might be able to do that.
“If I was one of my competitors, I have the same argument. Once I pass the inspection, I’m allowed to change certain things: the angle of the wing or the pressure of the tire. This was outside of what you could do.
“We didn’t do that right.
“There’s a seam in the attenuator. We obviously filled that seam in some of our attenuators, but for the others we didn’t.
“I think it’s optional. I saw other cars that crashed, but it wasn’t like those.
“If #2 and #12 cars were the same, we couldn’t put our cars in danger.”
As a result, Team Penskeeper will start the Indy 500 in the fourth row.
