“You make the moves to win, so it hurts to not be able to bring an opportunity to the city for a championship,” Towns said. “We’ve got a bunch of great guys in that locker room and the plan now is just to put ourselves in this position again and succeed next time.”
“The issue didn’t lead to any performance gain, the car ended up being non-compliant with the rules at the end of the race, so the team accepts full responsibility,” Prema said. “The team is currently investigating the root of the problem. We look forward to implementing the needed procedures to ensure improved control and avoid these kinds of issues in the future.”Doug Boles, the president of IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said at the annual Monday night awards ceremony that Ericsson, Kirkwood and Ilott were all given the opportunity to skip the event but showed anyway.
“To a man, Marcus, Kyle and Callum, all said ‘We would not miss an opportunity to come to the victory banquet for the greatest race on earth,’” Boles said. “And that tells you the character of the drivers who are in the cars in the IndyCar Series.”Ericsson, already devastated by his second runner-up finish in the biggest race of the world, said the disqualification was another blow.“I don’t know the details enough, it’s so fresh and the team is reviewing it all,” Ericsson said before the awards ceremony. “It’s obviously very harsh penalties, but if that’s the rules, then that’s the rules. We respect the integrity of the sport.”
IndyCar’s inspection process came under scrutiny a week before the race, when the Team Penske cars of two-time winnerwere found to have had unapproved modifications to the rear shock-absorbing attenuator.
Newgarden and Power were unable to compete in the second round of qualifying, and instead had to start in the final row of the 11-row grid. Newgarden ended up having a fuel pump issue and finished 25th and Power finished 19th, though both of them will move up three spots following the penalties to Andretti Global and Prema Racing.
“This is a moment that I think we all can use to move forward because in our most difficult times is when true character is shown,” Boles said. “As a community, we’re going to get stronger. We’re going to get better. We’re going to show everyone why weFoods rich with umami flavor include:
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