ZAK Brown: Indy 500 Scandal raises questions about Penske's "Integrity"

The head of McLaren Racing, Zak Brown, said the scandal, the team Penske in front of the Indy 500 through the integrity of his decision -makers.

It was found that Penske illegally changed the rear accentuator on Josef Newgarden's cars and Will Power on Sunday and sent shock waves over the paddock.

Neither Newgarden nor Power took part in the top -12 shootings after Penske pulled both cars from the net after the controversy.

Indycar was forced to issue a series of punishments against Penske on Monday, with each entry being fined with a fine of $ 100,000 and their respective strategists were suspended for the rest of the month.

In addition, Newgarden and power for the 109th run of the race were sent into the back of the network in order to achieve their chances of another profit in order to give their respective parts a further victory.

Every scandal with Team Penske receives additional weight, with team boss Roger Penske also has Indycar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and thus causes a potential conflict of interest.

Brown, the head of the rival Arrow McLaren team, suggested that Penske deliberately changed the rear accentuator for Newgarden and Power and said it was not a “honest mistake”.

“What kind of shame will this cloud continue to float over our big race until everything is completely solved,” said Brown of the Associated Press.

“I am very concerned, just like my co-owners that Team Penske was found for the second time in two seasons with a technical violation of a multi-car large area.

“In racing, you can sometimes have mechanics who do miscalculations and sometimes have manufacturing problems that can all lead to honest mistakes.

“I don't think this has happened here or last year, which raises questions about the integrity of decision -making in this team.”

The rival teams wondered whether Penske was smoothed away on the opening day of the qualification seams with the cars of Newgarden and power.

Brown accused the technical director of Indycar, Kevin Blanch, not for alleged negligence, but the series has to do better work to recognize technical violations.

“It is clear that Indycar needs more depth and technical resources to examine and recognize violations, obviously or not,” continued Brown. “Although I appreciate Indycar's position and support to bring these two cars on the back of the field, there is obviously a question mark on their compliance on Saturday.

“When it turns out that this technical violation of their cars was when they qualified on Saturday, it is incredibly unfair that Jacob Abel and his team were pushed by non -compliant cars.

“However, I fully trust Roger Penske's commitment to look at this situation and ensure that such a wrong is fixed.”

Josef Newgarden, Penske

This is the second time in two years that Penske was caught in a fraudulent scandal after it was found that all three drivers, including Scott McLaughlin, were available to you at racing starts and restarts of the St. Petersburg race in 2024.

This was an illegal software that Penske used, and led Indycar to disqualify both the racing winner Newgarden and the Podium Finisher McLaughlin from the race. The performance escaped the sanction because it did not use the P2P button in a limited zone.

The latest controversy has led to Indycar further present to separate the official procedure and to lead an independent body on the regulatory side of the series.

In response to the drama, the recently appointed Indycar President Teig Boles said that Roger Penske played a limited role in the daily course of the championship.

He also revealed that Roger Penske was “destroyed” on the ground that his team led an illegal role in qualifying for the Indy 500.

“I don't think Roger Penske understands some of the things that may be going on,” said Boles.

“I get the optics challenge and it is definitely something we should think about.

“While (problems) rounds up to Roger at the end of the day, in my opinion you are certainly below him. There are things that happen that never come to Roger.

ZAK Brown: Indy 500 Scandal raises questions about Penske's “Integrity”

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