Roger Penske has opened up on what♌ he told frustrated rivals after his team’s violation in Indy 500 qualify🥂ing.

The cars belonging to Will Power and Josef N✨ewgarden dramatically failed a technical inspection during Fast 12 Qualifying and were not allowed to head out.

Team Penske were hit with a fine, and more significantly must start both of their cars at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:back of the 33-car starting grid.

Some rival drivers have suggested Newgarden and Power should have been ꦑforced into Last Chancꦯe Qualifying, risking their participation in the race.

The fallout continued when Roger Penske r🌠elieved three se♍nior executives - including Tim Cindric - of their jobs.

Cindric was also involved in last year’s ‘push to pass’ scanꦬdal.

Roger Penske told Fo🔜x that he held a call with other team owners to explain what went wrong at the weekend.

"People ༺have come to me and said ‘you are supposed to be a leader of this spoꦿrt and here you have these two situations’,” Penske said.

“I think🔥 the integrity of this sport… I didn't help it any.

"From my perspective, what I've got to do - and I told this to the team owne𒐪rs - I've got to take the role on along with the Penske Entertainment leadership, and gain back that credibility.

“I know that the speedway here this weekend is a world-class event, the best racing event in the world. The last thing Iꦯ want to do is tarnish it with any ki⛦nd of issues from the standpoint of any inspections, or any rules violations.

"We've got to make✨ it better. I have to help do that in a way that I'm not affecting anything beneficial for our team."

Roger Penske on Tim Cindric's exit

Chip Ganassi pointed out that, because Penske owns IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motorway Speedway, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:hisꦰ team must be held to an even gr♔eater standard.

Penske admitted a second controversy in two years was painful as he discussed getting rid of three top exec🦄utives.

"I'll really have to go back four-and-a-half years ago whe🍌n we bought the speedway and I said ‘I would invest capital, g✃et the best people and we'd take the series IMSP and certainly in [the] motor speedway into higher levels.'

“I think we've done that. Then, I look at my right hand and I say ‘Whꦿat about Team Penske?’

“When I thﷺink about Team Penske… we really have had an organisational failure two times. Not once, but🔯 two times.

"Believe me,🤡 it hurts me in my gut when you think about it.

“But I look at it this way - there's a certain amount of credibil♛ity you have to have. It's integrity, individually and cไollectively, our team and the sport.

“I think we let people downꦗ. I made some management changes that we announce📖d and I think we'll move on.

“Our goal is to win the race this upcomi🍸ng weekend."

Roger Penske - a conflict of interest?

Penske addressed worries about a conflict of interest 📖because he owns IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"I've not beeꩵn on a pit box,” he said. “I've not been in race control. I'm not in inspections. I've got nothing to do with officiating, especially with the rules.

"No. 1, I can look at myse🌜lf in the mirror and say ‘I’ve d🐽one the right thing.'

“Obviously, we have not done a good job in the optics in the people outside of this. These two violations certainly show that I ne🌱ed to be more diligent.”

Penske 🗹hinted at a willingness to allow an outside organisation to legislate over IndyCar rules.

"For probably the last six months, we've talked internally as IndyCar, Mark Miles and Doug Boles, and some outside ♛input, on how we can be more independent from the operational side of the racing — inspection, race control, etc,” he said.

“So we certainly expect, and I would expect, 𓂃that the team at IndyCar and PE will take a look at that and we may take some action as 🧸we move forward.”