Penske confirm new race strategists at Indy 500 for Josef Newgarden, Will Power

Team Penske announc🐠e personnel changes for Indy 500 after executives depart

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Team Penske have confirmed their reshuffl⛎ed personnel for the Indy 500.

The 109th♉ running of the iconic event is on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway but has been mired in controversy surrounding Team Penske.

Josef Neꦓwgar꧙den and Will Power’s cars failed technical inspections during last weekend’s qualifying, prohibiting them from taking the part.

An illegal attenuator on the rear of each car was spotted, meaning the Penske duo were punished with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:drops 🍷to the bꦯack of the 33-car starting grid.

Team owner Roger Penske reacted to the fury within the IndyCar paddock by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:parting w💝ays with three executives.

Tim Cindric and Ron Ruzewski lost th🍌eir jobs but were also, crucially, the respective race strategists for Newgarde💎n and Power.

Those roles have now been reassi𒀰gned f🔯or the 2025 Indy 500.

Team Penske announce personnel changes for Indy 500

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Penske

Luke Mason is the new strategist, and Raul Prados the lead engineer, on Newgarden’s #2 Chevrolet.

Ben Bretzman is the race strategist, and Malcom Finch the lead engineer, on Scott McLaughlin’s #3 Chevrolet. McLaughlin’s car did not vio𓆏late any rules and he wa✅s not hit with any penalties.

Jonathan Diuguid is the new race strategist, and David Faustino the new lead eꩵngineer, for Power’s #12 Veri🌱zon Chevrolet.

Newgarden, seeking a third straight win at the Indy 500 which no driver 🔜has ever achieved, must start 32nd on the grid.

Power is at the back of the field.

Reassigning the key personnel for Newgarden and Power is tea💧m owner Roger Penske’s latest task in a controversial𒀰 week.

He had to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:bat away fears from Pato O’Ward that las💧t year’s winning car, belonging t🦄o Newgarden, had similarly illegal modifications to this year’s.

Roger Penske was also involved in a discussion with fellow team owners - and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖♎结果历史:revealཧed the promises that he made to them.

Chip Ganassi had previously insisted that Team Penske, who own IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, must be168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: held to a higher standard than other teams.

McLaren’s Zak Brown criticised the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“integrity” of Team Penske who have become emℱbroiled in their second scandal in two years.

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