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

Team Penske announce personnel changes for Indy 50💃0 after executives depart

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Team Penske h🌞ave confirmed their reshuffled per🌌sonnel 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 Newgarden and Will Power’s cars failed technical inspections du꧒ring la📖st 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 back 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 ways with three ex✃ecutives.

Tim Cindric and Ron Ruzewski lost their jobs but were also, crucially, the respective race st🐻rategists for Newgarden and Power.

Those roles have now been reassigned for the 2025 Indy 50🔜0.

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 vi🐼olate any rules and he was not hit with any penalties.

Jonathan Diuguid is the new race strategist, and David Faustino the new lead engineer𒆙, for Power’s #12 Ve൲rizon Chevrolet.

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

Power is at the back of the field.

Reassigning the key personnel for Newgarden and Power is team own🔴er Roger Penske’💎s latest task in a controversial 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 last year’s winning car, belonging to Newgarden, had s🌠imilarly 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:r🉐evealed 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 embroiled in th♉eir second scandal in twဣo years.

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