Round 1: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, FL. March 8 - 10.

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

This paragraph says: ''An extensive review of data from the race on the streets of St. Petersburg revealed that Team Penske manipulated the overtake system so that the No. 2, 3 and 12 cars had the ability to use Push to Pass on starts and restarts. According to the IndyCar rulebook, use of overtake is not available during championship races until the car reaches the alternate start-finish line. It was determined that the No. 2 and the No. 3 gained a competitive advantage by using Push to Pass on restarts while the No. 12 did not.''


Pretty damning .

Originally Posted by E.B

Cindric in the Penske statement (in the racer article linked) admitted that yes they used it and he also acknowledged that it calls into question whether the unfair advantage was known to exist in advance.

Sprung bad it seems.

Thanks, I missed that part of the article.