Josef Newgarden and Team Penske face backlash after a push-to-pass controversy at St. Pete. Newgarden admits to an overtake assist usage due to accidental code left in the engine. Colton Herta criticizes the team, calling their excuses 'bullshit.' IndyCar officials address the penalties handed to Team Penske, stating no improprieties found in 2023. McLaren's Zak Brown expresses disappointment in Penske's explanations. HRC President David Salters and other key figures voice concerns over the scandal. Roger Penske meets with IndyCar team owners, apologizing for the team's actions.
How @IndyCar team owners described Roger Penske during Saturday's meeting: "Embarrassed." "Bothered." "Let down." "Candid." "Apologetic." https://t.co/5yRTsx7YeC
“I feel for Roger. That’s not how Roger works. I don’t think Roger Penske is a cheater.” Inside the last-minute @IndyCar team owners meeting Saturday in Barber, where Roger Penske apologized for & took responsibility for his team's cheating scandal. https://t.co/5yRTsx7YeC
Roger Penske summoned fellow @IndyCar team owners for an impromptu meeting ahead of qualifying at Barber Motorsports Park, following concerns raised by the disqualification of his cars at St. Petersburg 🤔 Full story ⬇️ https://t.co/aFmmVIaK1R
Roger Penske meets with #IndyCar team owners at Barber. @BruceMartin_500 with the story … https://t.co/TfdxlauSO1
Still dealing with the fallout of the P2P scandal, Roger Penske summoned #IndyCar team owners to an impromptu meeting before qualifying at Barber, which Michael Andretti says "went well." Reaction from him and other key players after the meeting ⬇️ https://t.co/dOoNX9UzjH
🗣️"It's a big concern." HRC President David Salters says he's unsettled by the "not helpful" recent developments surrounding Team Penske's illegal use of push-to-pass at IndyCar's St. Petersburg season-opener ⬇️ https://t.co/zKsZLbDmBx
🗣 "What's happened is very unfortunate" #Honda Racing Corporation President David Salters is unsettled by the developments surrounding #IndyCar and #Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske’s race team 👇 https://t.co/uF8ud9KyJk
🗣️"None of that I think stacks up." McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says he’s “disappointed in the various excuses” from Penske over the St. Petersburg IndyCar push-to-pass scandal 🤔 Full story ⬇️ https://t.co/kuOej4fki8
🗣 "I’m disappointed in the various excuses or explanations that the team and drivers have made because they don’t make a lot of sense" 🤨 McLaren's Zak Brown goes on the record over the Team Penske #IndyCar push-to-pass scandal 👇 https://t.co/uc2bPIRPb7
“You’re telling me no one on that stand was aware of the correct rules?” @GDubRacer stood on those @Team_Penske timing stands & sat in those engineering meetings & the @ArrowMcLaren team principal has some serious questions on stories that don’t add up. https://t.co/uMAUmDLXii
Some @IndyCar team executives said today that they'd like to see more transparency from the push-to-pass manipulation, whether more info released to them or even an independent investigation. 🔲 Mark Miles said IndyCar investigated back through '23 and teams now have that info. https://t.co/pPK3bTpiIa
Josef Newgarden explains IndyCar rules violation but admits it's 'not very believable' https://t.co/Ta47pqe0XF
NEW: @IndyCar president @JayRFrye & CEO Mark Miles say the investigation into @Team_Penske's wrongdoings is complete -- with no improprieties found across all of 2023. More on the intensive review & the preventive measures coming : https://t.co/a1xwDtmEmI
#IndyCar leadership talked about 'upholding the integrity of the sport' on Friday, saying of the Penske violations: “We did not catch it at St. Pete. That's on us, right? So, we have to go back and evaluate what we did or what we didn't do at that point." https://t.co/ExtYDK0jqR
From earlier this AM: @josefnewgarden knows how farcical this all sounds. Saying it out loud, he can hardly believe it himself. So he knows it will take time to rebuild trust in the paddock - trust that may never return, he acknowledges. https://t.co/1Y0mTRWxGz
#IndyCar ... Full Josef Newgarden press conference from today at Barber talking about the St. Pete infraction. https://t.co/VKsH8yNg1J
'You think we're all stupid?' IndyCar reacts to Team Penske's rules violations https://t.co/LKHAgyPHLz
Josef Newgarden press conference reactions are coming in from his peers. Colton Herta calls it 'bullshit and wrong' while Pato O'Ward is in the 'not buying it boat.' https://t.co/pFi1gYJjGs
🗣 "I had no recollection actually pushing it at St. Pete in the spot that I did – I genuinely, genuinely don't" Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin opens up on his #IndyCar disqualification Read more 👇 https://t.co/ks1JGRW35N
Writing about this right now, but a small group had a chance to speak with Jay Frye & Mark Miles about Team Penske’s massive penalties earlier this afternoon. Part of that conversation here 👇🏼 https://t.co/ozIde63Tlx
#IndyCar Pres. Jay Frye and CEO Mark Miles address penalties handed down to Team Penske for @GPSTPETE violations. Head to https://t.co/33Ugb8JEvw for stories/video via @By_NathanBrown---> https://t.co/nuCvw1bJ6n. #firestonegp https://t.co/b8lMkDM4Ce
“I know what happened. I know why it happened & I don’t think it’s very believable, even when I try to tell the story back. I don’t think any of us believe it will be believable, but it’s the truth." @josefnewgarden talks through his St. Pete DQ. https://t.co/1Y0mTRWxGz
"That's bulll----" @BruceMartin_500 has reaction from #IndyCar drivers on Josef Newgarden's explanation that he thought push-to-pass rules had been changed. ... Drivers also had much to say on the infraction by Penske drivers at Long Beach. https://t.co/VcDM4zY47W
Colton Herta is not tolerating any excuses and stated his respect level has changed for Josef Newgarden and the rest of Team Penske after #IndyCar push-to-pass controversy. Full story here⬇️ https://t.co/kkqFDBC1ct
🗣 "Dude, it looks like he's on overtake" 🧐 "We were like, 'No, couldn't be that'..." Colton Herta says his respect level has changed for Josef Newgarden and Team Penske, and that "any excuse that they have is bullshit" 🤯 #IndyCar Read more 👇 https://t.co/C2wCfHTJaf
Josef Newgarden says you can call him all sorts of names, and he concedes it's not a believable story, but these are the facts about his overtake assist usage at St Pete. The team says code was accidently left in the engine that bypassed the hold from a hybrid testing session. https://t.co/Hb82an8cC0