BREAKING: josefnewgarden has taken a six-place IndyCar grid penalty for an unapproved engine change – he will start from 25th on the grid for today's race at Indianapolis
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden admits he has “a lot of work to do” in today’s IndyCar Series race on the Indianapolis Road Course – and has taken a six-place grid penalty.This year’s Indy 500 winner suffered a disastrous qualifying session on Friday, failing to progress from Q1, and was scheduled to start the race from 19But IndyCar revealed on Saturday morning that Newgarden has taken a fifth engine, which is classed as an unapproved engine change. Therefore, he will start from 25th on the grid.
“We have a lot of work to do,” said Newgarden. “You just never know how these things turn out, so you just hope for a good, clean day. “It seemed a little bit better [in final practice], probably closer to where we needed to be, which is great. “[We take it] one session at a time, we’re always trying to maximize it, so we had a pretty good warm-up and we’ll try and have a great race.”
Newgarden was further hampered by being forced to end his final practice session 10 minutes early due to missing the drivers’ weigh-in. He finished that session in 14When asked about degradation he expected on the alternate tire, which will be key if he’s to make up places, he replied: “They seem pretty friendly, they’re different for sure than what we had here last year, and even in May, so it’s probably hard to say now as it’ll change as we get into the race.
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