P1racenews AI automatic summary:
IndyCar has disqualified Josef Newgarden from his season-opening St Petersburg win, along with team-mate Scott McLaughlin.
Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin have been disqualified by IndyCar from the season-opening Grand Prix of St Petersburg, with McLaren’s Pato O’Ward inheriting the win. The disqualification stemmed from a push-to-pass violation by the Team Penske cars during the race on March 10th. IndyCar discovered that the Penske-Chevrolets accessed the push-to-pass overtaking boost on restarts, a violation of the rulebook. Newgarden and McLaughlin were found to have used this system and were subsequently disqualified. Team-mate Will Power was not disqualified as he did not use the push-to-pass. Penske was fined $25,000 and forfeited all prize money from the race. McLaren’s O’Ward now holds the race win, while Scott Dixon leads the championship after Newgarden’s disqualification.
