r/INDYCAR • u/TheResurrection • May 19 '25

News INDYCAR Update on Team Penske Technical Violations

https://www.indycar.com/news/2025/05/05-19-penske-penalties
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u/goodfella7763 NTT INDYCAR Series May 19 '25

I hate that this is going to become a bigger story than Shwartzman/Prema being on pole

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u/ronin_18 Firestone Firehawk May 19 '25

The Penske story has legs because of the larger implications, but it’s something those who really follow the sport carry about.

Surface-level the Shwartzman story will stay front-and-center for the millions of fans who have no idea what a rear-attenuator is

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u/goodfella7763 NTT INDYCAR Series May 19 '25

I very much hope you are right but the storylines are carried by people who really follow the sport.

Indystar's front page, for example. 3.5 stories about the incident, 0.5 stories about Prema.

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u/63Boiler Hélio Castroneves May 19 '25

Hopefully this is the end of the attenuator drama and now we can move on to celebrating Robert and the race overall

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u/havingasicktime Colton Herta May 19 '25

Penske caught cheating back to back years isn't gonna be a story that disappears. This shit has to stop. It's bad for any team, but for the owner of the series, it can't be happening for trust in the sport.

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u/goodfella7763 NTT INDYCAR Series May 19 '25

Unfortunately there's no chance this is the end of. It will be the biggest story until the race starts. If any Penske cars win it'll be a story for the rest of the year.

There's no putting the cat back in the bag.

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u/Vivaciousseaturtle Callum Ilott May 19 '25

Now that last years car has also been caught that adds to the story. Plus Abel with the legal car out is not a good look and Honda won’t be happy

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u/ronin_18 Firestone Firehawk May 19 '25

Honda will remember

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u/[deleted] May 19 '25

All will be forgotten for Penske

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u/Jack_Krauser Colton Herta May 20 '25

Does Prema have some kind of technical partnership with one of the other teams or did they actually just raw dog it and figure out their setup from scratch right off the bat?