There is something to be said, though, about backmarkers impeding the leaders by using push-to-pass to remain out front, and equally, not giving way when there is a late battle for the win.ĭuring the Brickyard weekend on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course last August, Power was enjoying a sizeable lead over Colton Herta until he came up to put James Hinchcliffe, Herta’s teammate at Andretti Autosport at the time, a lap down. Ind圜ar may disable push-to-pass for lapped cars (defined as a Car that is at least one lap behind all Cars that are on the Race leader’s lap). Rule 7.2.5.1 states that at road and street course events, “when displayed from the starter’s stand and ordered directly by Ind圜ar (command blue), directs a lapped car to immediately give way to the overtaking car.
There were revised rule changes for the 2022 season, among them Ind圜ar having the ability to disable push-to-pass for drivers that are a lap down or more. When every driver in the driver meeting says we need a blue flag rule, why isn’t there one?” Power later added, “I’ve been on this for 10 years. Sorry, I forgot,” said Power, during the post-race press conference with Palou. “We keep telling Ind圜ar, and they just keep making changes. Power followed up with a quick but sarcastic response. “Yeah, you never want a race to be dictated by the slow cars.” “I didn’t really like that they were, especially the last three laps, that they didn’t let us pass,” said Palou, the reigning NTT Ind圜ar Series champion. 1 for #INDYCAR // #FirestoneGP // /RaKKqwindH What a way to start your second NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. In the end, McLaughlin managed to win by 0.5095 seconds over Palou, with Power finishing 2.4671 seconds behind. Even though DeFrancesco was in no threat of losing position, he remained out front of the leaders in an attempt to stay on the lead lap. Then, when Power closed on Johnson, it stalled out his methodical pace to potentially make it a three-car battle for the win.Īdditionally, McLaughlin caught Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport rookie Devlin DeFrancesco with two laps to go. McLaughlin saw his lead cut down from 1.1 seconds to 0.6 of a second when he went to put Jimmie Johnson, Palou’s teammate, a lap down. However, backmarkers came into play for both the leaders and Power over the final sprint to the finish. The 41-year-old Aussie was in heavy pursuit of Team Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, who were in their own respective intense late-race battle for the win, gaining up to 0.3 of a second per lap on pair. Petersburg with a stout third-place finish, but left upset by the continuing problem of lapped traffic.
Will Power ended Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St.
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