The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a raft of grid penalties for this weekend’s event at The Milwaukee Mile.
A total of five drivers were given penalties for taking on too many engines over the course of the 2024 season.
Josef Newgarden and Nolan Siegel were the two Chevy-powered drivers to be assessed the penalty, with Marcus Armstrong, Pietro Fittipaldi, and Christian Lundgaard receiving penalties on the Honda side of the equation.
Newgarden’s replacement power plant comes on the heels of his Team Penske team-mate Scott McLaughlin, who took a penalty for his own change last weekend.
The Rahal Letterman Lanigan team in particular has been given many penalties in recent weeks, with all three full-time members of the team having used too many engines by this point in the season.
As per standard rules, this weekend’s race being held on an oval means that each of the five drivers will drop nine positions each ahead of Saturday’s event.
IndyCar handing down grid penalties for excessive engine usage has become a regular occurrence in the latter portion of this season.
This weekend marks the third consecutive weekend that grid penalties have been issued, totaling 14 drivers in that short period of time.
Some penalties at this point in the season is not unheard of, but the number of driver affected has been particularly high this summer.
Many of the penalties stem from early Honda engine replacements during the Month of May, which is now affecting the manufacturer extra hard with only three races remaining.
The first practice session of the double-header weekend gets underway at 3:30 PM central time on Friday, with Saturday’s race starting at 5:00 PM on Saturday.
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