Indianapolis, Ind. – The NTT IndyCar Series officials announced on Monday, June 2 that the No. 14 of A.J. Foyt Enterprises received a technical inspection penalty following Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.
Following the post-race inspection, series inspectors found that the No. 14 car driven by Santino Ferrucci needed the driver ballast to bring the combined weight of the driver and driver ballast to 185 pounds was underweight and not within the weight tolerances.
A.J. Foyt Enterprises was in violation of:
- Rule 14.4.2. Driver Equivalency Weight
- Rule 14.4.2.2. Driver Equivalency Weight must bring the combined weight of the Driver and Driver ballast to 185 pounds.
- Rule 14.4.2.5. The Driver ballast weight tolerance is 0.00 to + 1.00 pounds. The Driver Equivalency Weight must be installed and secured in the designed location forward of the seatback. This location may only be used for Driver ballast
The purpose of this rule is to establish a more equal playing field where varying drivers weight doesn’t provide a competitive advantage for drivers that are less weight than others.
Ferrucci will maintain his career best second-place finish from yesterday’s event; however, the No. 14 team will be fined $25,000 and will forgo 25 championship driver and entrant points, position prize money as well as the bonus point for leading a lap in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix race.
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