The Jaguar driver completed first on the street in Saturday’s 27-lap contest on the Portland Worldwide Raceway, however was demoted to eighth within the last classification after being handed the penalty through the race.
Regardless of struggling entrance wing harm, having been behind within the incident, Evans was in a position to cross the road first earlier than blasting the stewards for what he deemed was a racing incident.
“It’s a shame, to be sincere,” Evans informed Autosport on the choice. “The penalty is simply fully out of order.
“Look, I really feel like if I misjudged it, or if it was me altering lane and inflicting the puncture, then truthful sufficient, that’s on me. I simply suppose it was a very unlucky set of circumstances.
“I haven’t spoken to Jake, I don’t know if he knew I used to be there or not, however I feel he was very centered forward to maintain the automotive within the tow, that automotive [ahead] was transferring round a little bit bit.
“Additionally, I used to be attempting to cope with a kerb on the correct kink and I ran as a lot as I might [over it] with out bottoming out.
Jake Hughes, NEOM McLaren Components E Crew, e-4ORCE 04, leads Mitch Evans, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6, Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Components E Crew, Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3, and the remainder of the sector
Photograph by: Andrew Ferraro
“And the stewards say I ought to have lifted off. I’m sorry, however I’m not the one altering lane.”
Those self same factors for victory would put Evans simply two factors behind Cassidy within the standings as an alternative of 27, and he says he’s 100% backing the choice to name for a proper to evaluate with Jaguar contemplating its choices.
Crew principal James Barclay informed Autosport: “Was it malicious? Completely not.
“Does it deserve a penalty? Once more, the attitude of the stewards we have now to respect in the end.
“However there’s a course of which is a evaluate course of and for us that’s what we’ll contemplate whether or not we do.
“The attitude I’m getting from everybody we converse to, not simply ourselves, is that penalty didn’t match the crime – you can even argue there’s no crime.”