McLaughlin completed third in St. Petersburg whereas team-mate Josef Newgarden took the win, however both drivers were disqualified for illegally with the ability to use push-to-pass on the restarts.
Will Power, who drives the third entry for Team Penske, acquired a 10-point penalty however was not disqualified after it was found he didn’t use the overtake system on the restarts.
Defending his actions and people of his crew, McLaughlin stated: “At the beginning, I’m proud to be a member of Crew Penske.
“I absolutely stand with everybody one among my team-mates. Merely put, a mistake was made.
“I’ve the best degree of integrity and it is very important defend each my very own status and that of the crew.
“I used to be not conscious of the state of affairs with the software program. On this occasion, I used a single, very transient (1.9 second) deployment of push to move in a bit of the observe exit of Flip 9 the place it’s sometimes utilised all through the race.
“I hit the button out of behavior, however I didn’t move any vehicles nor did I acquire any time benefit.
“IThe knowledge, which IndyCar has, confirms all of this info. Whereas I settle for the penalty, I need to be clear that I didn’t acquire a bonus over my rivals.
“IndyCar’s competitors is one of the best on the planet and I’d take no pleasure in attaining success in any method aside from actually.
Scott McLaughlin, Crew Penske Chevrolet
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“We are going to all press ahead from right here and give attention to the duty at hand this weekend in Barber.”
The up to date outcomes, which got here 45 days following the checkered flag on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn momentary avenue circuit, noticed Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward promoted because the race winner, with Energy elevated to second and Andretti International’s Colton Herta third.
The end result is a big hit to each Newgarden and McLaughlin within the championship standings. Newgarden, who was the general chief after two points-paying rounds, has now dropped to eleventh with 34 factors.
McLaughlin has fallen to twenty ninth within the standings with solely 5 factors after enduring a mechanical concern that led to ending twenty sixth final weekend in Lengthy Seaside.
In a separate assertion, Crew Penske president Tim Cindric added: “Crew Penske accepts the penalties utilized by IndyCar”.