IndyCar said it was unaware of a Rahal photo shoot and so the track was “hot” for the entire field. McLaughlin and Simona de Silvestro saw the three Rahal cars ahead as they sped through the corner and both immediately slowed to roughly 170 mph. Herta could not see the Rahal cars and it was too late when he noticed McLaughlin and de Silvestro had slowed. It’s disappointing something that happened a quarter-mile behind us or thereabouts and we’ve got to pay a price for it.”Rahal also complained that the four Team Penske cars had done their own photo shoot on Tuesday, opening day of Indy 500 preparations. The rookie Penske driver told the Rahal team he hoped the photo turned out well while tweeting a replay of the incident.

Source: thestar May 20, 2021 17:05 UTC