According to IZOD IndyCar officials, 14 drivers, including both championship contenders Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay will get a ten-spot grid penalty at the upcoming event at Fontana.
Of those 14, 11 have been penalized for having change engine and the three remaining for having use a sixth engine, one more than the total of 5 allowed by the IZOD IndyCar rules.
Drivers penalized:
No. 3 Helio Castroneves (fitting sixth engine)
No. 12 Will Power (fitting sixth engine)
No. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay (fitting sixth engine)
No. 9 Scott Dixon (unapproved engine change)
No. 14 Wade Cunningham (unapproved engine change)
No. 15 Takuma Sato (unapproved engine change)
No. 18 Justin Wilson (unapproved engine change)
No. 38 Graham Rahal (unapproved engine change)
No. 67 Josef Newgarden (unapproved engine change)
No. 78 Simona de Silvestro (unapproved engine change)
No. 83 Charlie Kimball (unapproved engine change)
No. 77 Simon Pagenaud (unapproved engine change/fitting sixth engine)
No. 98 Alex Tagliani (unapproved engine change/fitting sixth engine)
No. 27 James Hinchcliffe (unapproved engine change/fitting sixth engine).
Of those 14, 11 have been penalized for having change engine and the three remaining for having use a sixth engine, one more than the total of 5 allowed by the IZOD IndyCar rules.
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Drivers penalized:
No. 3 Helio Castroneves (fitting sixth engine)
No. 12 Will Power (fitting sixth engine)
No. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay (fitting sixth engine)
No. 9 Scott Dixon (unapproved engine change)
No. 14 Wade Cunningham (unapproved engine change)
No. 15 Takuma Sato (unapproved engine change)
No. 18 Justin Wilson (unapproved engine change)
No. 38 Graham Rahal (unapproved engine change)
No. 67 Josef Newgarden (unapproved engine change)
No. 78 Simona de Silvestro (unapproved engine change)
No. 83 Charlie Kimball (unapproved engine change)
No. 77 Simon Pagenaud (unapproved engine change/fitting sixth engine)
No. 98 Alex Tagliani (unapproved engine change/fitting sixth engine)
No. 27 James Hinchcliffe (unapproved engine change/fitting sixth engine).