{"id":312955,"date":"2023-07-01T01:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=312955"},"modified":"2023-07-01T03:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:59:18","slug":"aussie-racer-fears-roughhousing-has-gone-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=312955","title":{"rendered":"Aussie racer fears roughhousing has gone too far"},"content":{"rendered":"

IndyCar<\/a> champion Will Power<\/a> says too many incidents are going unpunished and only opening the door for more rough racing.<\/p>\n

The latest round of the series at Road America was littered with incidents in which no action was taken.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most significant incident that went unscrutinised involved Ed Carpenter Racing's Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist of McLaren.<\/p>\n

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VeeKay poked his nose down the inside at a 90-degree turn and made contact with Rosenqvist, forcing him off the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

VeeKay later copped a penalty for a separate incident for an unsafe release in the pit lane.<\/p>\n

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Power's teammate Josef Newgarden was another driver who made a forceful pass, which resulted in Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Christian Lundgaard going off-road.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Later, Newgarden hip-checked series leader Alex Palou.<\/p>\n

Another notable incident saw Lundgaard's teammate Jack Harvey step out of line and overtake several cars before the race had gone green.<\/p>\n

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Footage of the incident, which wasn't shown on the broadcast, was shared by IndyCar across its social media. That drew criticism from some drivers.<\/p>\n

Alexander Rossi retweeted, "So jump starts are now encouraged and celebrated?" to which Scott Dixon replied "Nothing new here mate\u2026"<\/p>\n

Those were just a handful of incidents in the race that Power was concerned about.<\/p>\n

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"I think it comes with this competition. Apart from Palou, it's the most up and down for everyone else," said Power on Dirty Mo Media's Speed Street podcast.<\/p>\n

"Everyone else is just fighting for every inch. I've watched some of these races and I'm like 'Hmmm, that's surprising what they're letting go'.<\/p>\n

"They're breeding a bit more of this 'Oh yeah, you can totally jump a restart now' and you can be out of line before they say green and go motoring by a bunch of people on the start. Jack Harvey went motoring by me. He might get a penalty, sure enough he didn't."<\/p>\n

Power said there is a "grey area" that needs to be resolved.<\/p>\n

He believes there is still uncertainty surrounding tit-for-tat exchanges.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the year, Colton Herta barged his way past Power who tried to take the place back at the next corner.<\/p>\n

However, the Team Penske driver understeered and slid into his Andretti Autosport rival, which resulted in Herta burying himself in the tyre barrier.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In that instance, Power was penalised, but he believes it's not consistent enough.<\/p>\n

"That is the question? What is the rule? I saw two incidents. It was actually with Newgarden. He pushed one McLaren guy right out onto the grass and then again with another guy, is that just a thing that you can do and the other guys pays you back at some point? How do we plan this? What is the rule? That is a grey area," Power explained.<\/p>\n

"That is a tough area to start policing. I thought the Rinus one, if that's not a penalty \u2013 I don't know what happened before, I haven't fully reviewed it \u2013 I just saw it and I'm like 'Oh yeah, that guy is definitely going to get a drive-through'."<\/p>\n

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Power worries that the standard has been set and drivers will race each other much harder than they're used to as some might seek vengeance.<\/p>\n

"I agree, it has got rough," said Power.<\/p>\n

"It is ultra competitive. Because I've been around so long, you know if you drive a certain way you will get that back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"The more respectful you are, the more you'll get that respectfulness back. The more aggressive you are, and if you're a bit unfair, people remember it when they're racing you so they won't do you any favours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"You're always trying to race people as cleanly as possible. You don't want to ruin someone's day. You always hate that. And a good clean pass without moving someone is the best way to do it."<\/p>\n

The IndyCar Series continues at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Monday from 3:30am, live, ad-free, and exclusively on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n

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