Roger Penske has opened up on 𓂃what he told frustrated rivals after his team’s violation in Indy 500 qualifying.

The cars belonging to Will Power and Josef Newgarden dramatically failed a technical i🐽nspection during Fast 12 Qualifying and were 🦹not allowed to head out.

Team Penske were hit with a fine, and more significantly must start both of their cars at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:back of the 33-car starting grid.

Some rival drivers have suggested Newgarden and Power should have been forced♑ i﷽nto Last Chance Qualifying, risking their participation in the race.

The fallout continued when Roger Penske reli𝔍♏eved three senior executives - including Tim Cindric - of their jobs.

Cindric was also involved in last year’s ‘push to 🃏pass’ scandal.

Roger Penske told Fox that he held a call with other team owners to explain what went wrong at th🎐e wee✱kend.

"People have come to me and said ‘you are supposed to be a leade💫r of this sport and here you have these two ꦦsituations’,” Penske said.

“I think the integrity of💝 this sport… I didn't help it any.

"From my perspective, what I've got to do - and🐻 I told this to the team owners - I've got to take the rol﷽e on along with the Penske Entertainment leadership, and gain back that credibility.

“I know that the speedway here this weekend is a world-class event, the best racing event in the world.♕ The last thing I want to do is tarnish it with any kind of issues from the standpoint of any inspections, or any rules violations.

"We've got to make it better. I have to help do t♔hat in a way that I'm not affecting anything beneficial for our team."

Roger Penske on Tim Cindric's exit

Chip Ganassi pointed out that, because Penske owns IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motorway Speedway, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:his team must be held to an💧 even greater standard.

Penske admitted a second controversy 🌸in two years was painful as he discusse♎d getting rid of three top executives.

"I'll really have to go back four-and-a-half years ago when we bought the speedway and I said ‘I would invest capital, get the best people and we'd take the series IMSPꦬ and certainly in [the] motor speedway into higher leve🍒ls.'

“I think we've done that. Then, I look atꩵ my right hand and I say ‘What about Team Penske?’

“When I think about Team Penske… we really have had an org✱anisational failure twoꩲ times. Not once, but two times.

"Believe me,🍸 it 🅰hurts me in my gut when you think about it.

“But I look at it this way - there's a certain amount of credibility you have to have.♊ It's integrity, individually and collectively, our team and the sport.

“I think we let peopl🐭e down. I made some management chan𒀰ges that we announced and I think we'll move on.

“Our goal is to win the 😼race this upcoming weekend."

Roger Penske - a conflict of interest?

Penske addressed wꦜorries about a conflict of interest because he owns IndyCar and the Indianap🍸olis Motor Speedway.

"I've not been on a pit box,” he 𝓀said. “I've not been in race control. I'm not in inspections. I've got nothing to do with officiating, especially with the rules.

"No. 1, I ca💯🥂n look at myself in the mirror and say ‘I’ve done the right thing.'

“Obviously, we have not done a good job in the optics i🔴n the people outside of this. These two violations certainly show that I need to be more diligen𒀰t.”

Penske hiꦑnted at a willingness to allow an outside organisation to legislate over IndyCar rules.

"For probably the last six months, we've t🌞alked internall🎀y as IndyCar, Mark Miles and Doug Boles, and some outside input, on how we can be more independent from the operational side of the racing — inspection, race control, etc,” he said.

“So we certainly expect, and I would ex꧋pect, that the team at IndyCar and PE will take a look at that and we may take so🧜me action as we move forward.”