Overview
- IndyCar disallowed the qualifying runs for Caio Collet and Jack Harvey after inspectors found unapproved changes to the spec carbon-fiber covers over the wheel tethers that can alter aerodynamics.
- Both cars drop to the back of the 33-car grid in 32nd and 33rd, and their teams must choose pit boxes only after the rest of the field selects.
- Collet loses the three points he earned for reaching the Top 12, while Scott Dixon and Rinus VeeKay each move up one spot and gain 10th- and 11th-place qualifying points.
- Officials cited Rule 14.12.1.1 and Rule 14.12.1.6, which require Dallara’s Energy Management System parts and hardware to be used exactly as supplied.
- The ruling comes under IndyCar’s newly formed independent officiating structure led by Scot Elkins after high-profile inspection disputes last season placed enforcement under sharper scrutiny.