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IndyCar penalizes PREMA over fire safety issue

Summary by Motorsport Week
The NTT IndyCar Series has issued penalties to the PREMA IndyCar team for use of an unapproved component of the fire safety system. The incident that brought about the investigation happened during the first practice session at The Thermal Club last weekend. Robert Shwartzman’s #83 PREMA entry caught fire on his first lap around the course, causing him to stop on track. Safety officials arrived quickly, but had trouble extinguishing the fire. Th…
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Prema penalised for Shwartzman incident after IndyCar Thermal round

Prema’s Robert Shwartzman is suffering again after a very tough IndyCar round at Thermal Club. The newcomer team and driver have been handed the second penalisation of the weekend. The first penalty had been comminated to Andretti’s Colton Herta. What happened on Friday? The second one instead was related to what had happened during FP1. That, as in the accident which deprived the young Israeli drive of much needed practise running time. In fact…

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IndyCar penalizes PREMA over fire safety issue

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued penalties to the PREMA IndyCar team for use of an unapproved component of the fire safety system. The incident that brought about the investigation happened during the first practice session at The Thermal Club last weekend. Robert Shwartzman’s #83 PREMA entry caught fire on his first lap around the course, causing him to stop on track. Safety officials arrived quickly, but had trouble extinguishing the fire. Th…

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PREMA penalized for Thermal safety infraction

PREMA Racing has been fined $25,000 and lost 10 entrants’ points from its No. 83 Chevy driven by Robert Shwartzman after IndyCar found the car to be in breach of its technical regulations at The Thermal Club. Having caught fire during the Friday practice session and stopped on track, Shwartzman told FOX, “I felt the seat was getting heated up, and I looked in the mirror and there was smoke and fire coming, so I immediately stopped the car and ju…

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RACER broke the news in on Friday, March 28, 2025.
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