Ilott was stranded at the bottom of the charts on the third day of running at Indy, prompting team chief Ricardo Juncos to make the decision to park the brand-new Dallara-Chevrolet that was built up especially for the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway course.
Ilott was the slowest of the 34 cars on Wednesday, and 32nd on Thursday. The Briton only ran seven laps today, with a fastest speed of 228.942mph, which was some 6mph off the leading pace.
“We have to do it because clearly there is something wrong with the actual chassis, that’s what we believe,” Juncos told NBC Peacock. “After doing our best all through the week, it’s actually not safe the way it is now, so we always put safety first for our drivers.
“We brought this one, a brand-new car, with zero mileage but, unfortunately, something is wrong with it and we have to change it because it has not run good all week. The car we are going to switch to is one we used in the open test here in April, and it’s been running without problem there.”
Source: Autosport