Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Tristan Vautier has been penalized 10 spots on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach starting grid for an unapproved engine change on his No. 55 Honda. The young Frenchman, who was slated to start 19th, will now start 27th and dead last in the field for today’s 80-lap race (4 p.m. ET, NBC Sports Network/NBC Sports Live Extra).
With Vautier’s penalty, here’s your new starting lineup for the race:
IZOD IndyCar Series – Toyota GP of Long Beach
Row 1
10-Dario Franchitti
1-Ryan Hunter-Reay
Row 2
12-Will Power
14-Takuma Sato
Row 3
17-Mike Conway
3-Helio Castroneves
Row 4
27-James Hinchcliffe
11-Tony Kanaan
Row 5
83-Charlie Kimball
5-E.J. Viso
Row 6
15-Graham Rahal
4-JR Hildebrand
Row 7
16-James Jakes
2-AJ Allmendinger
Row 8
7-Sebastien Bourdais
67-Josef Newgarden
Row 9
77-Simon Pagenaud
22-Oriol Servia
Row 10
78-Simona de Silvestro
6-Sebastian Saavedra
Row 11
98-Alex Tagliani
18-Ana Beatriz
Row 12
20-Ed Carpenter
19-Justin Wilson
Row 13
25-Marco Andretti
9-Scott Dixon
Row 14
55-Tristan Vautier