In the wake of a controversial penalty handed out to Scott Dixon at Sonoma that cost him the race win, a new rule covering pit lane etiquette has been introduced.
The new 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series rulebook has been issued to teams by race director Beaux Barfield, retaining the engine change penalties and adding new tweaks to the points system.
Organisers of the IndyCar Grand Prix of Balitmore have said that they will reintroduce a chicane on the frontstretch, after cars were launched into the air over railroad tracks.
New race director Beaux Barfield is introducing changes to the way that full course cautions and restarts are handled in the remaining races of the 2012 season.