Castroneves sorry for tirade, still defends move

Helio Castroneves still believes it was the wrong call.

He probably always will.

Eleven days after being stripped of a victory at Edmonton for blocking, the three-time Indy 500 winner again apologized for his post-race outburst - but not the move that sparked the controversy.

In fact, Castroneves suggested IndyCar officials rewrite the rule book.

“I thought, unfortunately, the calls were not very clear, the calls have been very inconsistent and I felt I should not have been black-flagged,” Castroneves said in a phone interview Thursday. “The rules do not say that. They change. So it's sad.”

Series officials have said they will look at revising the blocking rules before new cars hit the track in 2012.