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[HistoryFan]

what is very sad: It looks like Castroneves will be at Penske in IMSA next season. So he just will turn up to the Indy 500. So, Penske is very likely to go back to a 3 car effort.

 

http://www.racer.com...-indycar-season

 

What we also know: Rahal Letterman Lanigan is working on a second car fulltime and it looks very good.

 

And Harding Racing will be fulltime on the grid with Chaves.

[HistoryFan]

Sato coud be back at Rahal in 2018:

 

http://www.racer.com...-lanigan-return

 

That means Andretti is close to a deal with Chevy

[Muppetmad]

I don't understand why Andretti is so gun-ho for a Chevy deal. Losing your past two Indy 500 winners to go to the other engine in a fairly equal two-engine series seems really odd to me.

[Anja]

By the way, in what way is Rossi linked to Honda? 

Edited by Anja, 27 August 2017 - 18:28.

[FLB]

I don't understand why Andretti is so gun-ho for a Chevy deal. Losing your past two Indy 500 winners to go to the other engine in a fairly equal two-engine series seems really odd to me.

Well, who's leading the championship?

[FLB]

By the way, in what way is Rossi linked to Honda?

My understanding is that it's though a sponsorship from Castrol.

[Muppetmad]

Well, who's leading the championship?

Penske. Where's the next highest Chevy in the championship outside of Penske? J.R. Hildebrand in 15th.

[FLB]

ECR is having a bad year (except for Indy qualifying), I'll give you that.

[stewie]

My understanding is that it's though a sponsorship from Castrol.

Castrol was on the Herta car when he was just Herta though?

 

I was under impression the Honda/Rossi tie up was just because Honda like him and want him in their stable.

[SenorSjon]

I hope Andretti gives Frijns a shot, but I don't think he has a chance.

[HistoryFan]

yes that would be a nice move.

[dierome87]

With Newgarden set to win the championship this year, I would love to see him try his luck in F1 in the near future. He would be great at Haas. 

 

If he fails, he can always go back to Indycar. He's still quite young.

Edited by dierome87, 28 August 2017 - 09:04.

[Prost1997T]

I thought I already explained this misconception about Rossi?

 

Castrol was on the Herta car when he was just Herta though?

 

I was under impression the Honda/Rossi tie up was just because Honda like him and want him in their stable.

 

http://forums.autosp...dpost&p=8064848

 

He does have an escape clause in his Andretti contract if they change to Chevrolet (according to Autoweek). However, I see nothing that bans him from joining a different team, regardless of what supplier they use. http://autoweek.com/...indycar-drivers

 

Sato is the only one 100% wedded to Honda as far as I know.

Edited by Prost1997T, 28 August 2017 - 09:13.

[August]

Well, who's leading the championship?

 

What I think is Chevy's advantage is the road course aero kit whereas Honda may have the better engine and the superspeedway aero. Honda's road course kit is said to create too much drag which is why fast road courses and short ovals have been the worst tracks for the Honda teams. At slower street courses the drag isn't as much of a problem and more power helps in acceleration from slow corners.

 

With the universal bodywork next year, I'd think Honda may have a bit of an advantage, assuming they have the better engine. Though obviously Chevy wants to add Andretti alongside Penske in its camp, and Chevy would be a more affordable option than Honda engines for Michael's team.

 

With Newgarden set to win the championship this year, I would love to see him try his luck in F1 in the near future. He would be great at Haas. 

 

If he fails, he can always go back to Indycar. He's still quite young.

 

IndyCar has a young American star in Newgarden, and he can become only the second American IndyCar champion since the reunification. I wouldn't like to lose him to F1 right now. Maybe in five years it would be a cool story if he went into F1 as one of IndyCar's biggest stars. Then again, he'll be 27 this year; he'd be old for an F1 rookie already now.

Edited by August, 28 August 2017 - 12:48.

[dierome87]

What I think is Chevy's advantage is the road course aero kit whereas Honda may have the better engine and the superspeedway aero. Honda's road course kit is said to create too much drag which is why fast road courses and short ovals have been the worst tracks for the Honda teams. At slower street courses the drag isn't as much of a problem and more power helps in acceleration from slow corners.

 

With the universal bodywork next year, I'd think Honda may have a bit of an advantage, assuming they have the better engine. Though obviously Chevy wants to add Andretti alongside Penske in its camp, and Chevy would be a more affordable option than Honda engines for Michael's team.

 

 

IndyCar has a young American star in Newgarden, and he can become only the second American IndyCar champion since the reunification. I wouldn't like to lose him to F1 right now. Maybe in five years it would be a cool story if he went into F1 as one of IndyCar's biggest stars. Then again, he'll be 27 this year; he'd be old for an F1 rookie already now.

 

With all the talk of the "young american" in the media, I really thought he was much younger! 

 

Still, I think he's talented enough to be competitive in F1. 

Edited by dierome87, 28 August 2017 - 13:06.

[prommer]

He's young in every sense of the word other than in the absurd context of F1 at the moment.  If someone had bought him a seat when he was 17, he'd be F1-young; but in the context of working your way up from the bottom through the European ranks into IndyLights and then exceeding at a 2nd level Indycar team and taking your first opportunity at a real shot at championship success with Penske and succeeding right out of the gate (which the older Pagenaud famously did not do last year), he's about as good as they come.

 

Newgarden isn't nearly as young as Verstappen but damn I'd rather have battle-tested Newgarden in any car that I owned.

 

 

 

Except for the car that I actually own, which is a Mitsubishi Mirage, which would be quite the waste of his young talents...

 

 

 

ps. Hooray for a 2018 thread!

[stewie]

This probably is an Indy Lights thing, but Harrison Newey was at the Gateway race checking out the Indycar scene. Wonder if he's setting up a move to Indy Lights?

[sblick]

Helio is shopping his away around he IndyCar paddock.  He has been talking to several teams it just won't be Penske, most likely

[Prost1997T]

This probably is an Indy Lights thing, but Harrison Newey was at the Gateway race checking out the Indycar scene. Wonder if he's setting up a move to Indy Lights?

 

Speaking of the MRTI, even F4 championships are now aligning themselves with Indycar: http://www.chicasrac...p-shootout.html

[Anja]

Looks like Andretti is staying with Honda after all but with Sato out to Rahal anyway:

 

http://www.racer.com...ying-with-honda

[Prost1997T]

Rossi himself says otherwise: https://www.motorspo...r-teams-946491/

[HistoryFan]

I would like Power going to Penske DPI and Castroneves staying.

[Risil]

I'd love to see Power do the odd sports car race but Indycar would really, really miss him. Plus, Will's been very quick these last two years.

[jonpollak]

CONFIRMED: Andretti stays with Honda. http://autoweek.com/...nder-rossi-2018

Edited by jonpollak, 29 August 2017 - 21:09.

[HistoryFan]

for me that's a suprise.

[stewie]

I'll be interested to see what Chevy do now, I can't imagine that they want to keep their stable as just Penske, ECR and Foyt for much longer - it hasn't really worked this year in my opinion and I'm sure they'd like more depth in their stable.

[boomn]

I'll be interested to see what Chevy do now, I can't imagine that they want to keep their stable as just Penske, ECR and Foyt for much longer - it hasn't really worked this year in my opinion and I'm sure they'd like more depth in their stable.

Maybe some incentives to get Carlin into IndyCar in 2018 with Chevy power?

[stewie]

Maybe some incentives to get Carlin into IndyCar in 2018 with Chevy power?

That'd be cool.

 

Chilton is a goner from Ganassi, and given his recent radio broadcasts I wouldn't be surprised if his money is at Carlin next year. Well the family money already is, but you know what I mean...

[Dolph]

I'll be interested to see what Chevy do now, I can't imagine that they want to keep their stable as just Penske, ECR and Foyt for much longer - it hasn't really worked this year in my opinion and I'm sure they'd like more depth in their stable.

 

Whadda ya mean it hasn't worked? They won 9 out of 15 races and 4 out of the top 5 guys in the championships are Chevys. Granted, its an all Penske show for Chevy, but Penske has got the job done brilliantly. Other than Ganassi and Andretti there's no other team to choose.

[stewie]

Whadda ya mean it hasn't worked? They won 9 out of 15 races and 4 out of the top 5 guys in the championships are Chevys. Granted, its an all Penske show for Chevy, but Penske has got the job done brilliantly. Other than Ganassi and Andretti there's no other team to choose.

Yep, I don't deny that but if Penske don't do it they have literally no one else to pick up the slack. Compare to 2016 and KVSH, ECR and Ganassi won races if Penske dropped the ball.

 

Chevy obviously think along the same lines or they wouldn't have tried to tempt Andretti back.

[LeClerc]

That'd be cool.

 

Chilton is a goner from Ganassi, and given his recent radio broadcasts I wouldn't be surprised if his money is at Carlin next year. Well the family money already is, but you know what I mean...

 

Yeah, that was some weird **** on the radio. Not all is well in Chilton country.

[Dolph]

Yep, I don't deny that but if Penske don't do it they have literally no one else to pick up the slack. Compare to 2016 and KVSH, ECR and Ganassi won races if Penske dropped the ball.

 

Chevy obviously think along the same lines or they wouldn't have tried to tempt Andretti back.

 

True that. But at the moment all Honda has is a bunch of random rag tag teams winning when Penskes screw up. Honda has nobody solid except Dixon.

 

List of wins:

Penske: 9

RHL: 2

Ganassi: 1

Andretti: 1

Schimidt: 1

Coyne: 1 

[stewie]

True that. But at the moment all Honda has is a bunch of random rag tag teams winning when Penskes screw up. Honda has nobody solid except Dixon.

 

List of wins:

Penske: 9

RHL: 2

Ganassi: 1

Andretti: 1

Schimidt: 1

Coyne: 1 

It'll certainly be interesting to see how the dust settles in 2018. Certainly for Chevy at the moment, with the potential of one less Penske it could be harder for them.

 

Anyway, Alonso is eating popcorn right now...

 

https://twitter.com/...990632393863170

[jonpollak]

OMG stewie... that's fookin' brilliant !!

[stewie]

OMG stewie... that's fookin' brilliant !!

And people think he's a whinging bore...

[stewie]

Andretti have confirmed Honda power next year, but no Sato (RLL).

Per their twitter.

[Anja]

In a pretty original way too:

 

https://twitter.com/...226079426617344

[Anja]

No mention of Rossi by the way, right now RHR and Marco are the only ones confirmed to stay. At least if we're going strictly by the official announcements. 

Edited by Anja, 31 August 2017 - 13:18.

[paulb]

That Andretti family bond is not good for the competitiveness of the team. Oh well. Marco should go to IMSA.

[jonpollak]

OR,

As previously recommended...

 

Jp

[Frood]

OR,

As previously recommended...

 

(pic of Marco's New Job)

 

Jp

 

Now I knew I'd seen that photo somewhere before... it was the one I bastardised for the Indy GP thread.

 

 

RHR getting another season at Andretti = good. Would rather have seen Rossi get a definite further year. The less said about Marco "diluted genes" Andretti, the better.

[HistoryFan]

Urrutia in frame for a Belardi-Schmidt entry:

 

http://www.racer.com...dycar-by-sonoma

[HistoryFan]

And Hartley could join Ganassi, Schmidt Peterson or Andretti

 

http://www.racer.com...s-indycar-radar

[Frood]

Both of these would suit me just fine. Santi deserves an IndyCar ride as much as anyone in Lights; Brendon I think would jump at the chance of getting back into a competitive single-seater and showing what he's made of.

[Muppetmad]

If WEC doesn't want Hartley, we'll happily take him 

[Victor_RO]

I think the main potential sticking point on Hartley is whether Porsche want to keep him for something else. Then again, in the 2 years until they start FE, Indycar would be a perfect way to keep one of your drivers in fighting-fit open-wheel racing shape.

[Prost1997T]

Racer's rumour mill is certainly working overtime.

[Anja]

In a shocking turn of events Rossi is confirmed at Andretti for the next two seasons.

[Afterburner]

In a shocking turn of events Rossi is confirmed at Andretti for the next two seasons.

I can't remember if I'm supposed to find this sarcastic.

[LeClerc]

In a shocking turn of events Rossi is confirmed at Andretti for the next two seasons.

 

He's allright, although he always fails when I pick him.

 

Speaking of picking, how are we to address you after you have schooled us all? "Her Pickness" ?