Honda and Chevrolet complete important '2024 IndyCar test' at rain-lashed Indy
Honda and Chevrolet have wrapped up a two-day test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course aimed at proving parts for the 2024 IndyCar hybrid units.Chip Ganassi Racing’s six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon was driving for Honda, while Team Penske’s two-time and reigning champion Will Power took the wheel for Chevrolet, around the 14-turn 2.439-mile course.
The current IndyCar, which has its roots in the DW12 introduced 11 years go, is already considered by most teams and drivers to be overweight thanks to the regularly improved safety systems, not least the aeroscreen introduced from the start of the 2020 season. This problem will be exacerbated by the arrival of the hybrid system in 2024, which appears set to increase the weight of an IndyCar by around 100lbs.
Although the test was heavily rain affected, there was a plentiful supply of Firestone wet tires on hand, so Power and Dixon were able to plow through the program and an assiduous observer believes that between them the two IndyCar champions clocked up almost 600 laps, or approaching 1500 miles. There were few if any major reliability concerns, and stoppages appeared to be confined to those caused by weather alerts for lightning in the area.
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