2018 IndyCar Series silly season - Page 7

Alex K · 26 Jan 2018, 08:26 (Ref:3795210)

There is a word Rosenqvist has signed with Ganassi for next year, it would be the brightest young gun ICS had as Rookie for some years.
Unf Hartley got snatched by STR, he'd be great addition... but, Veach, Kaiser, Wickens, Harvey.... and possibilty of Pietro Fittipaldi turning up somewhere, is not a bad line up for rookie of the year honours.

NaBUru38 · 26 Jan 2018, 14:23 (Ref:3795263)

A third car for Ganassi? That would be surprising.

Also, Rosenqvist seems well placed in Formula E.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 27 Jan 2018, 17:34 (Ref:3795450)

Pietro Fittipaldi is being considered for the only vacant, full-time 2018 IndyCar seat at Dale Coyne Racing.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/134071

NaBUru38 · 27 Jan 2018, 18:14 (Ref:3795463)

My goodness.

Alex K · 28 Jan 2018, 10:39 (Ref:3796041)

Dale Coyne said the 19 Honda car will be shared by two drivers.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 28 Jan 2018, 12:50 (Ref:3796088)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

Dale Coyne said the 19 Honda car will be shared by two drivers.

More on that here.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/134077

NaBUru38 · 13 Feb 2018, 17:08 (Ref:3801024)

Silly season update

http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14...8-indycar-grid

o- There are 22 full-season entries. 10 are Chevrolet and 12 are Honda.
o- The full-time rookies are Robert Wickens, Zach Veach and Matheus Leist.
o- Carpenter will share his #20 car with rookie Jordan King.
o- The #19 Dale Coyne car will be shared by rookies Zachary Claman De Melo and Pietro Fittipaldi.
o- The #32 Juncos car will be shared by rookies Kyle Kaiser and Rene Binder, with 8 races announced so far.
o- The #60 Shank / Schmidt car has 6 races announced for rookie Jack Harvey.

Formulahistory · 14 Feb 2018, 09:50 (Ref:3801225)

I hope to see more part-time entries.
Baltazar Leguizamón announced a two-race-deal...

**bjohnsonsmith** · 15 Feb 2018, 17:34 (Ref:3801615)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Formulahistory

I hope to see more part-time entries.
Baltazar Leguizamón announced a two-race-deal...

I'd like too see more full time entries, which is what the series really needs.

Alex K · 15 Feb 2018, 18:03 (Ref:3801629)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Formulahistory

I hope to see more part-time entries.
Baltazar Leguizamón announced a two-race-deal...

Where?

Hawkwood · 15 Feb 2018, 18:46 (Ref:3801642)

Are there any other engines knocking around that are within IndyCar rules?
Apart form the Chevy and Honda, do the teams have any other choices?

broadrun96 · 15 Feb 2018, 19:16 (Ref:3801658)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawkwood

Are there any other engines knocking around that are within IndyCar rules?
Apart form the Chevy and Honda, do the teams have any other choices?

Not as of yet, that's the bid restriction limiting Bump Day to a non-event. Neither Chevy or Honda want to lease an engine that won't race AND neither really wants to support more than 13 cars but the 33 number means someone has to. There have ALWAYS been third engine rumors floating around but nothing more than hey maybe they'd like a go at it. Part of the push for the common bodywork again was to not make a new engine manufacturer have to do an engine and bodykit deal. Sounds reasonable but I'm not sure how realistic a constraint that was to teams building an engine.

Rumors I've seen from Robin Miller, MP and others on Racer.com have included:

VW (Audi, Lambo, very occasionally Porsche but NO)
Cosworth (badged with a manufacturer)
Fiat (Alfa Romeo, Maserati but that's been a WHILE)
Toyota (think more hopeful Honda/Toyota battle)
Think a Chinese make or two have been bandied about but think that's wild speculation

JHamilton · 15 Feb 2018, 22:17 (Ref:3801696)

Quote:

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Cosworth (badged with a manufacturer)

Hmmm, that didn't go so well last time.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 16 Feb 2018, 00:32 (Ref:3801710)

Why not Cosworth and Ford?

Formulahistory · 16 Feb 2018, 13:32 (Ref:3801797)

Ford doesn't want to be in IndyCar.
The next project will be a DPI.
Would be nice if IndyCar would ran GT3 or DPI engines as that would solve the problem...

**bjohnsonsmith** · 16 Feb 2018, 14:24 (Ref:3801802)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Formulahistory

Ford doesn't want to be in IndyCar.
The next project will be a DPI.
Would be nice if IndyCar would ran GT3 or DPI engines as that would solve the problem...

Have Ford actually said they don't want to be in IndyCar?

broadrun96 · 16 Feb 2018, 20:16 (Ref:3801901)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Have Ford actually said they don't want to be in IndyCar?

Rumors are Bill Ford hates Indy so everyone believes he wants nothing to do with Indycars. Think we have a better chance to see an F1 partnership than an Indy engine program. Which I think is funny cause he could easily use the EcoBoost branding on a V6 similar to the street car program. But I think there is something in the background making Indy a non-starter for them in reality. Course that doesn't stop the skunkworks team rumors from going up again and again so who knows.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 16 Feb 2018, 20:58 (Ref:3801908)

Quote:

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Rumors are Bill Ford hates Indy so everyone believes he wants nothing to do with Indycars. Think we have a better chance to see an F1 partnership than an Indy engine program. Which I think is funny cause he could easily use the EcoBoost branding on a V6 similar to the street car program. But I think there is something in the background making Indy a non-starter for them in reality. Course that doesn't stop the skunkworks team rumors from going up again and again so who knows.

What skunkworks team rumors?

broadrun96 · 16 Feb 2018, 22:17 (Ref:3801924)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

What skunkworks team rumors?

MP, I think it was, hinted the same guys that built the tuned GT engine had worked on an Indy concept in the evening hours. No build, just a paper design I believe. There are a few groups within Ford, as with probably most major manufacturers, who create play toys in their free time. Supposedly the first draft of the current GT was an evening project before they presented a drawn concept to the bosses.

S griffin · 17 Feb 2018, 10:26 (Ref:3801976)

It's just a rumour at the moment that Cosworth are interested in Indycar. We'll see, it would add something if they did

**bjohnsonsmith** · 17 Feb 2018, 15:48 (Ref:3802017)

Quote:

Originally Posted by S griffin

It's just a rumour at the moment that Cosworth are interested in Indycar. We'll see, it would add something if they did

Here's that rumour.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/134409

rwintle · 19 Feb 2018, 16:16 (Ref:3802433)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

Where?

How's your Spanish? There are a couple of links in this TrackForum post:

http://www.trackforum.com/forums/sho...ar-Leguizamón

TL;DR: Portland and Sonoma, for Corey Krause (ex-Lazier Partners).

IndyCar's said nothing about this AFAIK so take with a grain of salt for now I guess.

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