2012 Indycar Series

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/09/23/jean-alesi-2012-indianapolis-indy-500/

I realize this is 3 and a half months old, but I just found this out.

Lotus will be testing their car starting tomorrow.. Note the extra air intake..


Also, here's Dario's car for next year:


Also, Dragon may return with two drivers: Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge.

I can dig it.
Hope I get to see it again in Baltimore if they can figure out the whole money thing

To be honest, it's taken me a while to dig into Indy racing fully but I'm gonna try and follow the series as much as I can via livestreams on the internet.
If I remember reading on Autosport website the other day but James Hinchcliffe has signed with Andretti Autosport.

Lotus STILL hasn't started testing yet? Chevy and Honda have been running their cars for like 3 months already haven't they? I don't think I would be too pleased if I was one of the teams running a Lotus engine next year.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing - (Honda Engines) Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, G2(satellite team) - Graham Rahal, Charlie Kimball

Team Penske -(Chevrolet Engines) Helio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Will Power

Andretti Autosport - (Chevrolet Engines) Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe

Panther Racing -(Chevrolet Engines) JR Hildebrand

Sam Schmidt Racing -(Honda Engines) Simon Pagenaud

HVM Racing -(Lotus Engines) Simona De Silvestro

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing - Josef Newgarden

AJ Foyt Racing -(Honda Engines) Mike Conway

KV Racing Technology -(Chevrolet Engines) Tony Kanaan

Ed Carpenter Racing - Ed Carpenter

Bryan Herta Autosport -(Lotus Engines) Alex Tagliani

Dale Coyne Racing (Honda Engines) - Justin Wilson. Highly probable for James Jakes to return to the team.

Dragon Racing (Chevrolet Engines) - Sebastien Bourdais, Katherine Legge

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (Lotus Engines) - Oriol Servia


Teams with unconfirmed drivers at this time are..

Michael Shank Racing -(Lotus Engines) Plans unknown.

Conquest Racing -(Lotus Engines) Plans unknown

Ed Carpenter:

Also, Penske teasing their nose.. Seeing the new car with proper liveries has made me realise that the new car looks way better than the old one.

*Dragon Racing will be a Lotus Factory Team (along side HVM, Dreyer & Reinbold, and Bryan Herta Autosport) with Bourdais and Legge.

*KV Racing Technology will have 3 cars; Tony Kanaan confirmed, EJ Viso very-likely, and an unnamed thrid driver.

*Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will have a 2-car Honda team; Takuma Sato is very-likely as the lead driver.

*Dreyer & Reinbold are expected to have a second full-season entry along side Oriol Servia.

***As many as 30 full-season entries are now likely***

Those cars just look ridiculous.

lol GP2 meets wheel covers hahahaha

Richy wrote:Those cars just look ridiculous.

They are just about awful...but if you dare say that to any "IndyCar" fans they get all defensive and call you a ChampCar homer.

I grew-up on IndyCar/CART through the 90's, when it was E-P-I-C in every sense of the word. 240mph, 1000bhp, sheer insanity

...and damn were those old Reynards sexy

BuckeyeBullet wrote:

Richy wrote:Those cars just look ridiculous.

They are just about awful...but if you dare say that to any "IndyCar" fans they get all defensive and call you a ChampCar homer.

I grew-up on IndyCar/CART through the 90's, when it was E-P-I-C in every sense of the word. 240mph, 1000bhp, sheer insanity

...and damn were those old Reynards sexy

buy this book

http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Adventure-Hondas-Decade-Racing/dp/1893618269

I thought the teams didnt even WANT to race these cars...

...I'm suprised and embarrassed that this joke is going to have a punchline.

...remove the front splitter, front wheels & suspension, and the weird lip on the 'fuselage' (yes, i said fuselage), and it reminds me of a Hot Wheels car. im searching for pics of it now...

Oh, even closer.

Think the cars look good, cant wait to see the areo kits next year. Think Chip Ganassi looks the strongest due to the honda engine. Would love to see Kanaan take a few wins and Hinch too. Think it'll be a very hard first race on the drivers as St Pete was Wheldons hometown. If Penske had the honda engine id say id walk it with Will Power but Ganassi has'nt changed a thing so they very to be the favs.

Indycar needs a good balance of 50% Ovals and 50% street/road tracks but cant see it happening soon. Plus a xbox game would be very nice has well! loved Indycar 04&05

Richy wrote:

that's the one. i used to have one, but not in that color scheme.

Some testing pictures:

More photos from the Lotus test: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/photos-lotus-indycar-palm-beach-testing-gallery/

looks good