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Jan Clevering
Jan Clevering
@buttonfreak.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Greenlight - Dallara DW12 (2018 universal aerokit) / Chevrolet - 2024 Indycar series - Ed Carpenter Racing - Rinus "Veekay" van Kalmthout #164diecast #64diecast #164scale #64scale #diecast164 #diecast64 #scale164 #scale64 #greenlight164 #edcarpenterracing #rinusveekay #2024indycarseries #dallaradw12

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Pit Debrief
Pit Debrief
@pitdebrief.bsky.social
1 year ago
A quote graphic featuring Alex Rossi: I have a list of cons (smiling). The pros are it starts itself. You can start yourself. The biggest thing is, I truly believe this, this isn't a marketing PR line, it lays the foundation for future manufacturers to come into the sport. It's no secret that the car market, the automotive market, the world market, in terms of automobiles has changed over the past decade. With the current format of engine that we have, it also makes perfect sense that a manufacturer wouldn't want to necessarily come in and try and catch up to 10-plus years of development of an existing power train, right?

A quote graphic featuring Alex Rossi: I have a list of cons (smiling). The pros are it starts itself. You can start yourself. The biggest thing is, I truly believe this, this isn't a marketing PR line, it lays the foundation for future manufacturers to come into the sport. It's no secret that the car market, the automotive market, the world market, in terms of automobiles has changed over the past decade. With the current format of engine that we have, it also makes perfect sense that a manufacturer wouldn't want to necessarily come in and try and catch up to 10-plus years of development of an existing power train, right?

The hybrid, while might not be that attractive in its current guise, I think in terms of what we've done from a reliability standpoint is pretty impressive. What we did last year in terms of implementing a hybrid mid season and the honestly lack of failures, you're going to have failures in race cars in every capacity. There wasn't mass hybrid failures in the championship season. That was a huge win. You bring that forward to this year, and because the reliability has been so robust, we can start to incrementally increase the performance, increase the load and duty cycle on it throughout a lap and get more power, which we already saw at St. Pete. St. Pete, it was already a much more effective tool than it had been at any point in 2024. While I think the list of pros now from a performance standpoint is short, I think it's going to grow. I think for the long-term future health of the series, it doesn't matter what the cons are at this point because it's pretty clear that manufacturers want hybrids to be involved.

The hybrid, while might not be that attractive in its current guise, I think in terms of what we've done from a reliability standpoint is pretty impressive. What we did last year in terms of implementing a hybrid mid season and the honestly lack of failures, you're going to have failures in race cars in every capacity. There wasn't mass hybrid failures in the championship season. That was a huge win. You bring that forward to this year, and because the reliability has been so robust, we can start to incrementally increase the performance, increase the load and duty cycle on it throughout a lap and get more power, which we already saw at St. Pete. St. Pete, it was already a much more effective tool than it had been at any point in 2024. While I think the list of pros now from a performance standpoint is short, I think it's going to grow. I think for the long-term future health of the series, it doesn't matter what the cons are at this point because it's pretty clear that manufacturers want hybrids to be involved.

In response to a question from Pit Debrief, Alexander Rossi explored the pros and cons of the hybrid system 🏎️

#Motorsport #Racing #IndyCar #EdCarpenterRacing

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patrick smith
patrick smith
@pdas1996.bsky.social
1 year ago
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For anyone wondering what colors ECR #IndyCar is using this year:

#a5c1c9 blue-grey
#fae232 Indiana Gold
#2a2f46 navy blue

#AlexanderRossi #ChristianRassmussen #EdCarpenter #EdCarpenterRacing

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