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Yeah, there's a short oval/road & street aerokit, and there's an aerokit for the large speedways. Just like the old CART Champ Car days. Speedway aerokit debuts at Indy.
 
The offseason was longer than the season was I think, and it was only made longer by the cancellation of the Brasilia race.
 
Here is the new aerokit from Honda (looks boxy):

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Bit hard to describe this one. Its a odd mix of the old Indy car and the 2008 F1 car. Again though, majorily strong F1 influence in the Front wing (especially the blades and endplate) as well as the Engine cover.

I'm starting to think Hot wheels may have been foreshadowing something while we weren't looking:

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That looks soo much better then the Chevy one, something tells me because Honda has F1 expereince that will destroy chevy's Aero kit.

looks like a 2008 esque F1 car with all the winglets, and some more.
 
Honda's aero kit looks pretty aggro if you ask me. :D

And is it me, or has Indycar become DTM with open-wheeled racecars? Both series have Dallara making the chassis you know...
 
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Honda's aero kit looks pretty aggro if you ask me. :D

And is it me, or has Indycar become DTM with open-wheeled racecars? Both series have Dallara making the chassis you know...
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Except Indycar has had Dallara making its chassis well before DTM (and well before Chevy returned).
 
I wonder how far off F1 Speed they would be now if they went to Montreal or COTA, that downforce makes f1 cars look like a streamliner.
 
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Except Indycar has had Dallara making its chassis well before DTM (and well before Chevy returned).
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yeah but the Current Chassis is completely different from what was used before 2012.
 
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yeah but the Current Chassis is completely different from what was used before 2012.
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I know, but the point was they've been making chassis for Indycar long before they started making chassis for DTM.
 
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I'd guess they'd be around 4-5 seconds off pace of F1, and that's being generous.
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I wonder what the times would be if the Indycars had ERS and DRS installed too... Possibly even closer :)

Here is a side-by-side comparison between the Chevrolet and Honda aero kits:
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It's fairly well known I've never been a fan of the IRL-Indycar thing, so it won't be a shocker if I say these new aerokits are absolutely laughable and pathetically ugly and ridiculous. I wonder if every car will have a Gillette sponsorship.

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It's fairly well known I've never been a fan of the IRL-Indycar thing, so it won't be a shocker if I say these new aerokits are absolutely laughable and pathetically ugly and ridiculous. I wonder if every car will have a Gillette sponsorship.

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Just wondering, what do you think they could have done to make them look better? Perhaps taking some of the wing plates off?
 
I just don't understand the need for 3-4-5 tiered wings... they look like mid-field F1 experiments from the early 00s. The early "DW" era cars, while they weren't lookers, didn't look absolutely ridiculous. Surely they could have done this better, it looks like a caricature.
 
Who wants to take a guess on how much Faster the Current cars will be around the High Downforce tracks?

I think Barber will probably get the best out of them and I would say they are atleast 2 seconds a lap faster.

I reckon they will also take the Record off the Panoz Champcar at Long beach(Currently 1 second faster then Pre Aero kit Dallara).
 
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It's fairly well known I've never been a fan of the IRL-Indycar thing, so it won't be a shocker if I say these new aerokits are absolutely laughable and pathetically ugly and ridiculous. I wonder if every car will have a Gillette sponsorship.

#Imissthe90s
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As much as I love how the 1990s - early 2000s CART IndyCars looked, form must follow function when it comes to race car engineering. GM and Honda paid their engineers to make their new IndyCars faster, not look better. Speed and lap times are objective. Looks are subjective.

With that said, I think Honda built a better looking IndyCar than Chevrolet. And I, for one, think Honda's new IndyCar is one of the best looking IndyCars ever built.

Let's also not forget that there's a greater demand for fuel efficiency over performance today. So manufacturers like GM and Honda have to cater to their customers' demands. That means more aerodynamically efficient cars powered by I4s and V6s and much less cars powered V8s and V10s. Today's 750 HP V6 powered IndyCars are breaking records set by 1000 HP V8 powered IndyCars. From an automotive engineering, financial and marketing standpoint, there's nothing for manufacturers to gain from re-using fuel guzzling 1000 HP V8 engines to power inferior 1990s aerodynamic designs. There is no longer any speed or time to gain from leaving the wheels completely open and exposed either.

Remember the past, but embrace the future.
 
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