Seriously? The wings and bumper pods, not the chassis. I thought that was common sense, but I guess I have to spell it out for you. It would also lower the cost of replacement parts, something Indycar desperately needs right now.
Because it's the only one that matters. Without the Indy 500, there is no Indycar series.
Of course, but the higher speed of a Speedway makes it more dangerous. Hinch escaped his similar accident at Indy Road Course with a concussion, while at much higher speeds Wilson has far more serious injuries. With all the extra risk that comes with running a Speedway, maybe it's time for Indycar to look at moving to smaller ovals. It's not like the racing would suffer, some of the short oval races have been spectacular.
Henry Surtees died in Brands Hatch, in a Formula 2 car after getting hit by a tire, Felipe Massa got hit by a spring on Hungaroring and James Hinchcliffe got knocked out on Indy Road. The track doesn't matter too much.
I mean, I could see the series only having Pocono and Indy as the big ovals and then the other oval events being on the small ovals. Safety wise though, they still go pretty *** fast on those small ovals though so it's not like something couldn't happen there either.
Says the guy reacting in such a way that open wheel cars need to go away completely.
So your saying that it's fine to continue with an open top? I didn't say closed wheels (and if I did I got 3 hours sleep so I wouldn't be surprised), I just said a closed top car with a cockpit based on an LMP design and not some sort of fighter plane cockpit which isn't smart for a vehicle without an ejector seat.
F1's been thinking about closed tops too.
And you're alluding to Indycar needing to be an LMP car instead.
Would not be surprised though if this is a rough idea of what the 2018 car will look like (but with a centered seat, 720hp, less weight, no lights except for the rear rain light, capable of 230+mph, different aero, no shark fin and maybe even smaller dimensions).
