Indycar News & Rumors.

[Yannick]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Ed Carpenter Racing won three races this season, so hopefully that will keep Fuzzy happy but whether that extends to the FH part of CFH I don't know.

I must say I hope for 3 cars from CFH in 2015: the #20 Fuzzy's, the #67 and the #21. However, I don't expect the team to add any more at Indy.

I hope Mike Conway will be available for the #20 again. If not, I'm pretty sure former Ganassi driver Giorgio Pantano would do a great job on the road and street courses.

[Formulahistory]

But I don't think Pantano is still on the IndyCar team's radar...

[JacobP]

I look forward to seeing the newest body kit pictures.

[HJJ]

http://racer.com/indycar/item/108632...ckpit-canopies

[joeb]

Originally Posted by HJJ

http://racer.com/indycar/item/108632...ckpit-canopies

Only a matter of time. I suspect the new car in 18 will have them for sure, just a question of if they will retrofit the current car.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by joeb

Only a matter of time. I suspect the new car in 18 will have them for sure, just a question of if they will retrofit the current car.

In that article Derrick Walker says, ''but if you were looking at that design of the 2018 car, you would see that it has a partial canopy'' it sounds as if it is a given and makes one wonder what else in the 2018 car is a given.

[Paradise City]

I'd certainly be in favour of some sort of arrangement where the cockpit wasn't completely enclosed.

[NaBUru38]

I wouldn't mind canopies, it just depends on the design. That famous Ferrari F1 render looks amazing.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Aleshin out of hospital.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115897

[D.R.T.]

Pagenaud to Penske, Ganassi or Andretti?

http://www.racer.com/latest-stories/...naud-to-penske

[bjohnsonsmith]

CFH to use Chevy engines.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115914

[NaBUru38]

Chevy will supply Penske, Ganassi, KV and now Carp Fisher.

Honda only has Andretti and Schmidt, the rest are weak teams.

[MagVanisher]

I think Honda should boost their efforts on Andretti and co. for next year as I look in 2015... I feel that Chevrolet will dominate again in the Manufacturer title.

[JacobP]

Honda now has a bigger fish to fry (it's called F1 :-)

I remember that someone from Honda said that their goal number one is to win Indy 500. By this metric, they're not doing too bad: 2 out of 3 Indy wins since the introduction of V6 engines. Certainly, the reduced number of Honda powered cars on the grid is a cause for concern. However, Andretti is still a solid team. I expect them to accomplish something special, as usual.

[HJJ]

Gabby Chaves tweeted a pic of his seat fitting for an upcoming test with Scmitdt/Peterson Motorsports.

[Stefvh]

Pageanaud to Penske, it's officially official. In a fourth car.

[Marcus666]

What a freaking dream team!

Castroneves, Power, Monty and now Pagenaud!

Would have hoped for Hawksworth though, or Bourdais for that matter!

[Formulahistory]

Fantastic, so we will have more than 22 cars as this season!

[Salamus]

Wow, I did not expect Pagenaud to ditch Honda after their long relationship together.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Salamus

Wow, I did not expect Pagenaud to ditch Honda after their long relationship together.

Not wanting to be too cynical but Penske must have a bigger budget than Sam Schmidt, hence the fourth car and pay Pagenaud that bit more.

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by Salamus

Wow, I did not expect Pagenaud to ditch Honda after their long relationship together.

Neither did I.

I'm worried that Honda has less top drivers each season.

[Bobby_status]

Originally Posted by JacobP

Honda now has a bigger fish to fry (it's called F1 :-)

I remember that someone from Honda said that their goal number one is to win Indy 500. By this metric, they're not doing too bad: 2 out of 3 Indy wins since the introduction of V6 engines. Certainly, the reduced number of Honda powered cars on the grid is a cause for concern. However, Andretti is still a solid team. I expect them to accomplish something special, as usual.

HPD and Honda Racing are two separate companies. HPD is funded exclusively by Honda NA. While Honda Racing is by Honda Co. The biggest difference between the two are the budgets. Honda Racing spend hundreds of millions on R&D. Imagine HPD had the same budget for INDYCAR.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Bobby_status

HPD and Honda Racing are two separate companies. HPD is funded exclusively by Honda NA. While Honda Racing is by Honda Co. The biggest difference between the two are the budgets. Honda Racing spend hundreds of millions on R&D. Imagine HPD had the same budget for INDYCAR.

Honda Performance Development, or HPD, is involved in IndyCar and the WEC. Its parent company is American Honda Motor Company, Inc., which in turn is the North American subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company, Ltd., whose hq is in Tokyo.

Honda Racing Corporation, or HRC, is involved in motorcycle racing and was setup in 1982. It's parent company is also Honda Motor Company, Ltd.

[Nikki Katz]

I know that it's been posted on here beforehand, but I'm still surprised to see a 4th Penske. I get the feeling it'll just be for one year though due to Castroneves and Montoya's ages.

Best of luck to him though. I hope that Schmidt manages to sign another good driver.

[gert]

is car #4 available? It was not used in 2013 IIRC.

If so, Roger can have #1, #2, #3 and #4 next year.