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Originally Posted by broadrun96
Multiple people have said Mazda came to them and proposed the idea of cash toward a ride over cash into the series as the sponsorship. They apparently did not pay toward anything but the rides in the next series in the deal.
And it seems like Indy will be continuing (and increasing from 1 to 1.1 mil) the payout from Lights to Indy and there will be future announcements about the lower series payouts, according to Racer this morning. And it seems like the push for cost cutting has come up again and seems like they are making headway there. And the common chassis between Indy and Lights cars looks like it's on their minds again. |
Thanks for the link.
The idea of a common chassis/tub was originally put forward back in 2010, by Lola, when they were bidding for the new IndyCar car to replace the ageing Dallara IR-05. Lola also had the idea of visually varying the car, depending on the engine manufacturer. It's a shame, their bid wasn't accepted. I think IndyCar would be further ahead than it is.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/a...-2012-concept/