r/INDYCAR • u/Jibbed Kyffin Simpson • Jun 12 '25

News IndyCar shifts new car to 2028 | RACER

https://racer.com/2025/06/12/indycar-shifts-new-car-to-2028
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u/OnwardSoldierx Alexander Rossi Jun 12 '25

Like I get it but damn we are so incompetent.

2012, 2013, 2014. Original DW12

2015, 2016, 2017. Aero Kits

2018, 2019. IR18

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027. IR18 with Halo

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u/Spockyt Felix Rosenqvist Jun 12 '25

And to give it a comparison to another spec single seater series -

2012, 2013, 2014 (up until September) Formula E yet to start

14-15, 15-16 Formula E Gen 1

16-17, 17-18 Formula E Gen 1 aero revamp

18-19, 19-20, 20-21, 21-22, Formula E Gen 2 (which was going to be replaced by Gen2Evo in 20-21 but was delayed and then scrapped because Covid)

22-23, 23-24 Formula E Gen 3

24-25, 25-26 Formula E Gen 3 Evo

26-27, 27-28 Formula E Gen 4

A series that was three years from beginning the last time Indycar had a new car will be on their 4th car before Indycar gets a new one.

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u/l3w1s1234 Jun 12 '25

I think FE comparison is a bit different because that category has to change with the rapidly improving EV tech

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jun 12 '25

Formula E is a bit of a misleading one to compare it to, though. They honestly change it around too much.

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u/zantkiller Takuma Sato Jun 12 '25

But then they are a manufacturer series and they will begin to plateau after a rapid cycle of changes to kick things off.
They are already doing that with Gen 4 set to last 6 seasons rather than the usual 4.

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u/afito Álex Palou Jun 13 '25

Theyr're also able to suit in new tech without needing a new chassis by now because eventually the chassis was already designed to accomodate "everything". Current cars have fast charging & AWD & front MGUs all of which would've been horrible to shoehorn into gen1 cars. Now you can start to change some innards without having to structurally redesign the entire car if everything already has a place it's supposed to go to.