Wilf
12th March 2010, 09:44
Some interesting comments from Brian Barnhart on the Thursday evening Trackside with Cavin and Kevin.
"We are extremely excited and pleased by the interest level that is being expressed in the IndyCar series for the next generation of car. We, frankly never have had an in interest level as high we have right now in terms of chassis producers...
Our timeline is to do something in the Spring; we are just continuing to do our due diligence in the process. We are encouraging each of these manufacturers to talk directly our teams, meet with the teams, hear what the team principles are looking for, what's important to the team manager, to the crew guys that work on the car and then we want these manufacturers to incorporate those thoughts into their business model that they bring back to us. Our approach is we are not looking for exclusivity. We would like to have competition in chassis; we would even more like to have competition on the engine side...
Our opinion on the DeltaWing is that is a very innovative, interesting concept. Because it is radically different than a more evolutionary chassis it has generated a lot of unknowns that need to be proven, it has raised a lot of questions that need to be answered. Our opinion on that is the best way to answer those questions and to prove those unknowns is to see a prototype or multiple prototypes built and put them on the race track and see if it does what is advertised to do. At this point in time, people have to remember it is just a concept and until the concept becomes reality it is tough to answer some of the questions and prove some of the unknowns..."
Do you believe him?
Are you surprised he said they would like multiple chassis and really want multiple engines?
Does this eliminate the DeltaWing from being part of the 2012 lineup?
"We are extremely excited and pleased by the interest level that is being expressed in the IndyCar series for the next generation of car. We, frankly never have had an in interest level as high we have right now in terms of chassis producers...
Our timeline is to do something in the Spring; we are just continuing to do our due diligence in the process. We are encouraging each of these manufacturers to talk directly our teams, meet with the teams, hear what the team principles are looking for, what's important to the team manager, to the crew guys that work on the car and then we want these manufacturers to incorporate those thoughts into their business model that they bring back to us. Our approach is we are not looking for exclusivity. We would like to have competition in chassis; we would even more like to have competition on the engine side...
Our opinion on the DeltaWing is that is a very innovative, interesting concept. Because it is radically different than a more evolutionary chassis it has generated a lot of unknowns that need to be proven, it has raised a lot of questions that need to be answered. Our opinion on that is the best way to answer those questions and to prove those unknowns is to see a prototype or multiple prototypes built and put them on the race track and see if it does what is advertised to do. At this point in time, people have to remember it is just a concept and until the concept becomes reality it is tough to answer some of the questions and prove some of the unknowns..."
Do you believe him?
Are you surprised he said they would like multiple chassis and really want multiple engines?
Does this eliminate the DeltaWing from being part of the 2012 lineup?