 Hello everyone, hope you're well. Today it's IndyCar. IndyCar again. I want to talk about the hybrid engine. It has been postponed from 2023 to 2024 with the arrival of hybrid engine. Obviously it has been Covid that slowed down the world quite a bit and it's been very hard for the manufacturer to get the parts to get ready for the new hybrid engine in IndyCar. So instead of being in 2023, it'll be in 2024. But it's coming, it's going to be more power, it's going to be more push to pass, it's going to be quite interesting. So the new engine are going to be V6 2.4 liters hybrid versus V6 2.2 liters right now. In IndyCar at the minute we do about 600 horsepower, 650 with the push to pass. I believe we're going to go to 700 horsepower with 800 on the push to pass button, bottom on the hybrid one. So it's quite a complex technology. Obviously running hybrid on oval is something quite tricky. You pretty much never break on a speedway. So how do you recharge the hybrid part if you don't break? So that's what all the challenge in IndyCar is. That's what it's got a lot of testing. We've heard recently Honda and Chevy going testing in the Indianapolis GP. Without the hybrid part but on the new 2.4 liters they sound good. They did quite a lot mileage. So finger going smooth. Testing has started but yes it's not going to come before 2024 but it's going to be more power. So more power mids, more traction, more torque out of the corners. Some of the race track may be quite tricky which is good you know it gives us a new challenge but yeah it's going to be more power. Some track like Road America or Indy GP is going to be fairly you know straightforward to use it but some other places maybe like Bumpy Long Beach or Detroit, twisty barber. It could be a quite a bit of a challenge on the throttle application. Driveability also there's a lot of work being done there to make sure that we can use the power. It's not all straightforward I would say. The hybrid system is going to be on the gearbox. It's not a battery system. It's a little bit different than what you have in Formula 1 but it brings weight. It brings weight quite a bit so more power, more top speed, higher weight means that it's a much harder time on the brake for the brakes for the tires as well. So IndyCar is working all of that. I don't think we're gonna have a new chassis with it. If I'm very picky and I say exactly what I would love it would be great to have a new chassis with the new hybrid engine coming. The chassis is a 2011 I believe in IndyCar. Made a lot of progress safety wise but it's gone heavier and heavier with the years. The arrow screen is a very good safety device but it's also heavy. So if they could do a new one that would be great but obviously there's cost and we want to make sure that every team is doing great. So we'll see what will happen but that would be my ideal Christmas list, right? Hybrid also to try to bring in third constructors. We've heard a couple of names around. I don't know where it is to be honest. I think there was some talk with Ferrari who may have heard Toyota coming. It would be really good to have a third manufacturer in IndyCar. It's gonna be a different hybrid from Formula 1. I mean at the minute the way you drive in IndyCar you switch on the engine you go out of the garage and then it's flat out all the time, right? There's no charging, discharging, outlap, push lap, cool down, recharge laps, stuff like that because it's not a battery system. It's just an engine. I love that. I love that. I love going out of the pit and push all the time as hard as you can. Come back in the brief, go again and push hard. So in Formula 1 you've seen the stingwheel in one of the previous video. If you haven't just make sure that you click here and go and watch it. I'll tell you all the secrets behind the buttons. But yeah, in IndyCar there's less buttons. It's more straightforward. I feel that the system is going to be a little bit easier to run than the Formula 1 one. But again, it's early days and haven't yet tried it on the sim. I think it's going to come very soon. But yes, it's coming. It should be better for fuel consumption. It should be better for the environment. So it's the right decision. But obviously we need to make sure that we have the advantage and the others and that we can win a lot of races. Is the IndyCar behind Formula 1? Yes, it's technology-wise. The IndyCar is behind Formula 1. But you have to also understand that a budget is about 10 times if no more cheaper in IndyCar than it is in Formula 1. We use ethanol as gas and not fuel. It's less efficient than fuel but it's more environmentally friendly. It's got 20% less pollution in our fuel. That is in good direction. But yes, the technology in IndyCar is simpler. The car is simpler. It's the same for everyone. It's very much like a Formula 2 and an advanced Formula 2. But I like the fact that we all have the same one and that everyone's got a chance to win the race. I think we've seen in Formula 1, you know, hybrid coming and then 2014 Mercedes were dominant. They were the best power you need for so many years in Formula 1 with the hybrid system. And some of the other really struggled initially with no one and Ferrari. It was tough. So in IndyCar, I feel like we need to make sure that to bring it to the table, we have all manufacturers to be pretty much on the same level. We don't really want to see one completely dominating as it was the case in Formula 1. I don't think that's quite the mentality. So there's going to be a lot of testing done during the year. There's going to be a lot of testing on road course. There's going to be a lot of testing on ovals. As I say, it's hard on ovals to make it work. There could be a paddle behind the steering wheel that you would use as a recharging paddle and that would cost you some straight line speed that would recharge the hybrid. So, you know, there's a lot of discussions. There's going to be a lot of tests. I'm looking forward to be involved and give my feedback. Obviously, I've got a lot of experience from Formula 1, so that could be super helpful. So yeah, guys, make sure that you like, subscribe, comment. I'm reading your comments and, you know, talking, making small tweaks on the videos so I can answer your questions. Yeah, hybrid is coming in IndyCar. I'm excited. It's going to be more powerful. It's going to be more technology. It's going to be a little bit more thinking behind it to get it right. And that's 2024. It gives me a couple of years before to win a championship and then we can go into the new generation. Subscribe, like, leave me a comment and I'll see you very soon.