IndyCar engineering insight - Andretti Global on the new hybrids
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This is the last race weekend in which IndyCar will run with these new lightened cars without the hybrid unit. Legendary engineer Craig Hampson, now with Andretti Global, talks us through what is to come - specifically, the complications of running with the hybrid system, and its knock-on effect for drivers, race engineers, strategists and data acquisition engineers.
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@jonathanparker2939 9 күн бұрын
Best elaboration on the new hybrid system I’ve seen, to-date.
@filippoguzzabocca7411 9 күн бұрын
Thanks for the content, quite technical and very detailed! Great questions and great answers.
@user-ul7zu6xp5c 8 күн бұрын
Great interview. Loved all the details.
@jsquared1013 7 күн бұрын
Great video, thank you and thanks to the engineer as well. Clear and straightforward, and very informative. This is the kind of info I like to see as a nerdy motorsports fan.
@justkeithlee 7 күн бұрын
Craig Hampson is the man!
@STC987 9 күн бұрын
Great video David. Good to see you back covering Indycar!!
@DJDouglasWarden 7 күн бұрын
Great stuff thank you! I'm guessing it might be a bit chaotic and unpredictable for a while, but some are gonna get it dialed in quickly and suprise us.
@cvillalobos27 9 күн бұрын
The Craig Hampson
@STC987 9 күн бұрын
Legend
@michaelchriss3302 4 сағат бұрын
Is he doing an Alan Rickman impersonation? Great interview.
@taylorsmith4758 9 күн бұрын
Hoping for the best. If this doesn't bring another manufacturer into the fray, I think its a net negative. 🙏 🏎
@mikulitsi1819 7 күн бұрын
I wouldn't say its a net negative because without this I'm not sure Honda would stay for long
@taylorsmith4758 7 күн бұрын
@@mikulitsi1819 That's fair. Another positive, it could shake up this season's results. It would be nice to see another team other than the big two in victory lane.
@mikulitsi1819 7 күн бұрын
2:25-4:10 Wow this is a shocker to hear that Indycar didn't implement brake-by-wire system with this addition of hybrids. Sounds like it will be much harder to regenerate under braking compared to f1 for example just because the lack of brake-by-wire means that brake bias will be changing massively if you regenerate or not
@jsquared1013 7 күн бұрын
Indycar is putting more of the onus on the driver to control it, and it also helps to keep costs down.
@BeanDip96_ 7 күн бұрын
This system also operates much more like the F1 KERS system from the V8 days instead of the typical heavy af battery/MGU setup in other hybrid cars. The drivers seem to like it, and the engineering talent in the Indycar paddock is insane. They should be able to figure it out ✌️
@John-jl9de 8 күн бұрын
Thanks
@indopleaser 6 күн бұрын
Isnt the whole point for indy car to be a spec series due to stopping skyrocketing expense? Why make this so complex?
@KeithHeard 4 күн бұрын
The manufacturers want it, badly. The end of the interview, where he says "these hybrids work, just like the ones you can buy from a dealership" is the whole reason for this. Chevy and Honda want to put an IndyCar in their commercials and say "look at this cool hybrid, now come buy a FWD 5 seat crossover hybrid".
@calypso2niner 9 күн бұрын
Interesting, still waiting to hear what the benefit of this change is.
@STC987 9 күн бұрын
It’s what the manufacturers want, not difficult to understand. Keep them happy, or you have no series. Pretty straightforward.
@peterscandlyn 9 күн бұрын
Greenwashing. That simple.
@codymoe4986 8 күн бұрын
@@peterscandlyn Yes, because most "green" vehicles are 800 hp hybrids that are capable of 240 mph...
@codymoe4986 8 күн бұрын
You do realize that Chevy and Honda are automobile manufactures and not strictly race teams, correct?
@STC987 8 күн бұрын
@@codymoe4986 that’s too complicated for some people to grasp. What a crazy concept: a manufacturer wants crossover technology in a racing series and their consumer vehicles.
@AlistairMaxwell77 9 күн бұрын
the last thing the dw12 needed was more weight
@anthonysantiago1651 8 күн бұрын
When 10 cars DNF every race until the end of the season, it's going to look great for the serious. SMH. Why do this mid season. So stupid.
@jack4688 9 күн бұрын
Sounds like it’ll be awful for the smaller teams to get their head around this 🤔
@STC987 8 күн бұрын
The series should not cater to the smaller teams. That’s how you remain stagnant.
@jeremybrading 9 күн бұрын
Why are we even doing this?
@user-ku1qm9qg2z 9 күн бұрын
the programmers and PM guys with email jobs need stuff to do
@user-ku1qm9qg2z 9 күн бұрын
its kind of like a make-work green-jobs program for guys that went to Yale
@STC987 9 күн бұрын
Because it’s relevant to the OEMs. Like it or not, it’s where the industry is heading. Just be glad it’s not formula E.
@ethanroebuck7203 9 күн бұрын
it seems the engine manufacturers wanted some electrified power in the cars for marketing reasons. Its been a big point for honda in particular
@cvillalobos27 9 күн бұрын
Because this is what others OEMs want. Haven't seen how Indycar's inbox has been flooded with LOIs front the world's manufacturers??
@purplehazen1000 8 күн бұрын
I don't like it. If the brake bias between the front and the rear is something that the driver has to adjust between corners it's too dangerous. Too much technology destroys competition and we'll have Formula 1 style races. No passes for the lead or after one lap the field becomes spread out and there's very little passing between unless it's a crash or a breakdown. IndyCar is going to make the same mistakes NASCAR made and they'll fix what isn't broken. Hybrids are great on the highway but IndyCars going past you silently it won't be worth the price to go to a race.
@buschpilotsinternational5656 8 күн бұрын
Driver controlled brake bias is nothing new. Everything from carts to F1 have it.
@purplehazen1000 7 күн бұрын
@@buschpilotsinternational5656 that's nothing new to me. However with significantly more weight on one side than the other it's become more complicated than it was when the weight was even side to side. I should have been more precise with my comment.
@tombose5899 9 күн бұрын
This is not Racing ! My computer is faster than yours !!
@STC987 8 күн бұрын
Look up the definition of racing.
@BeanDip96_ 7 күн бұрын
You’re right! Damn woke hippy radial tires and eurotrash wings smh real racing was for MEN who DIED 🙄🙄🙄
@user-ku1qm9qg2z 9 күн бұрын
seems wack, if i had to think about some programmers slop as a driver, i'd be irritated
@zachbishop5421 9 күн бұрын
Seriously having to do math equations to figure brake bias corner by corner for the hybrid sounds like a nightmare
@Grumpy_Stiltskin 9 күн бұрын
What I'm hearing is this is going to suck.
@codymoe4986 8 күн бұрын
Try removing your fingers from your ears? Place them back in your nose and butt crack if you get scared...
@billenright2788 7 күн бұрын
More complex, cost for no reason. Complete joke. 'woke' race cars. Ridiculous.
@Angelbonilla1982 9 күн бұрын
F1, too much technology for u guys!! Let us show how we do it,,wait a minute, you're too cheap for this!😅😅
@bobbybishop5662 9 күн бұрын
Well I guess its time to stop watching Indy cars just like I stopped watching F1 because of this kinda BS.
@STC987 9 күн бұрын
Yeah, Indycar should tell the OEMs to take a hike and build their own engines. That should be cost effective and help with promoting the sport.
@codymoe4986 9 күн бұрын
Almost made it, huh? LOL! See you here after the race, looking forward to your complaints...
@fordfocusonme1458 9 күн бұрын
Funny...that's what people said when turbochargers and rare engine cars started to become popular decades ago. Things change man. It's motorsport. People use to celebrate change but these days people just piss and moan. Goodness.
@STC987 9 күн бұрын
@@fordfocusonme1458 yep. Some people are ridiculous.
@billkuduk1159 8 күн бұрын
@@fordfocusonme1458amen
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