IndyCar Practice Times At COTA Are Coming In About 14 Seconds SLOWER Than Formula 1

The results are in. At long last, race fans will finally have a way to directly compare the speeds of Formula One cars against IndyCars. As IndyCar’s first testing sessions come to a close at Circuit of the Americas, it seems like as good a time as any to see how these two open wheel series compare.

One of the big arguments as to why IndyCar wouldn’t race at COTA was, for a while, that it would show how much slower IndyCars were than F1 cars, thus making IndyCar look like a foolish, small potatoes series next to the grandiose international series that is Formula One.

atc98092 - 2/13/2019 12:11:40 PM

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And what pray tell does Tesla have to do with this article?

PUGPROUD - 2/13/2019 12:32:50 PM

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14 seconds on a racetrack is an eternity but F1 is the pinnacle of all racing.

valhallakey - 2/13/2019 12:41:14 PM

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It is the pinnacle that is regulated to death. They need to loosen up and let competition drive innovation. You used to see very interesting advances like the Williams wonder wings in the early 90s or the Tyrrell 6 wheeled car, pneumatic valve springs and on and on. Now it seems like innovation has been stifled due to over regulation. Regulations can be good for safety, to provide for some competitiveness, but F1 has gone way too far IMHO.

PUGPROUD - 2/13/2019 3:03:50 PM

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Don't disagree with you valhallakey. However without some caps only a couple teams could afford to compete in an unlimited class. Times have changed. Not like years ago when one off home built roadsters built in small garages in California could compete and win the Indy 500. It takes mega bucks today just to make the rear of a grid.

OneOfOne - 2/14/2019 1:22:53 PM

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only 3 teams are 'competitive' now if you include red bull. F1 needs to have cost constraints and less focus on aerodynamics. if it wasnt for DRS it would be unwatchable.

valhallakey - 2/16/2019 12:38:11 AM

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I am ok with $ caps but loosen the rules on the cars themselves. Make each team deposit X dollars that will be used for all expenses each F1 season, but don't regulate every little thing like height of the wings etc... just my 2 cents... in fact I think they should get rid of wings totally, replace them with wheel fenders separate from the body....(to reclaim advertising space)...

mpls - 2/13/2019 3:04:12 PM

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Indy cars are hesvily specced so the racing is closer.. if Indy was more open to technical freedom, I donlt see why the Americans can't make cars as fast as F1 cars...

Foncool - 2/13/2019 5:58:45 PM

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Indy a long time ago decided to become an open wheel NASCAR. They are spec racers.

Dr550 - 2/14/2019 1:15:53 AM

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Price per car: IndyCar $3 million vs. F1 $15-20 million. There is your 14 seconds.

zlives - 2/14/2019 5:30:39 PM

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Alonso FTW

qwertyfla1 - 2/14/2019 3:46:36 PM

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Indy is where racers go who can't make it in F1. F1 became wrecked and unwatchable the day they introduced safety cars with "Senile Bernie" at the helm and Max "Nazi Orgy" Mosely...