Honda Performance Development (HPD) wants the IndyCar to schedule discussions to finally decide on the series’ future chassis and engine rules by the end of the year in order for those changes to be implemented for 2012.
When the talks started just over a year ago, the initial target had been for a new car specification for 2011, but that has been pushed back a year because it has taken so long to make any further progress.
"If we get into the first quarter of next year and it continues to draw out, we won't be able to do it for 2012," HPD boss Erik Berkman told this week's Autosport magazine.
One of the main stumbling blocks in the earlier discussions was the basic specification of the engine. Honda wanted a V-6 unit, while other manufacturers supported an in-line four-cylinder engine, which is a completely different arrangement.
photo:IRL
When the talks started just over a year ago, the initial target had been for a new car specification for 2011, but that has been pushed back a year because it has taken so long to make any further progress.
"If we get into the first quarter of next year and it continues to draw out, we won't be able to do it for 2012," HPD boss Erik Berkman told this week's Autosport magazine.
One of the main stumbling blocks in the earlier discussions was the basic specification of the engine. Honda wanted a V-6 unit, while other manufacturers supported an in-line four-cylinder engine, which is a completely different arrangement.
photo:IRL