Big bombshell today: IndyCar is abandoning plans to go to a 2.4L engine in 2024 and will stick with the existing engines for the foreseeable future.
Racer news story here, A key quote:
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Although IndyCar did not provide a reason for the parking of its new engine formula, RACER has learned one of the primary areas involved the extreme costs of developing the new internal combustion engines, coupled with a new and unanticipated need to help the series redevelop and mass-produce the ERS units, left both brands with the budget to support one or the other, but not both.
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Analysis, from Marshall Pruett
is available here. Lots to digest, but another issue is the inability to find a third engine manufacturer. The existing engines are money-losers for Chevy and Honda; the new engines will cost them more, so they're only (initially?) willing to supply engines for fewer cars.