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Originally Posted by climb
It's gonna be interesting to see how Honda's retirement from F1 will affect it all.
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The irl and ALMS are Honda USA's deal, but as I said before I had heard Honda wanted out pretty quickly from the irl. Apparently the cost/benefit ratio is not there plus no other manufacturers are interested in the irl nor the new 2011 formula and Honda doesn't want to start developing a new engine if no one else wants to either.
In this climate anything can happen, so don't be surprised if they yank the plug.
I've heard from Honda people that the main interest they have in motorsport is technology and competition. Right now the irl is just a marketing exercise with diminishing value. Honda has some indy 500 wins under it's belt now and the series tv and crowd figures keep going down, so what is the point anymore?