Don't you agree with me that indy car racing is not the ''baby'' of F1 ???

Question

''those indy cars are the baby to the f1'' thats what my cousin is saying !!! and he said that '' there different leagues but there the same race''

do you agree with him ?

Answer 1

F1 took a c**p and Indy was a result of that c**p.

Answer 2

I agree with you.  The cars are similar in looks but totally different.  Indy cars are much heavier, designed to go on a track with limited turns.  They accelerate slower but have a higher top speed as they have less downforce.  They are also rather basic on the technology front compared to F1

If you put both cars on a twisty track, the Indy car would'nt see which way the F1 car went.

Answer 3

It would make some sort of sense to consider GP2 as the "baby" of F1.

Indy is not, it's just another high profile Formula.

How can someone explain something like this?

Whoever watches a lot of motorsport either gets it or doesn't.

Answer 4

IRL is to my mind better than F1 theses days as at least we see overtaking.

Ron Obvious you are so wrong.

Answer 5

They're not really comparable. Yes, the cars are somewhat similar looking, both being open wheel racers, but there is a vast chasm between them in terms of technology and capability. F1 cars are more powerful, handle better, and cost several times what Indy cars do. The difference between the level of development in F1 compared to that in Indycar is staggering. The backmarkers in the F1 grid spend more on aerodynamic R&D than most Indycar teams spend on their entire program.

F1 has better tracks. Monaco, Spa, the Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Monza, Fuji, Suzuka, Imola, Magny-Cours, the least of which are (or were) much more interesting than anything Indycar has to offer. I think that half of the reason I watch F1 is for the tracks.

F1 drivers are among the best in the world. No offense to the Indy car crowd, but there are drivers stuck in GP2 that could spank the entire field of this year's Indy 500 on just about any track, under just about any conditions.

Off the track, there are different sanctioning bodies, different rules, and different revenue streams. FIA is raking the money in, while Indycar is struggling.

About the only thing they have in common is the drivers that have run both the Indy 500 and in F1. Clark, Andretti, Fittipaldi, Montoya, and Villeneuve come to mind right away, but there were several others.

I think it's best not to compare Indycar to F1, but to judge each on its own merit. There really is no fair comparison between them.

Answer 6

not any more they aren't, and havent been for 15 years now

Answer 7

Totally different.

Cars, drivers, courses, I could go on.

Answer 8

Indycar is the American F1!

Answer 9

F1 and INDY are completly different from each other only the car looks somewhat simaler

The skill of the driver is way different.

so i  would agree with you

i love racing of many types!

Answer 10

Indy car racing is the backwards inbred hillfarming cousin of Formula 1

Answer 11

Yes I do.

F1 drivers have much more skill because of the recent subtraction of traction control. the cars get much more  squirly.

Answer 12

they both suck

Answer 13

Indy Racing is completely different.

GP2 or F3000 is the baby F1.

And the baby of those two is probably Formula Renault or something similar.