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Originally Posted by Zeke
I don't know much about the Andretti/GM entry. What chassis are they planning to debut with?
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They are required to build their own. There are no chassis available from manufacturers thereof, unlike NASCAR and IRL.
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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Does anyone know if Andretti/GM have enjoyed recent success in world championship level motorsport where both chassis and engine are exclusive to their team
Not thinking of categories where a homologation chassis is used ie Indy, IMSA etc
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I do not believe that Andretti Racing has ever competed outside of these essentially "spec" series. They have never had to build their own car, as they will have to do in F1.
I think, as you have already mentioned, that their separation from the "epicenter" of F1 will prove to be a huge hinderance in their success. I do not care how talented their engineers may be (and I'm sure they are), there is far, far too much "task specific" knowledge, of "tribal knowledge" involved in this kind of engineering to be successful without it. Too many nuances that are vitally important. Too much trial and error went into learning them. They simply do not have that foundation.