Only 2 things changed between 2024 and 2025: tires and hybrids. Take your pick or choose both to explain the drastic change in the racing. I say it's mostly the new tires. Ironically, Indycar purposely changed the tire formula to provide a bigger difference between primary and alternate thinking it would make the racing even better. It seems to have had the opposite effect with most using race strategies to conserve tires (and fuel)
