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Originally Posted by Vukie
Take the 26 cars that started the first two races and add these cars to Indy.
Ana Beatriz - Andretti
Jean Alesi - Newman Haas
Luca Filippi - RLL
Sebastian Saavedra - AFS/Andretti
Paul Tracy - MSRIndy
BryanClauson - SFR
? - Foyt
? - Dreyer & Reinbold
That get's the field to 34 but with the news this morning coming out of Europe concerning Lotus & F1, who knows what will happen to the Indy program.
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That's pretty much the breakdown I see/hear. I'm not sure any Lotus teams will be able to add a car because of engine supply. They supply 5 now and I've read that they will do 6 (which will go to Alesi). DRR is usually good for 3 or 4 entries at Indy, but I don't think they will be able to do that this year based on what you hear. Maybe something will change. Davey Hamilton said his team will do 1 extra car (maybe 2). I think they will get to 33 somehow. I just don't see it going much past that this year. Lotus hasn't delivered their 33% of the field so it's good Chevy and Honda have already stepped up. Not much you can do. Those companies owe it to their orginal teams to not over-extend too much for Indy.
Lotus doesn't make sense to me. I can't keep track of who owns/runs what with the name. A couple of years ago, two F1 teams fought over the use of the name. I don't really understand how Lotus is run and who can use the name. With the way things are run, I wouldn't feel too comfortable with their engine in my car for years to come. Far cry from what Colin Chapman started.