Marko Hanželic
The Italian sports car brand is still considering entering the IndyCar series, but 24 Hours of Le Mans is increasingly being mentioned as an alternative.
Many Italian media outlets report that at Ferrari decided not to make an engine for IndyCar, at Penske Entertainment they still claim that talks are still ongoing, which he himself has confirmed Roger Penské.
"Finding new OEM partners is one of our most important tasks and future strategy for the IndyCar series," they wrote in a press release at NTT IndyCar Series: “We are talking about the possibilities of cooperation with many companies that are interested in participating in our sport. Ferrari is one of those who has shown concrete interest, ” he says Penske, "… And we're still talking to them about joining the IndyCar series."
It's May this year Mattia binotto confirmed that at Scuderia they are seriously considering entering the series IndyCar, as they will also be racing 2,4-liter hybrid powertrains there in the future, Ferrari however, due to budget constraints, part of its Formula 1 workers will be forced rearrange into other programs if they don’t want to lose at Maranello valuable staff.
binotto he also mentioned that they are having a series IndyCar also considered the possibility of competing in endurance races. In this context, Italian sources report that Ferrari, instead of engaging in IndyCar series embarked on a prototype development project with which he could achieve a joint victory at 24 hours Le Mans.
