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The Hybrid IndyCars Are Seriously Fast In Final Pre-Indy Test

staff@jalopnik.com (Brad Brownell)By staff@jalopnik.com (Brad Brownell)April 26, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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IndyCar threw a wrench within the works in the course of the 2024 season, waiting until after May’s famed Indianapolis 500 to introduce the brand new electrified powertrain from the Mid-Ohio round onward. Meaning the 2025 Indy 500 can be the primary time these cars have run in anger across the yard of bricks with hybrid power. The everyday April test at Indy went off without an excessive amount of of a hitch this week on the speedway, and the juice looks as if it may need been well worth the squeeze. From the outset the two-day test looked fast as heck and if the weather holds and the drivers and teams get every part tuned up good, we could see one in all the fastest fields in Indy history. 

During Thursday’s high-boost qualifying-style run on the right track two-time Indy winner Takuma Sato nearly matched Scott McLaughlin’s 2024 all-time record pole speed, Racer reports, running a 232.565-mph average lap without an aerodynamic tow. McLaughlin, benefitting from a slight draft, managed to top that with one of the best lap of the session, a 232.686-mph run. The 2-day test’s fastest runs on lower race-spec boost levels saw Scott Dixon setting the pace on Wednesday with a 225.182-mph lap. There may be a couple of three PSI difference between high and low boost settings. 

For the teams to have already discovered this level of speed in April, with almost a full month on the speedway coming up, points to a seriously fast qualifying session once we get around to Fast Friday on May 16. Last 12 months’s April test session, admittedly a rain-shortened effort, only saw one automotive run anything faster than 227 mph. 

What of the hybrids?

There have been some minor complaints because the introduction of the capacitor-based hybrid system, because it hasn’t really appeared to add much to the racing motion other than one other potential point of failure, while adding weight, complexity, and price to the race cars. I believe, and two-time defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden (above, chatting with Racer Magazine‘s Marshall Pruett) agrees with me, that the 60-horsepower hybrid energy boost will make or break a driver’s run at Indianapolis. It’s imperative that drivers get a handle on charging the capacitors in traffic and implementing the ability adding jolt at the suitable time to perfectly execute a pass or save fuel on a protracted run. If every part goes well through the race in late May, there’s a possibility for the hybrid motor to essentially make a difference. 

IndyCar has discussed increasing the hybrid power boost from 60 horses to 100, and I believe that is exactly what must occur for next season, if not sooner. With a bit more oomph, the electrical boost can be given a possibility to shine. And that’ll give drivers one other opportunity to go for one more all-time fastest pole time in 2026. If we do not see the Speedway’s all-time fastest single-lap record, a 239.260-mph run in practice by Arie Luyendyk in 1996, fall this 12 months it’s sure to occur soon. Are you ready for May on the Speedway? It is going to be big.

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