This is the last race weekend in which IndyCar will run with these new lightened cars without the hybrid unit. Legendary engineer Craig Hampson, now with Andretti Global, talks us through what is to come — specifically, the complications of running with the hybrid system, and its knock-on effect for drivers, race engineers, strategists and data acquisition engineers.
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