{"id":36199,"date":"2026-05-25T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36199"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:30:53","slug":"how-indycar-imsa-got-hybrids-right-while-f1-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/how-indycar-imsa-got-hybrids-right-while-f1-struggles","title":{"rendered":"How IndyCar\/IMSA got hybrids right while F1 struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Indianapolis \u2014<\/em>\u00a0The Indy 500 is not just the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, it is the greatest spectacle in hybrid racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As manufacturers rushed towards an electrified future over the last decade, motorsports became a key technological proving ground. In Europe, the Fe\u0301de\u0301ration Internationale de l&#8217;Automobile developed the all-electric Formula E series and introduced a 50\/50 hybrid system into Formula One, the world\u2019s premier motorsports series, for 2026. The new F1 setup has been smothered in controversy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In North American racing, by contrast, professional motorsports took a more measured course with mild hybrids in both the IndyCar and IMSA Weathertech Sportscar series. Showcased in a gripping Indy 500 on Sunday, the Chevrolet and Honda-powered hybrids have been better received.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/05\/25\/how-indycarimsa-got-hybrids-right-while-f1-struggles\/90249628007\/\">Read full article here,<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Indianapolis \u2014\u00a0The Indy 500 is not just the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, it is the greatest spectacle in hybrid racing. As manufacturers rushed towards an electrified future over the last decade, motorsports became a key technological proving ground. In Europe, the Fe\u0301de\u0301ration Internationale de l&#8217;Automobile developed the all-electric Formula E series and introduced a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36199"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36200,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36199\/revisions\/36200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}