IndyCar President Jay Frye has made it clear he has ‘every intention' of introducing the new hybrid engines into the NTT IndyCar Series but is hesitant over committing to a specific timeline. In 2018 IndyCar unveiled plans to bring in a new engine formula to the series which would include a new 2.4 litre twin-turbo V6 engine, with hybrid power, which would increase output to over 900 horsepower. But due to the Covid-19 pandemic plans for the introduction of the new engine format in 2022 are currently in a state of flux. Honda Performance Development President Ted Klaus rejected recent proposals to bring in the hybrid formula in different phases.
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