Michael Cannon, Dale Coyne Racing-Honda engineer, believes the arrival of Sebastien Bourdais and his engineer Olivier Boisson, has helped provide useful comparative data between the Honda and Chevrolet aerokits. Bourdais and Boisson have used Chevrolet engines for the past three years at KV Racing, but have joined Dale Coyne’s Honda-powered team during the off-season, where they are joined by Craig Hampson, who came from Andretti Autosport-Honda. Cannon, who will be engineering for IndyCar’s only fulltime rookie in 2017 and reigning Indy Lights champion Ed Jones, said this new influx of insight is already paying off for the team. He said: “We were able to sit down, everyone lays out...
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