![]() “The additional set of tires will create flexibility and more opportunities to run so the teams can develop a strategy on how best to use the extra set before giving them – and a set of primaries – back prior to qualifying. “In 2022 there were more laps turned in the 75 minute opening practice sessions versus the previous 45 minute session – even without an extra set of tires. Petersburg and Long Beach,” Ind圜ar president Jay Frye told RACER. The call to make teams give back sets of primaries and alternates is another way to inspire more running in the first session since it would be a struggle to save both sets of alternates and a set of primaries to be used adequately in the 45-minute second session. Without the requirement for the alternates to be used in the first practice session, it’s possible that some teams could limit their running during the 75-minute weekend opener and backload the second session, so with that possibility in mind, Ind圜ar has added another wrinkle by requiring all teams to return a set of primary tires – along with one of the alternate sets – prior to qualifying. And in another change, the series has removed the restriction limiting the use of those alternates in the first session, giving teams greater latitude to decide on how they want to structure their run plans in both outings. ![]() Petersburg and Long Beach by making a second set of Firestone alternate tires available to the field. To further incentivize teams to use as much as the opening 75-minute session as possible, Ind圜ar will experiment at St. ![]() In 2022, Ind圜ar lengthened the duration of its opening practice sessions on road and street courses from 45 to 75 minutes, and as a part of that change, a new policy was implemented where teams were given one set of Firestone’s alternate that could only be used during the first session.Īccording to last year’s rules, that set of alternates had to be returned after the first session, and unlike in previous years, alternates were no longer allowed to be used in the second practice session prior to qualifying where teams saved them for late in the session to perform qualifying simulation runs. It’s also trying something altogether new for the final oval race of the year at World Wide Technologies Raceway. The NTT Ind圜ar Series is taking a different approach to its distribution of Firestone’s faster alternate tires at the first two street courses. ![]()
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