Will F1 teams badge IndyCars?

With Formula 1 teams now being forced to reduce their aerodynamic development work, there is an opportunity for all those with more than one wind tunnel to use the other to develop a bodywork package for the American IndyCar market in 2012. Although the costs of these is being kept to a minimum ($70K max) – and profits would be limited – it would nonetheless provide F1 teams with an opportunity to have cars running in their livery in the United States. The problem is another car company will not want a Honda engine in the back. So it would have to be a non-auto manufacturer team (Red Bull, Force India, Toro Rosso, Williams, etc.) not a Ferrari, Renault, Mercedes unless they decide to also produce an IndyCar engine.