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  • There are a lot of differences, but generally speaking, Indy cars are bigger, faster and more durable whereas F1 cars are more agile and accelerate faster. An F1 car is slower on the straights but much quicker in the corners. The engine has less horsepower but the power comes on quicker and because a Formula One car is lighter and more responsive it reacts faster to the driver's input and the braking is much better. Other differences: Turbo charging This is banned in F1 but still allowed in Indy. Brakes F1 cars use carbon fibre brakes which are lighter and more durable than the steel brakes used by Indy cars. Weight F1 cars minimum weight is 585 kg (1,287 lbs). Indy car minimum weight is 1,550 lbs (704.5 kg). Ground effect In F1, the downforce that a car generates is limited by requiring flat bottoms between the wheels (now with 50mm step). In Indycar shaped ground effect tunnels are allowed, but with strictly controlled dimensions and at a minimum height above the bottom of the chassis. Tracks Indy uses ovals as well as road and street courses - F1 uses only race tracks, with the exception of the Monaco street circuit. Nationality Indy is basically a domestic U.S. series as far as teams, venues and drivers are concerned. However, there are 3 venues outside of the U.S. (Surfer's Paradise, Brazil, Toronto and Vancouver) and an increasing number of foreign drivers. F1 is truly international in teams, engines, venues and drivers although there is a strong European influence, particularly British and Italian.
  • there many differencez but one that people forget is that in the indy car siries,we have tha hottest female driver-danica patrics whereas in formula 1 therez not even a single pit engineer let alone a driver!

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