Honda Performance Development has scaled back its involvement with Wirth Research and moved part of its aerodynamic development program in-house as it continues to develop its aero kit for the 2016 IndyCar season. The change follows the reestablishment of a Formula 1 technical group at Honda in Japan, which gives HPD access to internal aero resources that were not available when its 2015 aero kit was under development. "Primarily we used Wirth Research to develop our 2015 kits, however with the establishment of the F1 group in Japan, we've been working more with our Japan group to try to keep it more within using Honda resources, as opposed to outsourced stuff ," HPD president...
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