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IndyCar reduces teams' testing time in 2013

IndyCar is reducing the amount of testing its teams are permitted to complete in 2013

With the field having had a year to get to grips with the new-for-2012 Dallara DW12 chassis and turbocharged engines, the series said it was logical to now trim the testing allowance as a cost-saving move.

Teams' private testing will be reduced from six days to two, with engine manufacturer tests limited to two days each prior to the St Petersburg season-opener, and four rather than the previous six during the campaign.

The testing tyre allocation per entrant is being halved from 32 per year to 16.

Outside private and manufacturer tests, team will be allowed to run at five open tests organised by the series - one pre-season and four once the championship is underway.

New entrants or teams running rookies get two additional test days.

With the switch to the new car - which did not hit its cost targets - having caused a financial burden in 2012, IndyCar's vice president of technology Will Phillips said the testing reduction was an important step.

"In the interest of continued cost containment and with the support of the majority of the partners involved, testing is being reined in after the initial development of the new car," he said.

"We're recovering from the cost of re-capitalising the whole field and testing can be the most expensive part of a team's programme."

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