When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012, it ended a long period where various manufacturers offered new cars for the 500 mile Indianapolis 500 races. The Indycar series had opened up its supply contract to any company that could produce a car. However, the sanctioning body ICONIC decided to stick with Dallara as the single-supplier and only allow limited development of bodywork parts. This meant many promising concepts from other companies were never realized, despite some having great design ideas.

1. Rush
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2. When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012 it
was the end of a long and controversial road which saw
a number of manufacturers offer all new cars for the
500 mile sweepstakes. The Indycar series had opened
up the supply contract to any company capable of
producing a car.
Some constructors and most fans wanted open
competition but the men of ICONIC decided that they
would stick with a spec chassis built by existing
supplier Dallara and eventually open up some portions
of bodywork for development. This meant that some
exciting and interesting concepts were left on the
drawing board, despite a number of them featuring
superb ideas.
The LMP2 category got something
of a shock
Grand Prix 2017
When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012 it
was the end of a long and controversial road which saw
a number of manufacturers offer all new cars for the
500 mile sweepstakes. The Indycar series had opened
up the supply contract to any company capable of
producing a car.
Some constructors and most fans wanted open
competition but the men of ICONIC decided that they
would stick with a spec chassis built by existing
supplier Dallara and eventually open up some portions
of bodywork for development. This meant that some
exciting and interesting concepts were left on the
drawing board, despite a number of them featuring
superb ideas.
Prototype class in crisis as new rules look to exclude many constructors
and suppliers
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3. HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR
MOTORSPORT
When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012 it
was the end of a long and controversial road which saw a
number of manufacturers offer all new cars for the 500
mile sweepstakes. The Indycar series had opened up the
supply contract to any company capable of producing a
car.
Some constructors and most fans wanted open
competition but the men of ICONIC decided that they
would stick with a spec chassis built by existing supplier
Dallara and eventually open up some portions of
bodywork for development. This meant that some
exciting and interesting concepts were left on the
drawing board, despite a number of them featuring
superb ideas.
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4. A wise man can
learn more from
his enemies
than a fool from
his friends
NIKI HUNT
Niki Hunt was the reigning world champion, driving for Ferrari
and looking set to win a second consecutive championship against
the Porsche driver Fzy Jfr.
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5. Formula One is as safe as it has ever been but
danger will always be part of the sport. Grand Prix
racing became popular in the middle of the 20th
century because it combined the glamour of fast
cars driven by young men in exotic locales, from
Buenos Aires to Monte Carlo, with the danger of
fast cars driven by young men through deep
forests in Germany and Belgium and at high-
speed, purpose-built tracks from Italy to South
Africa.
The inaugural F1 World Championship season
was in 1950, although Grand Prix racing has
existed for almost as long as the automobile.
Indeed, the sport’s current problems would have
seemed quaint to the drivers of F1’s primitive
years, who worried more about whether they
would survive the race than about tyre
compounds or sponsorships.
The biggest problem with modern Formula One,
despite what you may read elsewhere, is not
Pirelli, nor the difficulty of passing without the
drag reduction system, nor the financial
struggles of various teams.
NIKI HUNT
TODAY
F1’S MOST FAMOUS AND
FRIGHTENING ACCIDENTS
"I don’t remember
anything about the
accident, I can only
speak about the
aftermath"
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