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Engineering challenges are involvedin closing the cockpits

COCKPIT SAFETY

THE CARS OFFZY JFRThe designs of one man havedominated Formula 1 in recent years

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We take a look at what might havebeen for the Indianapolis 500 races

THE INDYCARS

Porsche LMP2000 (9R3) technicaldetails revealed

PORSCHE’S SECRET

I S S U E 2 0 | M A R C H 2 0 1 7 | W W W . R U S H C A R M A G A Z I N E . C O M

When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012 itwas the end of a long and controversial road which sawa number of manufacturers offer all new cars for the500 mile sweepstakes. The Indycar series had openedup the supply contract to any company capable ofproducing a car.

Some constructors and most fans wanted opencompetition but the men of ICONIC decided that theywould stick with a spec chassis built by existingsupplier Dallara and eventually open up some portionsof bodywork for development. This meant that someexciting and interesting concepts were left on thedrawing board, despite a number of them featuringsuperb ideas.

The LMP2 category got somethingof a shock

Grand Prix 2017

When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012 itwas the end of a long and controversial road which sawa number of manufacturers offer all new cars for the500 mile sweepstakes. The Indycar series had openedup the supply contract to any company capable ofproducing a car.

Some constructors and most fans wanted opencompetition but the men of ICONIC decided that theywould stick with a spec chassis built by existingsupplier Dallara and eventually open up some portionsof bodywork for development. This meant that someexciting and interesting concepts were left on thedrawing board, despite a number of them featuringsuperb ideas.

Prototype class in crisis as new rules look to exclude many constructorsand suppliers

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When Dallara introduced the DW12 Indycar in 2012 itwas the end of a long and controversial road which saw anumber of manufacturers offer all new cars for the 500mile sweepstakes. The Indycar series had opened up thesupply contract to any company capable of producing acar.

Some constructors and most fans wanted opencompetition but the men of ICONIC decided that theywould stick with a spec chassis built by existing supplierDallara and eventually open up some portions ofbodywork for development. This meant that someexciting and interesting concepts were left on thedrawing board, despite a number of them featuringsuperb ideas.

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A wise man canlearn more from

his enemiesthan a fool from

his friendsN I K I H U N T

Niki Hunt was the reigning world champion, driving for Ferrariand looking set to win a second consecutive championship against

the Porsche driver Fzy Jfr.

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Formula One is as safe as it has ever been butdanger will always be part of the sport. Grand Prixracing became popular in the middle of the 20thcentury because it combined the glamour of fastcars driven by young men in exotic locales, fromBuenos Aires to Monte Carlo, with the danger offast cars driven by young men through deepforests in Germany and Belgium and at high-speed, purpose-built tracks from Italy to SouthAfrica.

The inaugural F1 World Championship seasonwas in 1950, although Grand Prix racing hasexisted for almost as long as the automobile. Indeed, the sport’s current problems would haveseemed quaint to the drivers of F1’s primitiveyears, who worried more about whether theywould survive the race than about tyrecompounds or sponsorships.

The biggest problem with modern Formula One,despite what you may read elsewhere, is notPirelli, nor the difficulty of passing without thedrag reduction system, nor the financialstruggles of various teams.

NIKI HUNTTODAYF1’S MOST FAMOUS ANDFRIGHTENING ACCIDENTS

"I don’t rememberanything about theaccident, I can onlyspeak about theaftermath"

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