Dallara
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Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 1972 |
Founder | Giampaolo Dallara |
Headquarters | Varano de' Melegari, Italy |
Key people |
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Website | www.dallara.it |
Dallara Group S.r.l. is an Italian race car manufacturer, founded by its current President, Giampaolo Dallara. After working for Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and De Tomaso, in 1972 in his native village of Varano de' Melegari (Parma), he created Dallara Automobili.
Dallara is the sole manufacturer of racing cars for the IndyCar Series, Indy NXT, FIA Formula 2, FIA Formula 3 and Super Formula Championships. The company also produces cars for endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona.
Dallara has also been involved in the development and production of both Formula E cars[1] and Haas F1 Team cars.[2]
Early years
The company was founded by designer Giampaolo Dallara in 1972 in Varano de' Melegari, near Parma, Italy, and started building chassis for sports car racing and hillclimbing, racing in the smaller engine classes. Dallara designed his first Formula Three car for Walter Wolf Racing in 1978. Dallara also had a brief involvement in Formula 3000 in the mid-1980s.[citation needed]
Formula Three
The first F3 car under the Dallara name came in 1981, and the cars became particularly successful in Italy. Since 1985 Dallara drivers have taken the Italian Formula Three Championship every year except 1990. The late 1980s and early 1990s also saw Dallara make inroads into the German and French markets, winning the German title in 1987 and the French in 1987 and 1992.
1993 was the first year that Dallaras were entered in the
Formula One
In 1988 the company became a Formula One constructor, after being hired by BMS Scuderia Italia to build their chassis. The relationship between the Italian constructor and Beppe Lucchini's racing outfit endured until 1992, with their best result being two third places: one at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix with Andrea de Cesaris; the other at the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix, thanks to JJ Lehto. The Constructors' Championship results were: no classification in 1988, 8th in 1989 (with 8 points), 15th (with no points) in 1990, 8th in 1991 (with 5 points) and 10th in 1992 (with 2 points) by Pierluigi Martini.
Dallara returned briefly to F1 in 1999, building the test-chassis for Honda's planned but aborted return to the series.
During 2004, Dallara recruited ex-Jordan, Stewart and Jaguar F1 designer Gary Anderson, leading to speculation that the Italian company was working on another F1 project. Late in 2004 the nascent Midland team announced that Dallara would be designing and building their Formula One chassis which was due to be entered for the 2006 season. Following Midland's purchase of the Jordan team for early entry to F1 in 2005, Dallara continued co-operating with the team technically. However, the relationship fizzled out as Midland focussed its resources on developing the existing Jordan infrastructure, and a new Dallara F1 chassis never appeared.
Dallara built the cars for Hispania's entry in the 2010 season.[3] The Hispania team's financial problems—which delayed payment of money owed to Dallara and the completion of the cars—and the alleged low quality of the F110 chassis resulted in the two parties officially ending their partnership in May 2010. The car was used in all 2010 races without any development except the graphics. They had only one aerodynamic configuration, used for all races, including Monte Carlo and Monza.[4] Geoff Willis, who joined Hispania in March 2010, criticized the F110, saying that he was disappointed at the quality and level of engineering in the car and that the design of the car was missing a lot of contemplating practices commonly employed in the process of building a Formula One car.[5]
On 15 April 2014 Gene Haas confirmed his new Formula One team, Haas F1 Team, had entered talks to form a partnership with Dallara in 2015 for the build of their first car.[6] On 21 February 2016, the Haas VF-16 was officially unveiled.[7] This arrangement has continued since[8] with Dallara designing all the Haas cars up to and including the 2023 season.
IndyCar
Dallara debuted as a chassis builder and supplier at the
In 2012 the company opened an engineering center in Speedway, Indiana, at the Speed Zone Redevelopment Area near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where they produce and assemble the IndyCar. The same building also houses an entertainment center, where visitors can learn how a racing car is manufactured.[10]
First generation (IR-7)
Dallara was one of the original three chassis constructors when the
Second generation (IR-00)
A new model chassis was introduced for the
Third generation (IR-03/IR-04/IR-05)
For the
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Tony Kanaan's 2004 Dallara IR-03.
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Sam Hornish Jr. at Sonoma Raceway in 2007
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A Dallara IR-05 practicing for the Indianapolis 500
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Dallara IR-05 at the Milwaukee Mile in 2007.
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2011-spec Dallara IR-05.
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Dallara IR-05 qualifying at the 2011 Indy Japan 300
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KV Racing Technology Dallara-Honda IR-05
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2011 Indianapolis 500-winning chassis
Fourth generation (IR-12/DW-12)
Starting in
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Dallara DW12 with Universal Aero Kit (UAK)
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Dallara DW12 on display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum in 2017
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Takuma Sato's 2017 Indianapolis 500-winning car
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Helio Castroneves' DW12 chassis on display
Other formulae
In 2002, Dallara became the exclusive supplier for
In 2007 Dallara created a new car model, known as the Formulino ("little formula"), in order to fill the gap between karts and Formula Three. The first series to use the new concept was the
Dallara has provided the spec chassis to the
Dallara also designed the chassis for the Japanese
Endurance car racing
In the early 1980s, Dallara was responsible for the construction of the
As a consequence, the company secured other contracts and built chassis for
In March 2008 the first Dallara
In 2015 Dallara was named as one of four constructors for the new
chassis.Other notable cars
In 2007, Dallara and
Dallara also provided engineering services for Renault (R.S. 01),[19] Alfa Romeo (8C and 4C),[20][21] Bugatti (Veyron and Chiron),[22] Maserati (MC20),[23] and Lamborghini (motorsport variants of the Huracán)[24][25]
In 2017, Dallara showed its first road car, the Stradale, on the occasion of Giampaolo Dallara's 81st birthday.[26]
Handbikes
Dallara also produces handbikes, under Z-Bike.[27] They also designed a handbike for Alex Zanardi for the Men's Para-cycling at the Paralympics, leading Zanardi to win 4 gold and 2 silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics respectively.[28][29]
Aerospace
For the Rosetta probe, Dallara designed the drill that is part of the Philae robotic lander. Dallara has also partnered with Raytheon to provide the MALD for the United States Air Force.[30][31]
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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1988 | BMS Scuderia Italia | 3087 F188 |
Ford DFR 3.5 V8 | G | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Alex Caffi | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | 8 | 12 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | |||||||
1989 | BMS Scuderia Italia | F189 | Ford DFR 3.5 V8 | P | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 8 | 8th | |
Alex Caffi | DNPQ | 7 | 4 | 13 | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | |||||||
Andrea de Cesaris | 13 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 8 | 3 | DNQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret | |||||||
1990 | BMS Scuderia Italia | F190 | Ford DFR 3.5 V8 | P | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Emanuele Pirro | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
Andrea de Cesaris | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | DSQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||
Gianni Morbidelli | DNQ | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | BMS Scuderia Italia | F191 | Judd GV 3.5 V10
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P | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 5 | 8th | |
Emanuele Pirro | Ret | 11 | DNPQ | 6 | 9 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 10 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 10 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 7 | |||||||
JJ Lehto | Ret | Ret | 3 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 12 | |||||||
1992 | BMS Scuderia Italia | F192 | Ferrari 037 3.5 V12 |
G | RSA | MEX | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | 2 | 10th | |
JJ Lehto | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | DNQ | 7 | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | |||||||
Pierluigi Martini | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 15 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 10 | Ret |
See also
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