{"id":135779,"date":"2024-12-11T10:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T03:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135779"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:32:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T03:32:01","slug":"indycar-team-owners-get-first-look-at-proposed-2027-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135779","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar team owners get first look at proposed 2027 design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Penske Entertainment revealed the first rendering of its proposed 2027 IndyCar during a private teleconference with its team owners in October.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting between IndyCar\u2019s parent company and its entrants covered a range of topics, highlighted by the sharing of Penske\u2019s suggested replacement for the current Dallara DW12. The series was specifically looking to elicit feedback as work on the design continues, and the illustrations led to some strong reactions after the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>One team owner sent an email to most (but not all) of the other owners urging for a complete do-over of the 2027 concept. In the group email, the owner said they attached a photo of the Red Bull X1 open-wheel concept penned by Adrian Newey as an example of the forward-looking design they want to see emerge from the new car development process.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to share the rendering, Penske Entertainment declined the request, but did say it could elect to do so at a later date.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related related--auto shortcode shortcode--auto-related\"><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2024\/12\/09\/defrancesco-to-make-indycar-return-with-rll\/\" data-track=\"-in-article-related-auto\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">DeFrancesco to make IndyCar return with RLL<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2024\/12\/05\/legges-indycar-cosmetics-sponsor-wins-major-advertising-awards-for-indy-500-campaign\/\" data-track=\"-in-article-related-auto\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Legge\u2019s IndyCar cosmetics sponsor wins major advertising awards for Indy 500 campaign<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2024\/12\/05\/coyne-rll-teams-complete-2024s-final-testing-laps-at-laguna\/\" data-track=\"-in-article-related-auto\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Coyne, RLL teams complete 2024\u2019s final testing laps at Laguna<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>Owners who\u2019ve spoken with RACER describe the 2027 concept as a lightly modified version of today\u2019s car, with a large, bellowing Formula 2-style wing array affixed to the rear. In various ways, those who offered opinions called for starting over with a bolder and more creative take on the looks of the next chassis, citing Newey\u2019s X1 as an example for IndyCar to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 car, like the DW12, will be created by Dallara as a spec vehicle, which means the tub that carries the driver, along with its bodywork and wings, and every aspect of its outward appearance will be a fixed design that cannot be modified.<\/p>\n<p>Penske Entertainment is considering an approach to its next-generation IndyCar where it would carry over as many of the DW12\u2019s mechanical components as possible to reduce costs \u2014 from suspension, to ancillaries beneath the sidepods, to some drivetrain items.<\/p>\n<p>This would paint the next car into a bearing a similar likeness to the current car due to the attachment points for those items needing to be the same. It could also account for the rendering being portrayed as having visual cues that are very familiar to the DW12.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, more visually creative opportunities would exist if a decision is taken to distance the future car from the DW12, which would result in fewer carryover parts being incorporated that need to connect to the same locations as they do today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_373583\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373583\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373583 lazy-load\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=150,98 150w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=768,502 768w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=480,313 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373583\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373583\" src=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=150,98 150w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=768,502 768w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/SI201412221772.jpg?resize=480,313 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-373583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several team owners pointed to Adrian Newey\u2019s X1 concept as an example of the innovative direction they\u2019d like to see IndyCar take with its next car. Image via Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe number one priority isn\u2019t to see how inexpensively we can do it, but cost is going to be a consideration as things get developed more narrowly,\u201d Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles told RACER.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallara is on point to develop the chassis with lots of other supplier partners, and it is very much work in progress. So from my perspective, we were not looking for a referendum the first time we put renderings of the car forward. We wanted feedback. And it continues to be. It is changing. It will change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DW12 chassis debuted in 2012 and has undergone four significant alterations during its 13 years in action. Starting with the introduction of manufacturer aero kits from 2015-2017, the next major update came with a return to spec bodywork in 2018 using the new and shapely Universal Aero Kit \u201918 which remains in place today. Afterwards, it was the introduction of IndyCar\u2019s custom aeroscreen in 2020, which is on its second iteration, and most recently, it was the under-the-bodywork shift to a hybrid powertrain in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>By the time it\u2019s retired, the chassis named for its late development driver, Dan Wheldon, will have spent at least 15 seasons in service, which suggests the next design could be seen for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s make a car that people talk about outside of IndyCar,\u201d said Meyer Shank Racing co-owner Michael Shank. \u201cLet\u2019s up the game. Let\u2019s turn up it a notch with something that really brings people back to IndyCar. Design-wise, let\u2019s get it out there, visually, because we\u2019re all in the same car. Let\u2019s make a car that\u2019s appealing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart that loves IndyCar racing wants a clean sheet (design), right? Because ultimately, that\u2019s what we really need. We need every tool we can to draw new people in, and I think a new car, a really wild concept, is important in how we get there. Think about what Adrian Newey came up with a couple years ago with that X1 car. Maybe it\u2019s not exactly that, but that\u2019s where we should be thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale Coyne Racing owner Dale Coyne shares in Shank\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not futuristic,\u201d said Coyne. \u201cIt looks the same. It\u2019s like the current car. You updated it by a couple of three years. It doesn\u2019t look like a modern car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we can take a bigger step. There should have been two steps beyond [what was shown]. Let\u2019s make something that has a \u2018wow factor\u2019 that gamers would look at and say, \u2018Yeah, that\u2019s really cool.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_373584\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373584 lazy-load\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=480,320 480w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-373584\" src=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/racer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2024\/12\/1020242956-LAT-20240622-F22406_132620SB1_7322.jpg?resize=480,320 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-373584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rendering shared with the teams was said to feature a rear wing similar to that on the current F2 car. Sam Bagnall\/Motorsport Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rahal Letterman Lanigan co-owner Bobby Rahal wasn\u2019t as passionately opposed to the 2027 rendering, but did reference his old friend and former CART IndyCar race engineer Newey and reiterated there\u2019s time for other concepts to be evaluated before the design is finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t get the sense what we were presented with was a done deal,\u201d Rahal said. \u201cI got the sense that it was a \u2018Here\u2019s where we\u2019re thinking of going, these are the areas we\u2019re thinking of pursuing, let us know what you\u2019re thinking.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdrian Newey did a concept that was pretty amazing, right? And especially now that we have the aeroscreen, I\u2019m quite sure that [X1] car incorporated a cockpit with a windscreen. Last year Adrian and I were having dinner and he said, \u2018The thing everybody forgets is nobody really cares what radiator size you have, or if you have strakes on the car or not. They care about the overall look of the car. That\u2019s what excites them.\u2019 And I did tell that to IndyCar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo how do you produce a car that is simple and yet just so compelling isn\u2019t going to be easy, but that\u2019s the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chip Ganassi Racing owner Chip Ganassi, who believes Penske Entertainment will go with a large volume of carryover parts which would keep the 2027 design from being vastly different from the DW12, offered no opinion on the looks of the car, but did have staunch feelings on where its visuals rank as a priority in the design process and wanted to underline Rahal\u2019s opening comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, nothing is written in stone here, nothing is locked in,\u201d Ganassi said. \u201cYou have to make the car, engineering-wise, do what you need it to do first when it comes to safety, maintenance, race on road courses, ovals, all the above. And then you say, \u2018Okay, now let\u2019s work on what it looks like.\u2019 You don\u2019t say, \u2018Work on what it looks like first, and then make it do all the things you need it to do.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to build a car with function over form. Form follows function. When these guys start saying, \u2018It needs to look this way and look that way\u2019, you\u2019re putting form before function, and that\u2019s where we disagree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turning the conversation to the future, McLaren CEO Zak Brown mentioned McLaren\u2019s assistance in helping F1 with the technical and styling process for its next set of regulations. If Penske Entertainment needs new concepts for the 2027 car, Brown is willing to deploy McLaren\u2019s creative team on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I can tell you is we and other teams have worked very closely with the FIA on the next Formula 1 car in a very collaborative way,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe have contributed our engineers and simulation and design staff to help. They\u2019ve achieved great things together, and we would welcome doing the same in IndyCar.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2024\/12\/10\/indycar-team-owners-get-first-look-at-proposed-2027-design\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penske Entertainment revealed the first rendering of its proposed 2027 IndyCar during a private teleconference with its team owners in October. 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