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Revision as of 02:37, 26 February 2012

2012 IndyCar season
File:Izodindycar.png
Season
RacesTBA
Start dateMarch 25
End dateTBA
Awards
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The 2012 Izod IndyCar Series[1] season will be the 101st season of American open wheel racing. Its premier event will be the 96th Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 27.

The ICONIC Project

The 2012 season will see the implementation of Indycar's new ICONIC Plan (Innovative, Competitive, Open-Wheel, New, Industry-Relevant, Cost-Effective), the biggest change to the sport in recent history. The existing car used through 2011, a 2003-model Dallara IR-05, and naturally aspirated V8 engines (required since 1997) will be permanently retired. The ICONIC committee was composed of experts and executives from racing and technical fields: Randy Bernard, William R. Looney III, Brian Barnhart, Gil de Ferran, Tony Purnell, Eddie Gossage, Neil Ressler, Tony Cotman and Rick Long.[2] IndyCar accepted proposals from BAT Engineering, Dallara, DeltaWing, Lola and Swift for chassis design.[3] On July 14, 2010, the final decision was made public, with organisers accepting the Dallara proposal.[3]

New chassis

Under the new ICONIC regulations, all teams will compete with a core rolling chassis, called the "IndyCar Safety Cell",[3] developed by Italian designer Dallara. Teams will then outfit the chassis with separate body work, referred to as "Aero Kits", which consist of front and rear wings, sidepods, and engine cowlings.[3] Development of Aero Kits is open to any manufacturer, with all packages to be made available to all teams for a maximum price. ICONIC committee member Tony Purnell gave an open invitation to car manufacturers and companies such as Lockheed Martin and GE to develop kits.[4]

The IndyCar Safety cell will be capped at a price of $349,000[5] and will be assembled at a new Dallara facility in Speedway, Indiana. Aero Kits will be capped at $70,000.[5] Teams have the option of buying a complete Dallara safety cell/aero kit for a discounted price.[5]

On May 12, 2011, Dallara unveiled the first concept cars, one apiece in oval and road course Aero Kit configuration.[6]

On April 30, 2011, IndyCar owners voted 15–0 to reject the introduction of multiple Aero Kits for the 2012 season, citing costs.[7] Owners expressed their desire to introduce the new chassis/engines for 2012, but have all participants use the Dallara aerodynamic package in 2012, and delay the introduction of multiple aero kits until 2013. On August 14, 2011, IndyCar confirmed that the introduction of multiple Aero Kits would be delayed until 2013 for "economic reasons".[8] Chevrolet and Lotus had already announced their intention to build aero kits.[9][10][11][12]

2011 Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon carried out the first official test of the Dallara chassis at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in August 2011.[13] Following Wheldon's death at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, Dallara announced that the 2012 chassis would be named the DW12 in his honor.[14][15]

Engine formula

The engines will be 2.2 L V6 turbocharged engines, tuned to produce a range of 550–700 horsepower (410–520 kW) with a 12,000 RPM limit.[16][17][18] All engines will run E85 fuel; from 2007–2011, the series utilized 100% fuel grade ethanol.[10] The "push to pass" feature in 2012 will allow a limited horsepower gain up to 100 HP[19] as opposed to the current "overtake assist" which only provides 10 to 20 HP. The turbocharger will be provided by BorgWarner.

Suppliers

The initial list of potential suppliers included Ford, Cosworth, and Mazda.[20] Honda became the first supplier to commit to providing engines for 2012 and beyond. Their proposed 2.2-liter turbo V6 will be developed by Honda Performance Development.[21] On May 27, 2011, Ganassi and Honda announced their partnership for 2012.[22] On August 19, 2010, Cosworth announced their interest in providing an inline-four engine,[23] however, the plan was eventually scrapped. On November 12, 2010, Chevrolet was confirmed as an engine supplier for 2012 with a twin turbo V6. The powerplant will be built in a joint effort with Ilmor, and will be introduced in a partnership with Penske Racing.[24] Chevrolet will also provide an Aero Kit.[9]

The third engine supplier was announced November 18, 2010 at the LA Auto Show, just prior to the league deadline. Lotus will build a twin turbo V6 engine[25] and an Aero Kit.[10] The engine will be built in a partnership with longtime engine builder John Judd and Jack Brabham through their company Engine Developments Ltd. Judd engines were used in the CART series and at the Indy 500 from 1987–1992, as well as in Sports Car Racing and Formula One.

Confirmed engine suppliers

Schedule

Rnd Date Race name Track Location Time (ET) TV
1 March 25 United States Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida TBA ABC
2 April 1 United States Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama TBA NBC Sports
3 April 15 United States 38th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California TBA NBC Sports
4 April 29 Brazil São Paulo Indy 300 Streets of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil TBA NBC Sports
5 May 27 United States 96th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana ABC
6 June 3 United States Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan TBA ABC
7 June 9 United States Firestone 550 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas TBA NBC Sports
8 June 16 United States Milwaukee IndyFest Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 12:30pm ABC
9 June 23 United States Iowa Corn Indy 250 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa TBA NBC Sports
10 July 8 Canada Honda Indy Toronto Streets of Toronto Toronto, Ontario TBA ABC
11 July 22 Canada Edmonton Indy Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta TBA NBC Sports
12 August 5 United States Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio TBA ABC
13 August 19 China TBA Streets of Qingdao Qingdao, China TBA NBC Sports
14 August 26 United States Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Infineon Raceway Sonoma, California TBA NBC Sports
15 September 2 United States Baltimore Grand Prix Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland TBA NBC Sports
16 September 15 United States TBA Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California TBA NBC Sports
  Oval/Speedway
  Road Course/Street Circuit

Schedule development

Existing race contracts

New/Returning races

  • Detroit Indy Grand Prix returns to the schedule for 2012, having been removed after the 2008 event.[35]
  • The series will visit China for the first time. The race will be held on a 3.87-mile street circuit Qingdao on the weekend of August 19,[36] with plans to build a permanent road course for future seasons.[37]
  • The series will return to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California for a 400 mile night race on Saturday, September 15, 2012.[38][39]

Potential races

  • A fifteen-race calendar was announced in December 2011; however, amid speculation of a race being organised in Fort Lauderdale, it was reported in January 2012 that the series needed sixteen races in order to fulfil obligations to sponsors.[40]

Discontinued races

Teams and drivers

All chassis are composed of a Dallara DW-12 "IndyCar Safety Cell" base and aerokit in 2012. All team will run Firestone tires.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Sponsor(s) Notes
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 14 United Kingdom Mike Conway ABC Supply Company
Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 26 United States Marco Andretti Royal Crown Cola
27 Canada James Hinchcliffe GoDaddy.com
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay DHL/Sun Drop
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Target
10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Target
38 United States Graham Rahal National Tire and Battery
83 United States Charlie Kimball Novo Nordisk
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 United Kingdom James Jakes[45] Acorn Stairlifts
19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Ed Carpenter Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka
KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 5 TBA
11 Brazil Tony Kanaan GEICO
59 Venezuela E. J. Viso CITGO
Lotus-Dragon Racing Lotus 6 United Kingdom Katherine Legge (R) Lotus Cars/Truecar
8 France Sébastien Bourdais Lotus Cars Bourdais will skip Milwaukee to run the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
TBA Milwaukee only.
Lotus-Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Lotus 22 Spain Oriol Servià Lotus Cars
Lotus-HVM Racing Lotus 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Entergy/Lotus Cars
MSR Indy Lotus 60 TBA
Panther Racing Chevrolet 4 United States J. R. Hildebrand U.S. National Guard
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 Japan Takuma Sato Interush/Panasonic
Sam Schmidt Motorsports Honda 77 France Simon Pagenaud Bowers & Wilkins
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 67 United States Josef Newgarden (R)
Team Barracuda - BHA Lotus 98 Canada Alex Tagliani Lotus Cars/Barracuda Networks
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 Australia Ryan Briscoe IZOD
3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Shell V-Power
12 Australia Will Power Verizon Wireless
  • France Jean Alesi (R) will attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 for a Lotus-powered team.[46]
  • United States Bryan Clauson (R) will attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 with his "Road To Indy" Scholarship, earned for winning the 2011 USAC Championship.[47]

Team and driver changes

Testing

The first official test of the Dallara DW12 chassis was carried out by Dan Wheldon at Mid-Ohio on August 8, 2011.[80][81] Phase I of testing involved Wheldon, and was planned to involve three road courses and three ovals, over a total of about twelve days. The second test was held August 18 at Barber,[82] and the third was held on the USGP road course at Indianapolis on September 1.[83] Oval tests took place in September at Iowa[84] and Indianapolis.[85]

Honda (Scott Dixon) and Chevrolet (Will Power) began Phase II of on-track testing at Mid-Ohio in early October.[86] A scheduled test at Las Vegas was cancelled after the fatal crash of Dan Wheldon. Testing resumed in late October and continued through January at several venues including Sebring,[87] Fontana,[88] and Homestead.[89] Lotus first took to the track on January 12 at Palm Beach International Raceway,[90] and testing by individual teams began on January 16.[91]

A full-field official open test is scheduled for March 5–6 & 8–9, 2012 at Sebring International Raceway.[92]

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