03/2010 MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY DALLARA GP3 THE NEW SINGLESEATER PASSES THE TEST IN THE TWO DAYS OF PRACTICE AT THE PAUL RICARD CIRCUIT FORMULA 1 DALLARA HAS A 22 YEAR HISTORY WITH F1: FROM THE BEGINNING WITH SCUDERIA ITALIA TO THE ENORMOUS WORK DONE TO ALLOW THE HISPANIA TEAM’S DEBUT IN THE INDYCAR 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP. HERE IS THE ENGINEER’S STORY TONY KANAAN SPEAKS OF HIS GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FACTORY AND PROMISES “I WILL WIN THE 500 MILES” GP3 2 TEST PASSED AFTER THE FIRST TESTING OF LAST YEAR, PERSONALLY CARRIED OUT BY MARK WEBBER, THE NEW CAR PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS, EVEN ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS AT THE PAUL RICARD CIRCUIT, WHERE ALL 30 CARS TOOK TO THE TRACK WITH GREAT SUCCESS fter last year’s tests, during Paul Ricard. The car has changed participating teams took the thirty which the newly created engine to the Renault Turbo 240 hp cars, which had not participated in Dallara GP3 was developed which is equipped with a Hewland January and February, out on the Aand was also baptised by F1 6 speed gearbox with steering track. Despite the fact that the driver Mark Webber (who being the wheel paddle control and also weather could have been better, all joint owner of a team, tested the Pirelli tyres, developed especially the cars went out on both of the car himself), the years first pre- for this category. scheduled days, putting many miles season testing was held at Circuit On the 4th and 5th March the ten of track under their belts. Michael Christensen MW Arden team’s danish driver 3 GP3 After just a few sessions getting to testing. As expected, there are no the pit lane is first opened! know the car, there is already a free seats: all the teams have The drivers have a similar view, group of drivers fighting for demonstrated that they are ready they immediately had a good position and for the best time, just and prepared to face the feeling about the new singleseater, like a real race; an unusual championship. Amongst the historic they are optimistic about the work situation to see on the first test of world teams of the continental to be done and for the excellent the championship with a courses, such as Carlin Motorsport training that will provide for the completely new car! It has given us and ART, already big names in F3 launch into Formula 1 they a taste of what can be expected and GP2, the opinion is shared by are hoping for. during the season! many team managers of the great The next two events will be a All of this has really impressed the support given by Dallara and the further two training sessions, again technical director of GP3, Didier other technical partners that has at Paul Ricard and then at the Perrin, who expects to see “great allowed all the objectives to be Circuit de Catalunya, before the things during this season”, similar achieved ready for the 2 days at Le official championship debut which to the opinion of organiser Bruno Castellet. The amount of technical coincides with the F.1 weekend, Michel, who said he is convinced preparation by the ten teams is again at Barcelona, on 9th May. that they “have got off on the right clear, they have been given foot”, with at least 13.300 km permission to enter all thirty Project Manager GP3 covered in the first two days of of the cars on the grid when Antonio Montanari Dean Stoneman with the singleseater of the french team Tech 1 Mirko Bortolotti 4 Esteban Gutierrez, the mexican of the ART team 5 INDYCAR LA NOVITÀ “ME AND DALLARA, A TRUE LOVE S 6 Tony Kanaan AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BRASILIAN DRIVER. HE DRIVES IN THE INDYCAR BUT HE FEELS AT HOME IN VARANO DE’MELEGARI Having raced with so many do their homework. If I was able teams, what, in your opinion, to help then...great! But, the makes Dallara so special? true is - they help me much more “ With me and Dallara - it’s like a - giving me great cars to race and love story. Dallara help me when setting new standards of safety I started to race in Europe, they and technology”. took care of me like a son. To visit the factory is like visiting You race with so many different your family - you know everybody singleseaters in so many series STORY” by their first name. You work (F.Abarth, F3 in Europe, with the engineers at the shop or Indy Lights an Indycar in Usa) : having a delicious dish of pasta have you any regrets since you and good wine ... we can keep never been on a F.1 starting grid? talking about cars & races "I've always followed F.1, I'm very forever. It's very special! good friends with Rubens and I knew Ayrton Senna well and used How much do you think you to go to the races with him. My have contributed to main goal when I was little was the Dallara to come to Formula One and success? obviously as time goes by, you “Sincerely, for don't get a good opportunity or me it's an honor a, chance to do it so you've got to and a privelege to try to make a living out of racing. work with Dallara. Thanks to Honda - I've earned You give then some the opportunity to drive F.1 when opinion and they are I won the IRL Championship in right on it - always 2004. It was definitely a dream trying to improve in come true from me, I had fun design and development. and enjoyed the opportunity. I They listen to you - they can tell that story to my son one hear your arguments and day". 7 INDYCAR «SINCERELY, FOR ME IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVELEGE TO WORK WITH DALLARA. YOU GIVE THEN SOME OPINION AND THEY ARE RIGHT ON IT - ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE IN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. THEY LISTEN TO YOU - THEY HEAR YOUR ARGUMENTS AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK. IF I WAS ABLE TO HELP THEN...GREAT! BUT, THE TRUE IS - THEY HELP ME MUCH MORE - GIVING ME GREAT CARS TO RACE AND SETTING NEW STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY» TONY KANAAN 8 Tony Kanaan This year you’re part of a very I mean. I think he did a great job new team, owned by Michael his first year calling the races for Andretti, with a brand new car: Danica so it’s always nice to have how do you rate your chances in the boss around.” the championships? "I’m very excited about the future You allready won the IndyCar of the team and and I’m looking Championships and got the pole forward to being a contender at Indy 500, but you never won again in 2010. Everyone at the “the race”. If you could Andretti Autosport is 100 percent choose will you pick a new focused on winning races and championships title or the fisrt championships. I can’t be win in the Indy 500? happier with Michael Andretti as Whenever I talk to my boss, my race strategist and Michael Andretti, about Indy, he veteran Pete Gibbons (Michael tells me, “Don’t worry. You’re and Mario Andretti’s going to win it.” This is coming engineer at from a guy who went through the Newman/Haas same thing but never won it. Racing in the Should I believe him? Honestly, I 1990s) as my think so. To do otherwise would engineer. The boss is be detrimental. It also wouldn’t with me now. I think be much fun. The key is to Michael, being a race remain positive, and I have car driver, he plenty of reasons to do so. Every understands all the time I’ve raced in the Indy 500, pros and cons and I I’ve had a chance to win. The always have had a very only way you can win the race is close relationship with by being consistently fast in it. him. He was the one You have to be able to put who hired me to drive yourself in position to win this for him – to replace him race, and you can’t do that unless actually – back in ’02 you’re fast. We’ve proven year and I came to the team after year that we can be fast in the ’03 season. It’s in the Indianapolis 500. We have awesome because I can put ourselves in position to win talk straight up and he it. The next logical step is to will know exactly what actually win it. 9 FORMULA 1 F.1 DALLARA: A TWENTY-TWO Y Dallara and F1: the chassis Caffi’s Dallara was in second place in designed for Hispania Racing the US Grand Prix at Phoenix, Team is just the most recent unfortunately after an attempt at D chapter of a long story. An lapping his own team mate, Andrea De adventure that began twenty-two years Cesaris who stared in sixteenth, the two ago and continues to come up with Dallaras were forced to retire. The two surprises. drivers redeemed themselves however: Everything began in 1988, in Brescia in Monaco, where Caffi finished fourth; Italy, with the Scuderia Italia, founded and Montreal, where De Cesaris took by Giuseppe Lucchini, who worked in an incredible third place and put a the steel industry and had a passion small team on the podium, a truly for cars with some experience as a exciting result! Unfortunately it is was competitive driver: all for Dallara not repeated in 1990.