Dallara IR-27 IndyCar Series 2027 onwards all-new car discussion

[theriusDR3]

IndyCar Series 2026 season will be final season for Dallara DW12 UAK18 subgeneration chassis car which has been required since 2012 season and from 2027 season onwards all new IndyCar Series car will be used until 2032 and thus Dallara DW12 will expected to retire after 2026 season (if no subject to change).

I expect the design of Dallara IR-27 car will majorly based on Formula 1 2022 aerodynamics generational except the airbox.


The Dallara IR-27 design concept

Your opinions?

[Sevach]

Your sketch is really F1 based, well Dallara still builds the Haas cars don't they?
They can certainly find "inspiration".

[wesley123]

I expect the design of Dallara IR-27 car will majorly based on Formula 1 2022 aerodynamics generational except the airbox.

Why?

[theriusDR3]

I expect the design of Dallara IR-27 car will majorly based on Formula 1 2022 aerodynamics generational except the airbox.

Why?

Because IR-27 making aero more efficient

[AnjanaTelaney]

The Dallara DW12 is nearing retirement! The 2026 IndyCar season will be its last, with an all-new car, the Dallara IR-27, taking the reins in 2027. Expect the IR-27 to borrow heavily from Formula 1's current (2022) aerodynamic design, with the possible exception of the airbox. This should shake things up on the track!

[continuum16]

Aldo Costa now working at Dallara gives me hope the new car should be at least technically interesting. I wouldn't deviate radically from the current car since the racing itself is pretty good (maybe slight tweaks needed at Indy, but honestly if they just went back to the 2015-17 speedway package it would be great).

It will absolutely NOT happen but there is an ex-Indycar designer who I hear is out of work soon and may have some free time on his hands

[Hoffman900]

IndyCar Series 2026 season will be final season for Dallara DW12 UAK18 subgeneration chassis car which has been required since 2012 season and from 2027 season onwards all new IndyCar Series car will be used until 2032 and thus Dallara DW12 will expected to retire after 2026 season (if no subject to change).

I expect the design of Dallara IR-27 car will majorly based on Formula 1 2022 aerodynamics generational except the airbox.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIWz6DCaEAATf16.jpg:large
The Dallara IR-27 design concept

Your opinions?

Ironically, the current F1 regs are very CART based, circa mid-late 1990s, when viewed from below.



Not really sure how they’ll look

[theriusDR3]

Another news!

https://racer.com/2024/05/24/indycar-we ... s-options/

[JordanMugen]

Another news!

https://racer.com/2024/05/24/indycar-we ... s-options/

The reporting suggests it is a given Dallara will make the car?

With their Grand Prix ambitions, why doesn't Andretti Global tender to design and make the car?

[theriusDR3]

Again another update

https://racer.com/2024/12/10/indycar-te ... 27-design/

[TeamKoolGreen]

I agree with this take. Make the cars look insane. The windscreen could have this X1 car look. The egress could be the same as the cars have now. Just an opening from the top. It doesn't need to have fenders but even the cars now, have end plates that look like the beginning of fenders. Just something a little bigger than what we have now.

Let’s make a car that people talk about outside of IndyCar,” said Meyer Shank Racing co-owner Michael Shank. “Let’s up the game. Let’s turn up it a notch with something that really brings people back to IndyCar. Design-wise, let’s get it out there, visually, because we’re all in the same car. Let’s make a car that’s appealing.

“My heart that loves IndyCar racing wants a clean sheet (design), right? Because ultimately, that’s 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’s not exactly that, but that’s where we should be thinking.”

Dale Coyne Racing owner Dale Coyne shares in Shank’s assessment.

[FW17]

I agree with this take. Make the cars look insane. The windscreen could have this X1 car look. The egress could be the same as the cars have now. Just an opening from the top. It doesn't need to have fenders but even the cars now, have end plates that look like the beginning of fenders. Just something a little bigger than what we have now.

Let’s make a car that people talk about outside of IndyCar,” said Meyer Shank Racing co-owner Michael Shank. “Let’s up the game. Let’s turn up it a notch with something that really brings people back to IndyCar. Design-wise, let’s get it out there, visually, because we’re all in the same car. Let’s make a car that’s appealing.

“My heart that loves IndyCar racing wants a clean sheet (design), right? Because ultimately, that’s 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’s not exactly that, but that’s where we should be thinking.”

Dale Coyne Racing owner Dale Coyne shares in Shank’s assessment.

https://racer.com/wp-content/uploads/si ... 221772.jpg

This would look better, but maybe add a front wing




Indycar would do a lot better for itself if it adopted the LMDH cars with a open wheel aero package. Something like a closed cockpit version of a Formula E Gen 2 Car

[90feet]

I have no idea where Shank is getting this idea that making a car that looks like a real-life Hot Wheels would resonate with the general public. Doing something really radical would almost certainly be perceived as a joke by outsiders and have to be rectified with aero updates later, which is pretty much exactly what happened with the more unique aspects of the DW12. Just keep it simple and standard and professional. Relying on gimmicks is the last thing they need to be doing.

[theriusDR3]

Again another update!

https://racer.com/2024/12/16/indycar-st ... -2027-car/

[theriusDR3]

Another update again!

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... /10689798/