Is chassis competition possible for IndyCar at the moment?
“Intense competition and battles with other constructors is a fantastic spectacle and a rich environment for our engineers to be in. However, it is not conducive to keeping costs down, which has been one key criteria. The R&D alone is cost prohibitive and at present it would be counter productive for the IndyCar Series. This is exactly why the dual body style Lola IndyCars will short-cut a great deal of the concerns of the series. “A return to multi-chassis grids may well be one option in stronger economic times. If the landscape is right, then Lola in terms of the engineering challenge would enjoy this environment.” How has Lola looked at reducing a “take-off” scenario during a spin or contact? “Lola uses a computer to simulate the flow over and under our car using advanced computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques, with the goal of making the car safer and more stable aerodynamically. “We have firstly minimized the pitch sensitivity of our cars when following another. To do this,
