Dallara Magazine - page 17

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T
here is a new technology that connects
Italy with the USA and Varano de'
Melegari with Indianapolis through
Dallara Automobili. It's the Dallara
Simulator, which has been "replicated" in
Indianapolis and will be available by the
end of April at the American headquarters
of the company. Last February, the
managers and drivers of Team Penske,
led by Juan PabloMontoya, paid a visit to
the Italian Simulator. Whilemany other
IndyCar racers and technicians had the
chance to experiment it over the years, for
Montoya it was the first time dealing with
the valuable work instrument built by
Dallara. A 650-ton spider-shaped structure
with 16monitors andmore than 1700
meters of optic fiber.
«Driving in there is crazy
- toldMontoya,
whomade his IndyCar comeback this season
-
It proved to be very useful inmanaging the
extremely high speeds of the series and to get
in touch. I've never raced inmany current
IndyCar circuit
s». The same enthusiasm
showed byMontoya was shared by his
colleagues Will Power ed Helio Castroneves.
In the future, the American teams will be
able to train themselves right in
Indianapolis, thanks to the new Simulator
that will shortly be available at the
headquarters of Dallara USA. In order to use
it, it needs to be firmly secured to the
ground, because its earthquake-like
movements canmake the whole building
shake. Compared to its older brother, the
new Simulator will be evenmore advanced
in terms of the technologies employed. But
the use of the American Simulator won't be
limited tomotorsports.
«
It will also used to support other industrial
projects
- explains Dallara USA CEO Stefano
De Ponti - including the ones involving
production cars or the tiremanufacturers.
It's suitable to test every single component
with great precision, and we'll discover more
applications by keep using it». Some of
these applications will be developed in
cooperationwith the IUPUI (Indiana
University, Purdue University of Indiana),
the world-renowned Indiana College that
already entered a valuable partnership with
Dallara.
There is a joint agreement between Dallara
and IUPUI to develop the projects coming
from the college students in our Simulator,
and that will go beyond racing», explains De
Ponti. «
The students will then be able to
experience an internship at Dallara LLC. The
Simulator is an Italian excellence that will
definitely help to increase the technological
innovation and improve the economy of the
State of Indiana. It is a flagship we want to
showcase to all the Americanmotorsports
panorama
».
Will Power in action inside the Simulator
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