In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ).
The series introduced the new Dallara F312 cars for Class A, with the F308 model being implemented for the Copa Class.
"In my knowledge it’s the first time a rookie team finishes the endurance test", said Andrea Toso, head of Dallara R&D, "a very good result" added Luca Marmorini, former member of the Toyota Formula One team.
All competitors must use Toyota's F3 engine, and chassis from the ubiquitous Italian constructor, Dallara.
From 1988 until the mid-1990s, chassis from Reynard, Ralt, TOM's and Dallara were in common use, but at that point, Dallara's increasing performance advantage had the same effect in South America as it had in Europe, and it became the de facto choice.
Despite the fact that F3 is still an open formula for which any chassis builder or engine tuner can supply a product provided that it meets the technical regulations, most championships have just one de facto choice of chassis supplier – usually Dallara – and two or three popular engine suppliers – usually Mugen-Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Spiess-Opel, or TOM's-Toyota.
Since the IRL used its own spec formula based around a chassis made by Italian manufacturer Dallara, the DP01 was retired from championship racing after approximately one year of racing service.
The team was founded in 2004 when Marty Roth purchased the Indy Pro Series equipment of Panther Racing and a new Dallara IndyCar chassis and competed in three Pro Series events and the Indianapolis 500 with himself doing the driving.
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Dallara were late in producing their first Formula One car, forcing the BMS team into using a modified Formula 3000 chassis in the first race in Brazil (the Dallara 3087).
The positions 4th–9th were filled with Italians with Japanese Grand Prix winner Alessandro Nannini fifth, Riccardo Patrese sixth, Stefano Modena doing well to come seventh, followed by the two Dallaras of Andrea de Cesaris ahead of team-mate Alex Caffi.
Stefano Modena's third place and team mate Martin Brundle's sixth place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix resulted in the Brabham team no longer having to pre-qualify for the remainder of the season, while Alex Caffi's fourth place in the same race, as well as a sixth in Canada, meant the Italian would not have to pre-qualify his Dallara either.
The championship will feature drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship.
The novel, set in Chicago during the 1930s, stars Zack Dallara, a private investigator who had a business that was destroyed by the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
Nowadays relative new cars like the Dallara GP2/08 (GP2), Dallara T08 (WSbR and Lola B05/52 (A1GP/Auto GP) are allowed in the series.
While the 333 SP was on its planning stages, Ferrari contracted Italian motor racing chassis manufacturer Dallara to develop the chassis and tub, leaving the maker to concentrate on the engine, a version of the V12 powerplant used in the 1992 Ferrari F92A Formula One car, enlarged to 4.0 L, with power around 600 bhp (around 450 kW).
In the August 2004, it was announced that Dallara and his team were signed by Alex Shnaider to build a chassis for the erstwhile Jordan team, Midland.
This year Blomqvist will again be competing in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship driving for Carlin and along with his team mates, Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael, will drive under a new banner - Jagonya Ayam with Carlin - in their Dallara-Volkswagens.