The G-Force GF09 is a racing car developed and produced by American manufacturer Élan Motorsport Technologies for Panoz, with original work having been performed by G-Force Technologies prior to its purchase by Panoz, for use in the IndyCar Series. A subsequent version that saw the greatest usage in IndyCar racing was the G-Force GF09B with the Panoz GF09C following.
The GF09's last appearance was in practice for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 when Phil Giebler, who drove for American Dream Motorsports, crashed his Panoz chassis and failed to qualify. Panoz effectively discontinued their IndyCar Series involvement after the 2008 season due to all IndyCar Series teams opting for the Dallara IR-05 chassis, and Panoz concentrated on sports car endurance racing.
The G-Force GF09 IndyCar, later branded as Panoz GF09, primarily saw success in the 2003 and 2004 Indianapolis 500 races. In 2003, Gil de Ferran won the Indianapolis 500 with a G-Force GF09, and in 2004, Buddy Rice won with the same car. The GF09 chassis also helped Scott Dixon win the 2003 IndyCar championship.
Complete IndyCar Series results
(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrants Chassis Engines Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2003 Ganassi Racing G-Force GF09 Toyota Indy V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH GAT KTY NAZ CHI FON TXS Scott Dixon9 1 20 15 17 6 1* 1* 6 2 5 15 2 16 2 2 2 Tomas Scheckter10 8 15 16 4* 18* 8 18 9 10 3 4 10 19 5* 5* 15 Team Penske Gil de Ferran 6 1 8 15 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Shigeaki Hattori 5 18 20 A. J. Foyt IV 14 18 21 21 15 14 17 17 22 Airton Daré 41 24 Mo Nunn Racing Toranosuke Takagi 12 12 22 8 5 3 6 13 18 7 6 7 18 14 9 18 7 Arie Luyendyk 20 DNQ Felipe Giaffone 21 9 3 3 33 17 13 6 22 15 16 19 Alex Barron 5 1 16 20 15 Sam Schmidt Motorsports Richie Hearn 99 28 Access Motorsports Honda HI3R V8 Greg Ray 9 8 11 18 12 8 16 10 8 15 17 DNS 14 8 2004 Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force GF09B Toyota Indy V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR NAZ CHI FON TXS Scott Dixon1 18 2 5 8 14 8 12 8 DNS 7 13 20 9 7 8 6 Darren Manning 10 6 5 4 25 8 20 11 4 19 13 10 4 6 15 DNS 2005 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz GF09C Toyota Indy V8 HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON Scott Dixon 9 16 12 6 24 11 22 18 6 13 19 23 16 7 19 1* 10 Darren Manning10 6 8 9 8 29 17 15 7 20 20 Jaques Lazier 17 15 DNS 16 17 Giorgio Pantano 14 4 Ryan Briscoe 33 20 19 14* 12 10 12 21 21 8 DNS 10 13 20 19 22 2006 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Panoz GF09C Honda HI6R V8 HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY SNM CHI Scott Dixon 9 2 1 4* Dan Wheldon 10 16 15* 6 References
External links Élan Motorsport Technologies official website