Alex Tagliani at TT Circuit Assen
Antonio Pizzonia in Long Beach, CA
Champ Car Panoz DP01
Champ Car Panoz DP01

Cars

The Champ Car Panoz DP01’s up for sale were originally delivered in December 2006 (car #007) / February 2007 (car #018) to Rocketsports. They were driving during the 2007 Champ Car World Series season by Alex Tagliani, who finished tenth in the championship with a fourth position in the streets of Las Vegas as best result.

One year later the cars have only been used for testing purposes and the Champ Car finale in Long Beach, CA. In this race Rocketsports entered both chassis with Antonio Pizzonia and Juho Annala as drivers.

In 2009 both cars were sold to Henk de Boer, who shipped both cars and spares to Europe to compete in the Boss GP Series. That year De Boer would claim his first championship, while competing against former Formula 1 cars, GP2 cars and other historic racing cars.

Full Champ Car World Series results

Date Track City Driver Qualifying Race
04/08/2007 Streets of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Alex Tagliani 4 4
04/15/2007 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California Alex Tagliani 4 5
04/22/2007 Streets of Houston Houston, Texas Alex Tagliani 11 9
06/22/2007 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon Alex Tagliani 4 5
06/24/2007 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio Alex Tagliani 9 6
07/01/2007 Circuit Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant, Canada Alex Tagliani 8 8
07/08/2007 Exhibition Place Edmonton, Canada Alex Tagliani 9 8
07/22/2007 Edmonton City Centre Airport Toronto, Canada Alex Tagliani 6 14
07/29/2007 Streets of San Jose San Jose, California Alex Tagliani 7 15
08/12/2007 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin Alex Tagliani 6 5
08/26/2007 Circuit Zolder Heusden-Zolder, Belgium Alex Tagliani 6 9
09/02/2007 TT Circuit Assen Assen, The Netherlands Alex Tagliani 12 15
10/21/2007 Streets of Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise, Australia Alex Tagliani 11 7
11/11/2007 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico Alex Tagliani 14 13
04/20/2008 Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, CA Antonio Pizzonia 15 16
      Juho Annala 20 18

Technical specifications

Constructor: Élan Motorsports Technologies
Weight: 1460 lbs
Transmission: Hewland 7-speed sequential, Paddle shift
Wheelbase: 123"
Length: 190"
Width: 78"
Suspension: Pushrod-activated coil over shocks
Brakes: Performance Friction, steel rotors
Engine: Cosworth XFE, 2.65-liter V8 turbo
Horsepower: 750 hp
Torgue: 360 lb/ft at 11,000 rpm
Maximum RPM: 12.000
Engine Life: 1.200 miles max
Fuel Capacity: 35 U.S. Gallons of methanol, Fuel Safe scell
Miles/Gallon: 2.0
Capable of Speeds in Excess of: 240 mph