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Ackermann Angst
The dark winter months are a good point during the year to start restoring some order into the office. There is no rhyme or reason to it, but it does mean I get to look through some of the older magazines I have collected, which then turns into a dis
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Sandrider
What does Dacia make you think of? To most, it is a manufacturer of low-cost, dependable, no-frills road cars. It hardly stirs any emotions when it comes to motorsport, or performance. The tradition of this Romanian auto maker, recognised across Euro
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Marshall Plan
McLaren’s rise to win the World Constructors’ Championship for the first time in 26 years was one of the biggest stories of the 2024 Formula 1 season. Having finished fourth in 2023, the Woking-based squad made considerable steps with its car to pres
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Mannic Street Preacher
Opinions differ as to when the aerodynamics of a racecar come into play. Some maintain the effect is almost negligible, and certainly not noticeable, at low speeds, while others insist that useful downforce can be generated even when a car is going s
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Starting From Zero
Honda has been an on / off factor in Formula 1 for six decades, first joining the sport in the summer of 1964. The company groups its grand prix involvement by eras and there have been four of them so far. Notably, the Japanese manufacturer has score
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Rocky Road
It has been a turbulent few years for the FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX) to say the least. Politics and a pandemic delayed the series’ switch to electric cars and, just when the concept was gaining momentum, a paddock fire that destroyed one
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Power Play
Red Bull is unlikely to win any architecture awards for Building 8 on Bradbourne Drive in Milton Keynes. But at least it has given it a nice name: The Rindt Building, named after Austria’s 1970 Formula 1 world champion, Jochen Rindt. There is a simpl
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Additive Hits
Motorsport was one of the early adopters of additive manufacturing (AM) technology. Formula 1 teams started utilising rapid prototyped parts in the 1990s, and functional parts started to appear on cars towards the end of the first decade of the 2000s
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Diversity By Design
Before it was granted its famous name, a prototype racecar had its first outing at Queensland Raceway, to the knowledge of only a few select individuals. By the end of the session, it had lapped the track seven seconds faster than any other racecar h
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Roll Revisited
One of the most important articles I have ever written for Racecar Engineering detailed the equations necessary for calculating roll angles. It presented a great case for how to use first principles, followed by a discussion on how to apply this info
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World Rally Future Mapped Out
After a turbulent season of regulation change, the FIA World Motor Sport Council has finally released its technical vision for the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) from the 2027 season onwards. The future of the WRC’s top class, Rally1, had been in
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Pillars Of The Future
The FIA has released its seven-pillar plan to take racing through to the end of the decade. The pillars are:
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Multimatic Buys Damper Company
Multimatic, best known in racing as a chassis and suspension supplier, but which is also a supplier of systems, components and engineering services to the automotive industry, has bought a majority share in racecar damper supplier, PKM Consulting. PK
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Ferrari Power For Cadillac
The Cadillac Formula 1 team will be powered by Ferrari when it lines up on the grid for the 2026 season. It will also use the Ferrari gearbox, which will help to finalise its rear suspension layout. Ferrari confirmed the ‘multi-year agreement startin
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New Brake Balance Adjuster Launched
AP Racing unveiled a new brake balance adjuster at the PRI Show in Indianapolis in December. The part, which is 3D printed and made from carbon fibre-reinforced plastic, can be mounted directly without external brackets, which saves on weight, part c
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In Brief
Thermal management expert, Zircotec, has launched a new plasma-applied ceramic coating for composite materials that it says is 69 per cent lighter than its predecessor. The ThermoHold for Composites product weighs 420g per m 2 of coated area, can w
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Primary Focus
Cadillac’s forthcoming acceptance into Formula 1 will bring the number of engine manufacturers to six by the time it comes online with its own power unit. In the short term, the American manufacturer’s team will be supplied by Ferrari – that news ann

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