Sentences with phrase «car race engineers»

To that end, Michelin sports car race engineers are busy this week both here in the TUDOR Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and at the FIA World Endurance Championship race in Spa, Belgium.

Not exact matches

After serving in the Air Force for three years, Berthold graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1985 with a degree in mechanical engineering and went to work in professional car racing.

On the way there were plenty of amusing team radio messages, calling the lack of power «embarrassing, just embarrassing,» telling his engineer the race was «just a test», and saying that being passed by other cars «doesn't change my life».

But the Chevrolet engineering staff seems too involved in making the rotary suitable for domestic - car use to spend time and money on racing.

As for creating a rotary engine for use in such ultra-exotic races as Indianapolis or Formula I, Rudolph Uhlenhaut, the now - retired chief engineer of the firm, is said to have told insiders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Establishment that perhaps three years and $ 5 million would be necessary to develop a winning rotary - engine car for the annual 500 - mile race.

Well then, if the Wankel is so much in the vanguard of automotive engineering, there must be fleets of rotary - powered racing cars being readied for competition.

You run in the day, then in the night, then you've got the parade downtown with the fans, the meetings with the engineers, how the race will be divided up with your team mates, how to hand over the car to them without losing any time, and vice versa.»

In that years Le Mans (it's only race) the car qualified well and was making its way up the field, but the normally - diligent engineers had overlooked something: because the car was faster in a straight line it was also heavier on its brakes.

«I'm delighted that the team has now formally announced that I will continue to race for them next year, because I'll be able to approach the second half of my rookie season with total focus on the job in hand: namely getting the very most I can out of my car, my engineers, and everything and everyone around me.

Mercedes» chief race engineer Andrew Shovlin talks about how the Virtual Safety Car cost Lewis Hamilton the lead - and the victory

Then, in the early 1990s, the team engineered and raced a car so dominant that it killed an entire series.

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«My best guess is that they have managed to put the ECU into an unencrypted test state, possibly by playing around with power - up sequences,» says Peter Highton, a senior engineer with Freescale Semiconductor in Aylesbury, UK, which makes ECU microchips for racing cars as well as ordinary vehicles.

I got channelled at a very early age into engineering because I was good in maths and physics and because I wanted to be a racing driver and design my own racing cars,?

His past experiences have included stints as an engineer, a professional race car driver, and a revolutionist.

«This discovery means that the fibrous structures found in limpet teeth could be mimicked and used in high - performance engineering applications such as Formula 1 racing cars, the hulls of boats and aircraft structures.

The switch to mechanical engineering was inspired by her involvement with the university's solar race - car team — her team's car won the U.S. Sunrayce championship in 1993.

Ferrari, he acknowledged, did not need the publicity; it was ESA that was basking in Ferrari's red glow, trying to link its own feats of engineering in the public mind with sexy race cars.

Formula UBC is an engineering student team that designs, builds, and races an open wheeled, formula style race car.

In addition, the brand new graphics engine in «Forza Motorsport 5,» powered by the Xbox One, will let «Forza» players get closer than ever to these amazing cars and to really build an appreciation for these masterpieces of race engineering.»

The Race Engineer feature will be included in Project CARS 2 when it launches September 22.

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For the newcomer, however, there is now a race engineer that can help make adjustments to the car.

This short film is actually a Honda ad, but it makes its point beautifully, describing how innovation only comes from willingness to try new things and take risks — illustrated by interviews with engineers, designers, and race car drivers.

The competition is a chance for passionate young engineers and entrepreneurs to design and manufacture a miniature F1 car to race against other school teams around the world.

Yorkshire race car manufacturer, Ginetta, is supporting young engineers of the future by sponsoring a team in the annual Formula 1 in Schools competition.

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer, says of the technical partners supporting the AM - RB 001 project: «Much like Formula 1, designing, engineering and building a car like the AM - RB 001 is a massive team effort.

Prior to the 757, Mazda had partnered with other motorsports engineering firms on their prototype race car chassis designs and used a two - rotor engine directly linked to the 13B rotary unit found on production RX - 7 models.

Built and raced by driver Jim Downing, a racer who found tremendous success with Mazda rotary - powered race cars, this car features a English - engineered Argo chassis mated to a 350 - hp, two - rotor engine.

Lift the outer shell from the Toyota Sleeper Camry, and you'll see that the engineers (read: evil geniuses) at Toyota Motorsports Technical Center hid inside a race - prepped drag car.

The man in charge of Mazda's engineering department at the time this 6 was built used to race cars, and it very much shows in it's execution, even in American specification (a very rare thing if you don't know!)

The car is remarkably light too; just over 1500 kg at the kerb (a 599 weighs 1688 kg), and this despite what must be a fairly sizeable contribution from the massively strong steel box - section chassis with honeycomb flooring and a couple of heavy duty roll - hoops designed by race - car engineer Max Boxstrom whose credits include the Aston Martin AMR - 1 sports racer that raced at Le Mans in» 89.

``... we combined what is usually impossible: the quality and performance of a racing car with the practicality and durability expected from a road - homologated supercar which can be used as a day - to - day vehicle», said Phillippe Gautheron, Chief Engineer of Campos (who provided the Sandracer's roll cage and chassis).

The one - hour races are intended to help engineers develop the software and technologies necessary to further self - driving cars for the general public.

As a young, Purdue - educated engineer, he worked at Ford SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) in the golden 1980s under Michael Kranefuss, and he chased around Trans - Am road - racing cars and Bob Glidden's 200 - mph Thunderbird Pro-Stock drag car.

Aston chief Dr Ulrich Bez explains its appearance at the Ring — «this race represents the ultimate final engineering durability test for any sports car — it subjects the car to the toughest possible assessment under public scrutiny.

I wouldn't want a manual in a car like this and surely (non racing car) buyers of hyper cars should look to Porsche engineers to get the ingredients right.

«The car should be fast, but Le Mans is a cruel place, and Ford wants us to rock the first time we're there,» says Larry Holt, vice president of engineering at Multimatic, which developed the race car and will build the road cars.

What could be better than a McLaren buyer playing the role of «race engineer» in briefing the MSO team and directing them to test and validate those ideas to create a race - bred road car such as this?»

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I'm eager to get into a final production Vantage on real roads — and a race track — but there's no doubt the new car is a step forward in both performance and depth of engineering.

The engineering of this ultramodern car is absolutely unreal: a monocoque built from carbon - fiber - reinforced plastic; a racing - type weight distribution of 43 percent front / 57 percent rear; rear tires that are each over a foot wide; a plug - in hybrid powertrain with electric motors on each axle that delivers 19 miles of range in full - electric mode; a seven - speed PDK transmission; and a 4.6 - liter V - 8 engine that revs to 9150 rpm and makes 608 hp.

Completely reliable, responsive in power delivery and handling with racing experience ingrained in these cars» design and engineering.

In order to achieve perfect balance, Nissan's engineers worked hard to ensure the GT - R's weight distribution is comparable to that of a racing car.

It's a very impressive package that's clearly built by a group of highly skilled racing engineers who understand how to build a top - spec GT car.

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For us, Nismo is every bit as professional and skilled as AMG or BMW's M division, and a car engineered by a genuine race shop is deeply appealing.

It's engineered to the highest race car safety standards, and the interior looks the racing part, too.

Former race boss Jean Todt had just become CEO of the car division too, so the transfer of ideas, technology and engineering from F1 to the road car programme — always present as a strong undercurrent at Maranello — had gained a new, arguably defining, impetus.