Racecar Engineering

Racecar Engineering is the world’s leading technology publication for the motorsport industry. From aerodynamics to engines and from handling theory to manufacturing practice, Racecar Engineering is read by motorsport’s top professionals. Only Racecar Engineering brings this insight every month.

Arctic circles • Is it better to carry on trying to win, or to go out on a high?

Over the peak • Red Bull’s RB20 has not enjoyed the domination of its predecessors. Racecar sat down with the team’s technical director, Pierre Waché, to find out why

Grove’s long road • Williams spent a large chunk of the F1 season trying to shed weight. Now that has been achieved, can it move further up the grid?

Second coming • Williams Grand Prix Technologies was launched this year, commercialising the F1 team’s expertise with AI and machine learning at its core

Mixed fortunes • Ferrari, Toyota and Peugeot had different challenges to face in WEC this year. Racecar assesses how the LMH manufacturers got on

Mapping the future • Racecar talks to Professor Steve Sapsford, author of the Motorsport Technology Roadmap, about what the next 20 years may bring to racing and the wider automotive world

Constant 500 • The chassis may be staying the same, but there are changes afoot in Japan’s premier sportscar category. Not to electric, though

Vee tech • It might use an antiquated engine and quirky suspension, but Formula Vee still offers plenty of opportunities for engineering ingenuity

Miller time • From making carburettors to building engines, Harry Miller was at home in the racing environment of California. But together with designer, Leo Goossen, he built an empire that dominated Indianapolis in the 1920s

Brake dance • NASCAR’s decision to move to a single supplier for its Next Gen car’s braking system led AP Racing to a novel approach with the design

Smarter control • The permeation of artificial intelligence into motorsport continues with Marelli’s introduction of a control unit with an integrated neural network

Hand calculations • A critical engineering skill that must be brought back to the forefront

WRC drops hybrids for Rally1...

…as BTCC treads a similar path

Euro NASCAR adopts sequential gearbox

Mercedes F1 power units for Alpine

IN BRIEF

Mercedes to Le Mans as Lamborghini leaves WEC

Infrastructure injection for Bell and OMP

IN BRIEF

A time of change • Next year looks to be a positive, but also unusually challenging

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Tough call • GT3 teams in the WEC are facing a challenge to hit their budgets