Blancpain Endurance Series 2012 – Monza
The corner cutting deterrent was proving ineffective on Valentino Rossi.
Venturi 400 Trophy of the Blancpain Revival Series.
Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca which took part in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.
British Formula 3 Championship at Monza. Damaged car yet still got on the podium.
The winner of Race 1, Sainz Jr.
Audi R8 GT3 WRT
April 17, 2012
A kiss with the Monza barriers meant it was towed off track, straight into the forest. Blancpain Endurance Series
Saw Jonathan Moore and Rod Chong doing what they do best.
Audi R18 Ultra @ Monza
April 11, 2012
Headed over Monza to see the Audi LMP1 in the flesh. It was labelled as a “Prototype” and according to many sites this is the new 2012 Audi R18 e-Tron Hybrid (confirmed as the 2012 Audi R18 Ultra run by Audi Sport Team Joest) that will compete in this year’s Le Mans 24h. I doubt Audi were expecting such terrible weather.
Enjoy.
CR08 Steering Wheel
March 15, 2012
For the past few months University work has pretty much taken up most of my life. I’ve been pretty busy designing some of Cardiff’s new Formula Student car and this steering wheel is one of the new parts. The previous wheel was a simple formula-type wheel, but with the need to house a new dashboard and electronic shifter buttons, I decided to design my own wheel to package all the parts.
The steering wheel will be manufactured using Selective Laser Sintering (rapid-prototyping) in DuraForm Polyamide. Pretty much any shape can be printed in 3D and the material is surprisingly rigid and strong. The final plastic body will weigh roughly 400g.
Here are some renders:
This is the Race-Technology DASH2 that had to be incorporated into the steering wheel.
Due to the very limited space, the buttons had to be mounted quite high up to clear the dash at the front. Paddles were added to press the buttons at a lower position; the carbon panel just tidies up the wiring.
