Archive for the 'Features' Category
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Simulating Formula Ford Engine Performance with rFactor - 6 Comments!
January 13th, 2010This article appeared in Racecar Engineering, The International Journal of Motorsport Technology (RCE V19 N12).
As a computer scientist, I find it hard to comprehend that you cannot always quantify engineering. Computers represent, in many respects, a form of perfect engineering, free from the burdens of materials, tolerances and the infinite physics of an environment. In [...]
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Grand Prix Shootout: How I Won A Place But The Rules Were Changed To Stop Me - 7 Comments!
October 4th, 2009The DriverDB competition to win one of three places in the Grand Prix Shootout has expired and place were won by Karline Stala (Latvia, 7038 votes), Martin Short (New Zealand, 1945 votes) and Richie Stanaway (New Zealand, 1068 votes). Congratulations to the winners and I wish them the best of luck in the competition.
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The Death of the 2010 British Grand Prix? - 9 Comments!
June 13th, 2009The 2010 British Grand Prix isn’t going to happen and somebody has to say it. The sooner we realise this the better we will all be. The 2010 season will go down in history as a dark year for the British as the once epicentre of world motorsport loses its Grand Prix after 62 years.
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London 2012: How much funding should Olympic sports receive? - Be the first to comment!
January 29th, 2009The BBC is reporting that eight Olympic sports have had their London 2012 funding cut following an overall budget shortfall of £50 million. In total, eight Olympic sports have had budgets cut by 50% or more with Shooting (-75.5%), Wrestling (-68.1%) and Fencing (-59%) hit hardest.
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How much travelling is in your motorsport season? - 2 Comments!
January 18th, 2009Britain is great for some things; not so great for others. For example, in Britain, we boast a very high concentration of race circuits (that is great). However, from time to time, racing championships seem to want to visit all of them and generally speaking – that is not so great.
When I first saw the calendar for the National Formula Ford 1600 championship, that was the impression I got. It is a true championship of the British Isles with two rounds in Wales (Anglesey, Pembrey), one round in Scotland (Knockhill), one round in Ireland (Modello Park) and the other five in England (Snetterton, Silverstone, Castle Combe and Mallory Park).
