170 – Race Car Design

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Guest: Alastair Moffitt Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Alexander Grote

In this episode we talk about the design, engineering and testing of race cars. I have visited Toyota Motorsport earlier this year and talked with Alastair Moffitt and a few of his colleagues. We start out with an introduction to TMG (Alastair Moffitt), then talk about component and full-car testing (Marco Gehlen), and then discuss wind tunnels and aerodynamics (Antonio Pavesi and Rene Hilhorst). We also cover design trade-offs, team/driver integration, the role of the driver during development, the cockpit, the elements on the steering wheel as well as testing. We close with a look at additive manufacturing (3D Printing) in TMG’s work.

00:02:20.000 Introduction of Alastair Moffitt 00:18:50.000 Research and Development 00:52:35.000 Aerodynamics and windtunnel facility 01:54:00.000 Driving simulator 02:05:30.000 Toyota race car collection 02:41:00.000 Additive manufacturing facility 02:57:07.000 Ending credits