Racecar Engineering

Turn of the century

This month I chalk up a century of editions that I have edited. While I am not one prone to celebrating milestones of any sort, of this one I am proud. The last eight years have been some of the most exciting in terms of technical development in motorsport, and they have seen some of the biggest changes since the Lotus 79 revolutionised the world of aerodynamics in racing. In this era, rather than aero, we have witnessed a massive evolution in terms of powertrain. Top categories have adopted hybrid technology and the tech appears to be spreading to other categories, including

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