MAKING IT HAPPEN

Pat Fry

CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

“This is a massive step change, moving from what we’d call a conventional car into a more ‘ground effect’ car. So there’s huge learning everywhere. It’s a whole new regime to learn, and that’s the fun part of it. We’re all here for a challenge, this is a completely different example of one, and they don’t come along all that often. Back when I started [in 1987] the rulebook would have been 20 pages long, now it’s 150 pages plus. And it’s not just aero. It’s a new powertrain for us as well. They get frozen from this year, for three years, so that’s been worked on, too.

“This is a battle that’s been fought for the past few years in simulation, in terms of optimising the aero, the suspension geometry, the stiffnesses… it’s been theoretical, and now