Stefan Ruitenberg Design: I built a Racecar...

Pic: Stefan Ruitenberg

Hello there!

Sorry for the radio silence, been very busy with my studies as well as our Formula Student Team, so not really had the time to get some content up on my blog. But I found some time for this, which was my first hand in hand experience with Race Engineering a car.

Last weekend I attended a band new Motorsport event at Silverstone, 'Motorsport Days', where I and SCU Motorsport built a racecar for the BMW 116i Trophy race series.

SCU Motorsport is going to be a brand new series for students who want to learn about Race Engineering and not necessarily design. The series will be made up 1-series BMWs competing in the 116i Trophy, with a single seater sprint series to go alongside it. I will reveal all at a later date.

Meanwhile, the guys and girls from SCU were able to strip out and prepare the BMW for racing. We even applied livery and safety items too. The only real job is the roll cage, which is under complete fabrication at the time of writing.

Out on the track, as the video shows, the car ran well and smooth, with Alan O'Neill at the wheel. When the car came in, all the tyre pressures were stable, and so the car went back out and was working well.

The main job is to change the balance, as the rear wanted to swap around on a couple of occasions so we will have to look at the data on that one. But apart from that, it was a very good diel in test session for us, as the car had new brakes and suspension that weekend.

If anyone wants to actively get involved, we are more than happy to help you with that. Email me on stefanruitenberg@outlook.com. But in the meantime, enjoy some photos from the event.