Race Tech Magazine Issue 180 Zurück Ausgabe

ON THE COVER:
BMW M6 GT3 - As rivals flock to the GT3 banner, BMW unveiled its own contender in Frankfurt. Chris Pickering quizzes BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt

F1'S CFD AMNESTY:
The announcement of a CFD amnesty to help finalise F1's new rules is good news, isn't it? Not so argues our Expert Witness, a knowledgeable insider. Here's why, plus his alternative 'plan for success'

FORMULA E'S NEW POWERTRAINS:
With powertrain rules opened up for Formula E's second campaign, which commences this month. Craig Scarborough swaps the whirl of F1 pitlane for the whir of electric racing

INDUSTRY NEWS:
VW's F1 dream on hold while it fights for life; new cars, new series for TCR; Ford announces 2016 GT race programme; Gibson named 2017 LMP2 engine supplier; Swindon and RML awarded BTCC supply contracts; '16 Dakar Peugeot breaks cover; new F1 crash camera ready for debut; IndyCar trials wheel-mounted LED messages; Don Burgoon tribute

COMMENT:
Chris Ellis asks where the VW emissions scandal leaves motorsport;
Last Lap: Sergio Rinland on how to make a small fortune in motorsport

TOURING CARS:
RML is back in the BTCC, but in a very different way, as Andrew Charman discovers

ENGINE TECHNOLOGY:
Getting the valve events of a single cam engine has appeared a black art known to only a select few. The reality, says David Vizard, is that it is just 'engineering'. Part 2 of our new series.

ECOBOOST BTCC ENGINE:
Announcing a sabbatical from the BTCC, Motorbase vowed to return with a Mountune-prepared engine capable of winning the title. Marketing hype? Think again, says Chris Pickering

SPECIAL REPORT - BRAKES:
William Kimberley's update on brake technology

TECHNOLOGY:
Pro-Sim's Evolution II is a completely new design of simulator that has evolved out of the UK company's flagship model

Scotty Whitelaw meets one of those behind-the-scenes companies supplying much of the technology that goes into a huge variety of simulators