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Undergraduates in motorsport

During the last Valencia NASCAR Fest I got the chance to interview Ander Vilariño and Borja García. But that is not all. I also met two […]

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Lap times for the 2014 F1 British Grand Prix

This was a very exciting race. The red flag was the leading figure of the day after Raikkonen got out of the track hitting the […]

Almost finished

After several months of hard work, at the research facilities of CMT-Motores Térmicos, with little to no time to devote to this blog and my […]

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This day

Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg was born this day, June 27, back in 1985. He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, to Keke Rosberg, a former […]

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Lap times for the 2014 F1 Canadian Grand Prix

Twice has the Safety Car been released this race: when Max Chilton collided with team mate Jules Bianchi; and when Felipe Massa struck Sergio Perez […]

Drag coefficients for two Ahmed models at different vehicle spacing

This is an interesting academic exercise proposed in the book by Tu et al. [1] to analyse the aerodynamic drag and lift of two drafting […]

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The effect of different aerodynamic elements on the efficiency of the McLaren MP4-29 front wing

This is by no means representative of the actual performance of McLaren’s aerodynamic packages. The CAD geometry was generated based on high quality pictures, but from […]

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Aerodynamics: McLaren MP4-29 front wing forces

In this post I am trying to investigate the influence of velocity in aerodynamic drag and downforce. A case like this is quite easily set up in […]

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Grid sensitivity analysis on the front wing of the McLaren MP4-29 F1 race car

An important aspect to take into account when pushing for a good Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation is the process of verification and validation. Validation is usually carried […]

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