Back for Episode 007 and it's a bit of a different and fun concept this time as Jahee and Mike take some time to explore what vehicle dynamicists would do given regulatory freedom. The 5 key factors of performance we covered in episode 001 still apply here, so we're getting creative with where we'd go to get the best out of this. How about cooled tyres, no safety structures, active suspension and four-wheel steering 😁 The second part of our conversation revolves around how we'd optimise the car for the three cornering phases of braking & entry, apex and exit. Hope you enjoy it as we did! -- Mike has a book published called "Ace Thinking" which takes the skills and experience he's gained developing race cars to create a framework for approaching tasks, engineering and otherwise. Many of the approaches to problems you hear in these episodes are communicated in the book, which you can find on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ACE-Thinking... All proceeds from the book go towards the Small Piece Trust. This episode is also available on Spotify and Apple under the title "Wavey Dynamics Insights"

In our first episode we have Kyle Wilson-Clarke with us. He is a Le Mans winning Race Engineer who worked with Audi and Porsche on their LMP1 programs between 2013 and 2017 and now works for Porsche Formula E. We covered his early life & journey into motorsport before getting into some great technical conversations of his experience of engineering in the Le Mans 24h race and working with the race winning Audi R18 e-tron and Porsche 919 platforms. This was a really enjoyable and inspiring conversation with one of our sports most accomplished trackside engineers, so we hope you enjoy it just as much as we did. More podcasts are on the way, so stay close! Be Inspired --- #LeMans #Motorsport #Engineering --- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 06:02 - Early Life 11:42 - Motorsport as a career 28:47 - Trackside Engineering: Roles & responsibilities 32:57 - The Audi LMP1 journey 37:26 - The science of tyres 44:43 - Le Mans tyre development @ Audi Sport 01:01:25 - Engineering at the Le Mans 24h (Teamwork & Organisation) 01:10:23 - Longevity of human performance 01:24:46 - Developing a winning team 01:28:34 - Working with hybrid powertrains in motorsport 01:32:40 - [Technical issues: minus one camera :-(] 01:39:40 - Race engineering the Porsche 919 01:44:11 - The 919 Evo 01:47:10 - Engineering in Formula E 01:50:14 - Career highlights & life outside of motorsport 01:56:23 - Community Q&A 02:01:28 - Lessons and advice --- Follow: - Porsche Formula E team on socials @ PorscheFormulaE (Twitter), porsche.formulae (Instagram) - Wavey Dynamics on socials @ Wavey Dynamics --- Check out our Vehicle Dynamics Fundamentals course: https://www.waveydynamics.com/vdfundamentals --- This podcast is also available on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0EsqZwzMUlwZ2Lt4dJDVvx?si=f8854726094d4669 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wavey-dynamics-podcast/id1631342986