On June 17 Motor Sport teamed up with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Formula Student programme to host an event featuring three of F1’s top engineers.
Ed Foster was on hand to question former Lotus technical director James Allison, Mercedes engineering director Andy Cowell and Gordon Day of Williams Hybrid Power. If you want to know more about 2014’s new engine formula and the sport’s future increased efficiency there’s no better place to start. The crowd of young engineers had plenty to ask as well.
Click here to watch the full webinar on our YouTube page. The Formula Student competition is taking place at Silverstone on July 5-7. For more information click the logo below.
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