We have just been sent an update from one of the ten Formula Student teams we are sponsoring this year. Have a look at what Cardiff Racing have been getting up to!

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How can young kids get involved with
motorsport? This question has been
answered by F1 in schools. Sponsored by
every single F1 team, F1 in schools aims to
promote engineering by allowing kids to
design, build and race their own CO2
canister cars. Every year the competition
gets stronger with more elaborate designs
going faster than ever before. All of these
things suit us here at Cardiff Racing. We
aim to do exactly what the international
competition has achieved for many
thousands of children in primary and
secondary schools.
We attended with our simulator and a
collection of 3d printed parts as well as a
bunch of posters. It went down a storm
and we hope we have shown ourselves to
be great role models and inspired them to
use the skills they have eloquently
demonstrated. We ended the day with a
presentation show casing some interesting
engineering news like invisibility blankets
and remote presence tools and ourselves
which the kids seemed to love.
The day accumulated in an award
presentation where four teams were given
their trophies and were sent through to
the nation competition in London where
they will compete for a chance to go to the
international final held in Abu Dhabi’s
Ferrari World! We wish them the best of
luck and will now start looking forward to
the primary school final in April!
February Newsletter
F1 in Schools Final

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Smashing Stuff! Impact Attenuators
Our team has been hard at work researching and
developing parts in order to improve performance of
this year's car. One key area that was identified as
needing development has been the frontal crash
structure. For years the team has used a rugged
aluminium honeycomb design but with advancing
knowledge of high energy absorbing materials across
the industry, it was thought this part could be
developed to improve performance. So far the team
has already looked at the use of high impact foams
and the use of a carbon fibre like that seen in Formula
1. Work is ongoing but the hope is to make a 55%
weight saving whilst actually increasing the
performance by 50%.
Ty Hafan Quiz
We are sponsor Ty Hafan this year in a bid to
raise money and awareness of their incredible
and heart felt cause. Our first event of many was
held this month and did not disappoint. It was
fun, enjoyable and competitive and together we
raised almost £230 which is great for an evening
and set a benchmark for the future.
The winners team were ‘It’s a fix!’ who took
home our prestigious 3d printed cup from our
Ultimaker printer.

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Just like our dragon, we here at
Cardiff Racing are looking into
developing wings and aerodynamic
devices for future competitions. It
can be evidently seen that such
packages provide additional
competitive benefits for teams
with a good foundation; we know
this foundation has been attained.
The work involved will build on our
previous research from CFD
dissertations and wing
development created throughout
the summer. A number of current
members also have the
opportunity to attend a day course to learn HyperWorks, a computer-aided engineering (CAE)
simulation software platform in March. We also anticipate scale model testing with our 3D printing
facilities under flow simulation. Watch this space.
We want to be the Wright Brothers!

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