When it comes to motor sports, contemporary kids think of
NASCAR and Dale Earnhardt, but I come from a generation where Formula One open-wheel racing was king, and Jim Clark and Tazio Nuvolari were racing icons. Ah, those were the days. Gasoline at 18 cents a gallon fueled our dreams.
I digress. Though I haven't followed F1 racing since my youthful treks to
Watkins Glen every autumn for the genre's US venue, I am aware that technology's impact on racing cars today is every bit as pervasive as its effect on consumer electronics, medical electronics, or just about anything that packs an embedded controller these days.
Mechanical EngineeringForward-looking F1 car designers are summoning revolutionary changes, but not all innovation relies heavily on electronics. Significant is the development of an energy recove... --
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