How Engineering Software Made Race Cars Faster—and Safer
From Drawing Board to Digital Twin: How Software Changed Race Car Engineering In 1964, Peter Brock wanted to make a…
Before CAD, CFD and Digital Twins: How Carroll Shelby Built a Car to Beat Ferrari
Someone paid nearly $43 million for an old race car Not a Ferrari. Not a Bugatti. Not some jewel-like European…
Simcenter vs. Ansys for Automotive Engineering
Ask whether Siemens Simcenter or Ansys is better for automotive engineering, and the first problem is the question itself. Better…
Automotive MIL vs. SIL vs. HIL: How Engineers Test a Car Before the Car Exists
One of the strangest things about modern automotive engineering is that engineers can begin driving a car long before anyone…
What Software Do Automotive Engineers Actually Use?
Ask what software automotive engineers use, and the easy answer is to start naming CAD systems. CATIA. NX. Creo. And…
How Does Ground Effect Make Race Cars Faster?
How Motorsport Engineers Use the Air Beneath a Car to Create Grip, Speed, and an Entirely Different Kind of Racing…
How Engineers Measure Human Performance in Motorsports
Ask most racing fans what the most important component in a race car is and you’ll hear answers like: Ask…
The Hidden Engineering Behind Le Mans Endurance Racing
Most people watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans and see a race. Engineers see something entirely different. They see…
Why Racing Has Always Been the World’s Fastest Engineering Laboratory
For more than a century, racing has served as one of the world’s most effective engineering laboratories. Technologies that eventually…
Why Formula 1 May Be the World’s Most Advanced Engineering Competition
Most people see Formula 1 as a racing series. Engineers often see something else entirely. Beneath the spectacle of race…
Why Formula 1 Teams Employ Hundreds of Engineers
To casual observers, Formula 1 looks simple. Twenty drivers line up on a grid, race for a few hours, and…
FIA Motorsports Authority Picks Siemens as Official Digital Twin Sponsor — When Even Racing Needs a Twin
If you ever thought “my work life is complicated”, remember: motor racing’s rule-makers just outsourced their complexity to a digital…