After taking over Corvette Racing from long-time custodian Doug Fehan, 34-year-old Laura Wontrop Klauser is leading General Motors through a transitional phase in sportscar racing. Here’s how she got into her dream role and what she plans to do with it

Although brake pressure and temperature logging is commonplace, measuring and understanding braking performance hasn't been so straightforward. But that's about to change following the introduction of a groundbreaking new sensor

The Renault F1 team is at the vanguard of innovative solutions pushing development of the V6 turbo hybrid engine rules, embracing the full potential of material science in its bid to get back to the top

From race-engineering winning cars in IndyCar and sportscars for Penske to masterminding Dragon's superb start to life in Formula E, Nigel Beresford's 35 years of motorsport expertise have played a key role in DS Techeetah's continued success

Systems engineering is an unseen and little-understood element of car performance, but Bosch Motorsport's RaceConnect is the latest example of what can be achieved

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented opportunities to innovate in ways that would have previously been unthinkable. Formula E's Berlin mini-series is a case in point, and provided important lessons for motorsport to learn from

Deciding what to do after racing is a challenge for many racers, but a British Le Mans ace chose to get ahead of the game while his career was going strong. Now Base Performance Simulators is celebrating a decade in business, Darren Turner tells its story

Senior technical transfers between customer racing car manufacturers were rare at the height of their 1990s pomp. But Bruce Ashmore's move from Lola to Reynard bucked the trend and set in motion a shift in the balance of power in US open-wheel racing

The development of simulation to become an all-encompassing development tool has been gradual - but Ansible Motion has been ahead of the curve from the start. Autosport headed to Hethel to find out just what that means

When new regulations are written, the race to understand how each change will impact every other element of car design begins. To shortcut this learning curve, engineers have an array of simulation tools at their disposal, but the raw data alone doesn't provide the answers

Formula E plans to go bold with its next generation racer, but in his regular Autosport Engineering column, its 2016-17 champion argues that it could be bolder still

In unprecedented times for motorsport caused by the coronavirus pandemic, UK-based teams are facing their biggest challenge yet - one of survival

B05/52 was an uninspiring name for an all-action racer that would become a staple of single-seaters in the 2000s. We remember the Lola that formed the basis of no less than three different series in its lifespan

The diverse group of engineers that make up the FIA Research Working Group are united by one key goal - the desire to see motorsport safety improve

Audi Sport's DTM project leader sheds light on the current status of Class One convergence talks and offers his own thoughts

Formula 1's plans to be net carbon zero by 2030 look good on paper, but there are many questions that still need to be answered

Against the seemingly irresistible rise of electrification in mobility, why are series organisers turning to hybrid as the answer to the big sustainability question? We ask the coordinators of three major championships to explain

HWA has expanded massively over the past few seasons under the leadership of Uli Fritz. He explains how a DTM titan has become pervasive throughout motorsport

A little white lie gave Toyota WRC technical director Tom Fowler a leg-up into rally engineering, and he's made good on that opportunity - via a stop-off in nuclear energy

When IndyCar's ICONIC committee selected Dallara as its chassis constructor from 2012, it overlooked a project that promised to make a radical overhaul in safety and racecar manufacturing. This is BAT Engineering's 'what if' story

A happy accident introduced Abt DTM engineer Albert Deuring to Target Competition - and the result has been domination in the TCR ranks

Autosport was let loose in the all-electric STARD-built Projekt E racer in Austria and the findings were highly impressive

Extreme E, the new electric off-road series, is heading into unchartered territory - literally. But our columnist argues that it can take inspiration from Formula E's success and even match it for impact

An engineering genius and skilled entrepreneur with a gift for instilling confidence in drivers, the late Robin Herd was a man of many talents. Half a century on from the birth of March, he is remembered by those who worked with him and knew him best

An Italian engineering group is making waves in the BTCC with a resurrected project that many had long forgotten about

Two small British teams came into 1979 hoping to build on promising grand prix debuts the year before. Where Williams went from strength to strength, Tony Southgate's Arrows A2 was wide of the mark

Motorsport-centric education is on the rise, and students at the Universities of Wolverhampton and Cranfield are reaping the benefits from their industry links

Momentum is building towards Roborace's first season of competition in 2021, and Roborace CEO Lucas di Grassi thinks there's a lot to get excited about

Ricardo prides itself on having all the knowledge necessary to create winning transmission packages for GT customers. Take a look around and it's apparent why

Sweden's version of 'the split' resulted in a fleeting experiment with silhouette racing aimed at becoming a 'DTM Lite' that was doomed from the start, despite good intentions

Bickering over the merits of standard parts in the BTCC misses the point that the cream still rises to the top at season's end - and that's got a lot to do with the brains on the pitwall

The new Super Formula Dallara SF19 is poles apart from the perceived wisdom about one-make racers. And that's because the Japanese series wants performance rather than cheap thrills

Current hybrid units are beautiful works of engineering, but greater variation would allow technology to advance naturally

Putting VP Racing Fuel into your car can be just as effective a means of improving performance for club racers as bolting on a new set of tyres

Formula 1 exists in its own sphere, but demands on brake suppliers in other motorsport disciplines are not so different, as a tour of AP Racing shows

After scaling the heights of Mount Panorama, two top Supercars engineers are taking on a fresh challenge in sportscars

The success of AmD Tuning in the early stages of this year's British Touring Car Championship suggests the could be a revival for a multi-chassis approach that is lost to single-seaters and rarely used elsewhere

Clive Howell is one of the major forces in establishing 'The Penske Way'. His retirement after almost four decades at the team points to a changing of the guard

Additive manufacturing is on an unstoppable rise and motorsport has had a crucial role to play

Lightweight bladder technologies developed by ATL have dominated F1 since 1988, but it's an altogether different crowd that the company wants to convert

The new regulations introduced by the World Rally Championship in 2017 has changed the game for both drivers and engineers. Toyota and M-Sport's top men explain how.

Autosport Engineering columnist Lucas di Grassi argues that a move to open applications for a control gearbox is a necessary first step to securing Formula 1's future

There are names with pedigree aplenty on the World Touring Car Cup grid. You have to delve a bit deeper to locate Lynk & Co's heritage, but there's plenty of reason to get excited about the team with exciting prospects for 2019

Putting control back in the hands of the drivers has often been a simplistic answer to F1's lack of close racing. But ex-Lola and McLaren engineer Mark Williams explains why a return of sophisticated gizmos could solve the issue

Following in the footsteps of DJR Team Penske, Walkinshaw Racing is reaping rewards from its collaboration with Andretti Autosport and United Autosports

Twenty years on from the Audi sportscar programme's debut at Sebring, meet Ulrich Baretzky - the driving force behind the four rings' success, who ironically never wanted to be an engineer

In his latest column for Autosport Engineering, Formula E ace Lucas di Grassi argues the inflexibility of modern circuit design is just as much to blame for Formula 1's current reliance on gimmicks as aerodynamics

The HRT squad endured a hard and brief Formula 1 lifespan. But the team still managed to compete at the top level of single seaters despite its limited budget and restricted resources, etching itself into a part of the motorsport legend