Rally first. Then NASCAR, then Formula 1, and off-road. And a race car he designed himself.
Southampton · 2008–09
In his final year he joined the Formula Student project: one of seven engineers in the chassis group, building a single-seater in the university's Race Car Lab for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' competition.
His 3D design
He did the car's entire 3D design in SolidWorks. The group then built it up on the workshop floor around the engine: chassis, suspension, steering, brakes and bodywork.
The 2CV idea
Most teams ran a motorcycle engine of 400 to 600cc. The Southampton team chose a Citroën 2CV flat-twin, because engine, gearbox and rear brakes arrive as one package.
His suspension
He set the suspension geometry to mounting points the chassis had already fixed, then sized the wishbones against buckling and proved them in COSMOSWorks at the worst cornering force he could calculate.
On the bench
Drag to turn it. Pull it apart. Switch to the blueprint.
Modelled for this page from his 2009 notes.
The pit wall · Live
He loves rally and NASCAR most, then Formula 1, and he follows all three. These boards follow them with him: what runs next, who won last and who leads.
Reading the timing screens…
Season data from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 and refreshed through the day, so results can lag a race by some hours. This site has no link with the World Rally Championship, NASCAR or Formula 1; their names belong to their owners.
Your turn
The things he loves most, built for you to drive. A rally stage with a co-driver reading your pace notes, a superspeedway where the draft is everything, and a trail with water to cross. No betting, no sign-up, nothing to install.
Arrow keys or WASD to drive, space for the handbrake, R to get back on the road. On the oval, left and right change lane and down lifts. On a phone the car goes by itself: hold the left or right of the screen to steer, and the middle to brake.
Number 7
He buys his cars new and changes them often. Two of them tell the two sides of what he loves.
Flat-six behind the seatsSeven-speed PDKRace
Engine behind the driver, the same layout as the car he designed at Southampton: a 2.7-litre flat-six, seven-speed PDK and rear-wheel drive.
296 hp turboCoil springs all roundOff-road
In January 2024 he took a brand-new Defender for the off-road driving he was doing: four-wheel drive, an eight-speed automatic and coil springs at every corner.
Where it started
Automobile Systems. Automotive structures and automotive electronics.
Automobile Engineering II: Refinement. Ride, noise and vibration.
Computer-Aided Analysis. Including a quarter-car suspension model in MATLAB.
Group Design Project 15. Formula Student Racing Car, Group 1: Chassis.
Your way in
He started with a student project. If this page has you looking for a way in, these are real ones.
It is how he started. Formula Student runs at Silverstone every summer, and universities around the world build cars for it.
Formula Student →The same idea: students design, build and defend a race car of their own.
Formula SAE →Grassroots rallying, karting and club racing: Motorsport UK's guide takes you through where to begin.
Get started →Registering is free, and marshals stand closer to the action than anyone at a rally stage or a race.
Become a marshal →Strategy sessions, advisory, software builds and speaking. Every enquiry gets a reply within two working days.
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