Team DRIVE have been working hard to complete designs for this years car. Our main aims are to make the new car at least 20kg lighter than the previous car and better performing dynamically.

The driver has been reclined in the car to help lower the centre of gravity which leads to reduced body roll and better handling. The chassis has been thoroughly analysed and refined for optimum stiffness whilst reducing the weight by around 8kg, it will now weigh a mere 29kg. The suspension geometry has been optimised again to reduce body roll as much as possible. The driver controls have been refined to produce a better user interface whilst reducing their size in turn allowing for a more compact and lightweight chassis. The engine will be set up using a fuel injection to reduce fuel consumption and hopefully increase power.

The build of the chassis has commenced and we hope to have the engine running sometime soon. The team are on track for a great result in 2011!!