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Tech F1i: A visit to Renault at Enstone - The Design Office

Designing a competitive Formula 1 car is extremely complex and detailed with an array of factors to take into account in the design and implementation process. For the chassis design at Enstone alone, over 70 staff members are employed in the design office (DO). The DO is split into different sections ranging from transmission design, mechanical design, stress analysis and the Vehicle Performance Group (VPG). It’s a purpose built open-plan office to encourage interaction between the sub-groups. © Renault – The design office sits in the new extension. It takes approximately 150,000 man-hours and 19,000 CAD (Computer Aided Design) drawings to define the 14,500 components of a car, with...
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