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Race Tech International Award Winners
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Ulrich Batetzky, Peter Prodromou, Pratt & Miller and Bosch were the recipients of the Race Engine Designer, the Dino Toso Racecar Aerodynamicist and the Most Innovative New Motorsport Product of the Year awards respectively, in a night of celebration during the RACE TECH World Motorsport Symposium.
The 2013 season will go down in Audi's history as one of the most successful—perhaps the most successful ever, with the highlight being its second successive victory at Le Mans with a hybrid race car and quattro drive, the 12th win for the marque in the race. Another milestone came in Texas, as it marked Audi's—and therefore Ulrich Baretzky's—100th overall victory with cars powered by his engines. It also marked his 20th year at Audi Sport, during which time none of his engines has ever blown up.
The Dino Toso Racecar Aerodynamicist of the Year award was presented to Peter Prodromou. The RB9 was the class of the field in 2013, especially so in the second half of the season, and while its success is partly down to the brilliance of Sebastian Vettel, the role which the aero department, led by Peter, played cannot be overstated.
The sheer variety of machinery found in sports car racing is one of its great attractions, but with such a large variety of machinery on the track at the same time, it can lead to real problems when overtaking, with the closing speed of a Le Mans Prototype bearing quickly down on a GT car.
Until now it has been a question of looking into the mirrors, but Pratt & Miller, along with Bosch Motorsport, have developed a new radar-based collision avoidance system, which has at its heart a custom-built Intel Core i3 processor, which signals to the driver the closing speed and the calculated overtaking maneuver.
The 2013 season will go down in Audi's history as one of the most successful—perhaps the most successful ever, with the highlight being its second successive victory at Le Mans with a hybrid race car and quattro drive, the 12th win for the marque in the race. Another milestone came in Texas, as it marked Audi's—and therefore Ulrich Baretzky's—100th overall victory with cars powered by his engines. It also marked his 20th year at Audi Sport, during which time none of his engines has ever blown up.
The Dino Toso Racecar Aerodynamicist of the Year award was presented to Peter Prodromou. The RB9 was the class of the field in 2013, especially so in the second half of the season, and while its success is partly down to the brilliance of Sebastian Vettel, the role which the aero department, led by Peter, played cannot be overstated.
The sheer variety of machinery found in sports car racing is one of its great attractions, but with such a large variety of machinery on the track at the same time, it can lead to real problems when overtaking, with the closing speed of a Le Mans Prototype bearing quickly down on a GT car.
Until now it has been a question of looking into the mirrors, but Pratt & Miller, along with Bosch Motorsport, have developed a new radar-based collision avoidance system, which has at its heart a custom-built Intel Core i3 processor, which signals to the driver the closing speed and the calculated overtaking maneuver.
