Features

Feature articles and content from the club's archives.

Chassis

THE EDITOR’S WHAT IF SLOT – LADDER FRAMES

Preamble: When I was a lad, just beginning to muck about with car stuff, ladder frames were off the radar. The popular wisdom was that they were heavy, structurally inefficient…

Technical

Chassis-6

CHASSIS STIFFNESS AND TUNING – HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

Once upon a time, when race car chassis were rudimentary things and suspensions were rock hard drivers were given a very hard time. This is what Mike Hawthorn had to…

WHO INVENTED THE MONOCOQUE?

WHO INVENTED THE MONOCOQUE?

The last article in this series finished with the thought that twin tube ladder chassis’ logically lead to a monocoque. But that is not how it came about. Definitions vary…

Ferrari

THE EDITORS WHAT IF PAGE: THE INDIANAPOLIS FERRARI’s

On the face of it this is a story about a disappointing trip to Indianapolis in 1952. But it also serves as an F1 chassis design progression discussion. That part…

Chassis

THE EDITOR’S WHAT IF SLOT – LADDER FRAMES

Preamble: When I was a lad, just beginning to muck about with car stuff, ladder frames were off the radar. The popular wisdom was that they were heavy, structurally inefficient…