This podcast is a conversation with Willem Toet, Head of Aerodynamics at the Benetton team in 1994.I wanted to talk with Willem to understand exactly what was going on in the team at the time, whether the allegations of cheating with traction control and launch control were true, and what was really going on underneath Benetton’s engine cover.
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This podcast is a conversation with Willem Toet, Head of Aerodynamics at the Benetton team in 1994.I wanted to talk with Willem to understand exactly what was going on in the team at the time, whether the allegations of cheating with traction control and launch control were true, and what was really going on underneath Benetton’s engine cover.
How We Designed a Formula Car to Drive Upside Down
Driver61 Podcast
1 hour 6 minutes
2 years ago
How We Designed a Formula Car to Drive Upside Down
This podcast is a conversation with Willem Toet, an ex-F1 aerodynamicist who worked at Benetton, Ferrari, and Sauber, and is now working with us on Project Inversion - our project to prove that a formula car can drive upside down on the ceiling of a tunnel.In this podcast, we talk about how Willem approached designing a car for such an unusual project, how he developed through 38 versions of the car's design, and how we're protecting the driver, me, if it all goes wrong.The podcast also inclu...
Driver61 Podcast
This podcast is a conversation with Willem Toet, Head of Aerodynamics at the Benetton team in 1994.I wanted to talk with Willem to understand exactly what was going on in the team at the time, whether the allegations of cheating with traction control and launch control were true, and what was really going on underneath Benetton’s engine cover.