As with any change to the F1 regulations, 2021 represents another opportunity to improve the racing spectacle, so we were interested to see if four-wheel-drive KERS could improve overtaking. Our simulations suggest that four-wheel-drive in the form of a front-axle…
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Canopy Newsletter 7 – Feb 2018
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Tyre Wear Optimisation To help with tyre strategy during the race it is now possible to run a sweep limiting tyre wear energy by enabling ETyreWearLimit. The example…
Canopy Newsletter 6 – Dec 2017
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Dynamic Multi-Lap has arrived! We can now do full stint energy and powertrain temperature optimisation. It is computationally demanding and requires the use of a heavy compute pool, (more…
Front, Rear or All Wheel Drive at the Nürburgring Nordschleife?
There appears to be no slowdown in the relentless battle of auto manufacturers chasing down Nürburgring laptimes in order to gain a top spot at the ring and prove their engineering prowess. With a variety of cars running sub 7…
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Canopy Newsletter 5 – Sept 2017
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Setup Sheet Download By using the filters on parameter names in Edit Car you can now save a template for a setup sheet and export it using the CSV…
How to balance an F1 car through the corner
Imagine you’re the race engineer for <insert your favorite driver name> and your aerodynamics department have just spent 3 months working on a new upgrade, your driver runs it and says: “it’s completely undrivable, there is too much understeer in…
Wind and gradient at the Belgium GP
The F1 teams have returned to work after a much needed mid season break, so it is with great anticipation that we watch to see how the championship battle will unfold. With only 14 points separating Vettel and Hamilton even…
Canopy Newsletter 4 – July 2017
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Thermal Powertrain Dynamic Lap can now be run with thermal powertrain, which allows us to find the optimal laptime with thermal constraints. Help can be found in the…
Canopy Newsletter 3 – June 2017
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Telemetry Import The telemetry CSV import can now read any channel name and convert units which should save time renaming channels. The only exception is “sLap” and “tLap”…
Canopy Newsletter 2 – May 2017
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Drag Sim Drag Sim is a fully dynamic simulation that accelerates as hard as it can, then brakes as hard as it can for a total duration of…