There have been a lot of new developments since the last newsletter. Here is a summary of some of the highlights: Canopy is Expanding We’re delighted to welcome Lizzie Jarvis to the team as our Operations Director. Lizzie is a…
Tag: Motorsport
Gen3 Formula E: To Charge or Not to Charge?
The racing format of Formula E provides incredible interest. Like other series, the cars qualify and line up on the grid in descending order of speed, but tight tracks, close racing and energy strategy decisions mean that overtaking is frequent.…
Canopy Newsletter 11 – Jul 2019
Tired of running thousands of straight sims to figure out how to rebalance your car? We might have the solution for you: Dynamic Constraints When comparing laptime across different setups, strictly speaking one should rebalance the car. The previous procedure…
Canopy Newsletter 10 – Feb 2019
We’ve been working hard on a new way to store and organise your simulation results, configs (cars, tracks, weather), telemetry and DiL data. The beta edition of Worksheets is now available. Worksheets There is no plan to replace the Staging…
Canopy Newsletter 9 – Oct 2018
It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch, so it’s about time we shared some of our exciting new developments. Secondary Lap Sensitivities A new simulation type is available on your account; Dynamic Lap (SLS). This enables computation of…
Showing Our Sensitive Side
There are some key facts about performance that almost every engineer in every F1 team should know. These are the “fundamental sensitivities” of the car. That is to say, if we change parameter “x” by a small amount, how much…
F1 vs Porsche 919 Evo at the Nordschleife
Would an F1 car beat the recent lap record around the Nürburgring Nordschleife of 5m19.546 set by the Porsche 919 Evo? We took a look at this question and by using our cloud computing simulation platform we’ve endeavoured to find…
Canopy Newsletter 8 – May 2018
An update on some new features that have been included in Canopy. Channel Inference A new simulation type is available. Working backwards from telemetry data, this simulation uses the vehicle model to estimate the value for channels which were not…
Get a grip on tyre saving
In many race series, getting the most out of your tyres is essential for staying in the lead when it comes to pit stops. By and large F1 drivers are excellent at tyre saving. Many years of practice and staring…
Battery Thermal Management in Formula E
Energy strategy in Formula E is a major performance differentiator for race teams and getting this right is a great way to start your battle for the podium. However, at warmer races, not only do teams have to contend with…