Ricardo congratulates inaugural winners of the Indy Autonomous Challenge

TUM Autonomous Motorsport from the Technische Universität München (TUM) has won the first ever Indy Autonomous Challenge: the world’s first head-to-head, high-speed autonomous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the US on Saturday 23 October. The team at Ricardo Performance Products had particular interest in the race. Building on the long-standing relationship that Ricardo shares with Dallara our bespoke transmissions featured in all of the Dallara AV-21 race cars which competed.

Drawing on Ricardo’s multiple world-championship winning expertise in motorsport, the transmissions were designed and manufactured by specialist engineers and the niche manufacturing team at Ricardo’s Midlands Technical Centre in Leamington Spa. Steve Blevins, Head of Engineering for Ricardo Performance Products, led the programme and here, he gives his insight into the particular engineering requirements and challenges of this unique race series.

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