Design Museum, London – 1 July to 29 October 2006
F1 is among the world’s most popular sports. It’s also going through an interesting time as arguments rage inside the industry as to whether F1 technology is about shaping the future of road vehicles or something altogether different. Indeed, it’s starting to look like a battle of engineering ideologies amongst manufacturers.
This show should give some context. Formula One is an intensely secretive industry that invests hundreds of millions of pounds every year on design and technology – with £500 million spent by the racing teams to sort their engines alone. This exhibition at London’s Design Museum claims to allow the public to examine the design innovations at the heart of the sport for the first time. Featuring iconic cars and compelling deconstructions of F1 technology. Did you know, for example, that an F1 car consists of over 10,000 components requiring 4,000 drawings and accuracy to within a tenth of a millimetre? We didn’t. As well as exploring the history of F1 design, the exhibition will explore how billions of pounds has been invested in design and technology in order to make the cars ever faster and safer.
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