Academic staff and MSc students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at Oxford Brookes University have been developing an electric racing car in collaboration with Dallara Automobile, project chaired by Head of R&D and US Racing Business Leader, Andrea Toso. To provide an overview of the project & showcase excellent work of our students from all over the world (and hopefully capture your imagination to get involved!) here is the abridged version of our #DallaraBrookesStoryBook, first exhibited at Autosport International Show 2015.

1. [electric vehicle development project]
FORMULA CLUB-E

2. “I love Formula One, dearly. If I live for 100 years I will still love Formula One. But the world is
going in the direction of electric, we don't know how long it will take but we have to make a
change. It's not that we want to, it's almost mandatory.
If we continue like this for 100 years there will be no planet so basically there is no option.”
Alejandro Agag, Formula E founder and CEO
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“A goal of all formal education should be to graduate students to lead lives of consequence.”
John Henry Brookes, Spiritual founder of Oxford Brookes University
Brookes alumni in employment at major Formula 1 teams
in collaboration with

3. THE VISION
At the very pinnacle of the Motorsport world, Formula E is currently leading the way for the electric racing market. At the low
budget end, Formula SAE electric has demonstrated that electric vehicles can dominate over their combustion-engined
counterparts.
Currently, there are very few affordable electric racing cars, so there is a clear gap in the market.
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Formula SAE Electric Formula E
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in collaboration with
Year 1 - Concept: Feasibility study & concept design
Year 2 - Analyse: Identify market opportunities & design specification, design & virtually prototype vehicle
Year 3 - Develop: Establish partnerships, detailed simulation modelling, final design, prototyping & model validation
Year 4 - Refine: Build, test & finalise complete prototype vehicle

4. THE PLAYERS
Andrea Toso, Head of R&D and US Racing
Business Leader at Dallara Automobili shares
design ideas with OBU students
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Dallara
Automobili
Competing in all F3 championships
around the world, Dallara is the sole
supplier of cars to the IndyCar, Indy
Lights, GP2, GP3, World Series by
Renault and Japanese Super Formula
championships.
Coupled with their experience of
supplying the chassis for Formula E,
Dallara’s impressive motorsport
pedigree ideally places them to deliver
an electric racing vehicle.
Mechanical Engineering &
Mathematical sciences
Nestled in the heart of Motorsport
Valley, 92% of our graduates go on to
employment - many in F1, Formula E
and major suppliers to the motorsport
industry.
Oxford Brookes has an enviable
reputation as the number one institution
for Motorsport education, training the
Automotive, Motorsport and Mechanical
Engineers of the future.
Business School
The Business School provides strength in corporate, competitive & growth
strategy, global business, international trade and foreign direct investment with
subjects that focus on leadership, culture, motivation, practices, strategic
human resource management and the management of the globalisation
process. This allows us to consider both the mechanical and business aspects.
Unparalleled Team
Bringing together one of the World’s
largest race car manufacturers, and the
leading motorsport education provider,
the Formula Club-E project is the work
of an unparalleled team.
in collaboration with

5. THE OBJECTIVES
Leading
Racing Car
Manufacturer
Renowned
Motorsport
University
100
Postgraduate
MSc Students
Four
Year
Programme
60,000
Development
Hours
in collaboration with
Determine the market opportunities & customer requirements
Identify market leading technologies & suitable powertrains
Develop a complete 3D CAD model of the vehicle
Simulate the vehicle performance in DYMOLA
Analyse various powertrain configurations
Undertake Driver-in-Loop testing in Dallara’s simulator
Establish partnerships & customers
Produce a complete business plan, BOM and costing
Prototype and test the complete vehicle
Prepare students for employment

6. THE TEAM: Design
Chassis & Crash
Aser Murias Closas
Quentin Gueriot
Ronan Antonelli
Michael Booker
Battery Development
Pelayo Acevedo Llanes
Daniel Simula
Aero & Cooling
Wayne Diggines
Vivek Jigalur
Mikey Twigge
Marc Ricart Rius
Electric Safety
David Garcia Coz
Team Leader
David Lopez Almirall
Business Plan
Rodrigo Velasco Ramos
Shaunt Avanessian
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Suspension
David Briant
Michael Rooney
Xavier Bas Ferrer
Motor
Tom Driscoll
Siddhant Shah
Adil Adil
Project Chairman: Andrea Toso - Head of R&D and US Racing Business Leader, Dallara Automobili
Academic Principal: Andrew Bradley - Senior Lecturer in Motorsport Engineering
in collaboration with

7. THE TEAM: Simulation
Powertrain & Battery
Nikolas Siikkis
Pedro Gonzalez Lorenzo
Shreerama Manjunatha
Javier Herrero de Vicente
Jesus Guiterrez de Quevedo
Team Leader
Cristian Garcia Moya
Pau Joaniquet Calderon
Suspension & Braking
Ana Sanchez Ponce
Alexandre Santos
Raul Ubeda Sala
Driver & Laptime
Alvaro Fraile Martinez
Beñat Pildain Olalde
Sree Varshini
Miguel Freitas
Bruno Braga
Suspension & Tyres
Rohan Shankar
Federico Sanchez Motellon
in collaboration with
Academic Chair: Professor Gareth Neighbour - Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mathematical Science
Academic Lead: Gordana Collier - Programme Lead for Postgraduate Taught Mechanical Engineering
Simulation Support
Alessandro Picarelli, Claytex

8. THE PARTNERS
in collaboration with
“The following have provided exceptional levels of support to the project, and have been instrumental in the development of
the vehicle:
Simulation Support: Alessandro Picarelli – Claytex Services
Market Research: Jacqui O’Rourke, Madelaine Robinshaw & Nicoletta Occiocupo – Business School
Electric Powertrain: James Broughton & James Larminie – Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics
Chassis Development: Allan Hutchinson & James Balkwill - Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics
YASA Motors
Tim Woolmer
Nick Bowler
John Twycross
Dom Daly
Neil Fellows
Daniel Bell
Gabor Lukacs
Amlin Aguri
Mashael Alnosayan
Shpend Gerguri
Colin Bell
Tom Elsworth
Terrence Floyd
Quiyang Ge
Mark Preston
Cooper Avon Tyres
Denise Morrey
Khaled Hyatleh
Eric Cassells
Kevin Hort
Viktor Weber
Brian Sims
Geoff Goddard
Andrew Baxter
Ana Domingos Canhoto
Ian Spacksman
Xinyi Xu
The department’s digital printing facilities used in the creation of this book were provided & supported courtesy of:
Artwork & print design by David Lopez Almirall and Andrew Bradley.
Binding by Miguel Ferrera & Adrian Ward - Department of Mechanical Engineering&Mathematics and Maltby’s the Bookbinders, Oxford
There are also many more people who contributed to the project - thanks to all, we could not have done it without you!

9. GET INVOLVED
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in collaboration with
“What we are trying to do is make driving clean cars exciting and fun, and to try to encourage manufacturers to come into this
area because, if they don’t, they are going to be left behind.”
Richard Branson
If you are interested in joining the project, please email mems-enquiry@brookes.ac.uk with the subject “Dallara”.
We are particularly interested in hearing from the following:
 Race organisers, schools & race car rental companies
 Motor / controller manufacturers & suppliers
 Battery manufacturers & suppliers
 Potential customers & distributors
 Sensors and electrical suppliers
 Tyre manufacturers & suppliers
 Financial investors

10. in collaboration with
THE CAR