Designing your dream car and winning "Le Mans": A practical manual and a professional toolkit for enthusiasts, young designers, and small teams who ... challenge both in design and on the track!

Designing and Building a Competition Car Method, Strategy, Reality A practical manual and a working tool for enthusiasts, young people, and small teams who have a dream to build—step by step—and to win the challenge both in design and on the track. All the strategies and technical solutions needed to create a sports or competition car, even with a limited budget, following the operational standards of top professional teams. “To design means to project forward: to throw thought into a place where there are no certainties yet—only hypotheses, risks, and intuitions.” (Eng. Mauro Forghieri – quoted by Eng. Materazzi) This book brings together real-world methods, strategies, and technical solutions for designing and building a sports or competition car, even with constrained budgets, by applying the same operational standards used by major racing teams. It is not a theoretical manual, but a concrete working tool, conceived for advanced enthusiasts, students, young designers, small teams, and independent constructors who share a clear objective: to build a car, take it to the track, and make it competitive. At the heart of the book lies a practical, hands-on approach: real projects, actually developed and built, explained step by step through technical diagrams, drawings, 3D files, photographs, engineering analyses, and cost evaluations—showing how to transform an idea into a functional, reliable, regulation-compliant, and competitive vehicle. The book includes six case studies: Three complete projects dedicated to building a competition car from scratch, addressing chassis design, suspension setup, aerodynamics, powertrain, materials, components, costs, and real-world compromises; Three historical case studies of legendary cars that made history at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, analyzed from an engineering and strategic perspective to extract practical lessons applicable to contemporary vehicle design. Alongside the book, free and exclusive digital content is provided, including technical files, in-depth materials, and operational extensions, conceived as a practical continuation of the volume. Structured in clear bullet points and written in a direct, accessible style, the book also serves as a quick-reference handbook, useful during the design phase, construction, technical review, and race preparation. Designing and Building a Competition Car does not tell a dream—it explains how to make it real, with method, strategy, and realism. Case Studies 1-2-3 - Free resources available on Grabcad.com – Davide Angelelli Rally Car Complete project with in-depth schematics and photos available at: www.cults3d.com – @DaveDesign