That’s annoying: missed the chance to see Xtrak

Transmission experts Xtrak are showing its wares at the Autosport International Engineering Show. As well as conventional racing transmissions Xtrak will be showing the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) based around the Torotrak variator. What a wonderful opportunity it would have been to study the system and maybe ask some intelligent questions and possibly even report back here with my findings.



The problem is that the engineering show is on 10th and 11th January (according to Xtrak’s press release) and my work commitments mean I won’t be able to go along. If you would like to go; the engineering show runs from 10-11 January at the NEC, where the company will be exhibiting in Hall 19 on stand number E1038.

Quick Torotrak update

Another F1 team have been confirmed as taking out a license on the mechanical kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) for the 2009 season. One license was encouraging but two licenses are a clear sign that this is being taken seriously. Torotrak and its partners, Flybrid Systems and Xtrac, won the Professional MotorSport World “Engine Innovation of the Year Award" on 6 November 2007 in Cologne for the mechanical KERS.

All these developments are very promising, I just hope that involvement in Formula 1 don’t distract from getting a Torotrak transmission into a road car.