Team name: Team Bath Racing
University: University of Bath
Class: Class 1
Car Number: 17
Country: UK
Technical Specification
Length: 2655
Width: 1130
Height: 1140
Wheelbase: 1530
Track: 1130/1080
Weight – no driver: 165kg
Weight – distribution including driver: 116.5kg/116.5kg
Suspension: Double unequal A-Arms, pull road front/push rod rear. Ohlins spring and dampers.
Tyres: 18″ x 6″ – 10″ Hoosier LC0
Wheels: 2 Piece Carbon
Brakes: 180mm outboard front, 160mm inboard rear. Floating drilled discs.
Chassis construction: One piece tubular spaceframe
Engine: Aprilia RXV550
Bore: 80
Stroke: 55
Cylinders: 2
CC: 550
Fuel Type: 99RON unleaded
Fuel System: Aprilia port fuel injection
Max Power: 52kW @ 9000
Max Torque: 59Nm @ 7000rpm
Transmission: Single 520 chain
Differential: Drexler limited slip differential
Final Drive: 2.846:1
Team Profile
Team Bath Racing 2012 is an all new team of 25 talented Mechanical, Automotive, Electrical and Aerospace Engineering students from the University of Bath working full time on developing a new car for the 2012 competition. The students of TBR’12 have a wide range of experiences encompassing many practical and theoretical areas of engineering and racing. Building on the success of last year’s entry, the team aim to be competing for the win this year.
Team Bath Racing pride themselves on producing a lightweight spaceframe car, giving the optimal in performance and cost. The continued use of the Aprilia RXV550, with a range of powertrain updates, ensures the ultimate combination of weight saving and performance. Careful use of carbon composites ensures maximum performance improvements for minimal cost increase.
Our main driver, Fred Martin-Dye, is currently racing in the Formula Ford championship.
We operate a completely new team each year with no common team members between each years entry
During the course of the design and build the team have simultaneously completed a complete revamp of our build room and facilities.
We will also be competing in Austria 2 days after Silverstone.
Website: www.teambathracing.com
