Nick Wirth

[entropy]

Flicking through Racecar Engineering mag, nice article on what he's doing these days - simulators.

Remembered when he started Simtek all those years and touted as the next Adrian Newey.

Part of me wishes he was still in F1. Amazing things he's done having left Benetton - part of the team that came up with the CDG wing, worked for Dallara with IRL cars, ALMS cars.

[rubystone]

entropy said:

Flicking through Racecar Engineering mag, nice article on what he's doing these days - simulators.

Remembered when he started Simtek all those years and touted as the next Adrian Newey.

Part of me wishes he was still in F1. Amazing things he's done having left Benetton - part of the team that came up with the CDG wing, worked for Dallara with IRL cars, ALMS cars.

Brilliant guy - but isn't he also responsible for a well performing car in ALMS? Without googling it, I think it may be an Acura - but someone will no doubt be along to confirm. Anyway as I said, sheer genius but I just don't think he had the right business brain for F1 - did love the MTV Simtek though - pretty car

[Chocmonster]

It is the Acura which he's done work on via his Wirth Research company.

http://www.wirthresearch.com/index_wr.html

[matt3001]

Weird factoid - It was MTV's sponsorship of Simtek and their equally awful race reports on MTV 1 that gave Davina McCall her first ever TV gig! Its been downhill ever since...