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<td><font face="Arial"><strong>The Benetton B197</strong></font></td>
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<td><font size="4" face="Arial"><b>The making of a
Formula One car</b></font><p><font size="4" face="Arial"><b></b></font> </p>
<p><font size="3" face="Arial"><b><i>Team solidarity and
performance are key parts to the success of any area of a
Formula One team. But none more so than in the process of
designing, developing and constructing the race car
itself.</i></b></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">This is a paramount
process and Operations Director <b>Joan Villadelprat</b>
is quick to acknowledge that teamwork plays an intrinsic
role as the car takes to life from computer screen to
race track.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>"It is everything
really, he confirms. Each area is worked specifically by
certain people and they all need to gel together. You
have people working on composite, machinery, fabrication,
assembly -from people putting the car together to the
painter. It is a team effort all the way."</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i></i></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Joan estimates the birth
of a Formula One car takes 'normally' up to five months
and as the car begins to reach the final product, the
team members involved, simultaneously increase.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>"Firstly it starts
off at the drawing office and then production gets
involved and then everyone gets involved, so the whole
company works towards the same end,"</i> he
explains. <i>"You probably have 30 people to start
with, then you end up with about 110, and then by the end
you have everyone else."</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i></i></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">A long and exacting
process, the advent of new rules and regulations with
increasing competition does not just have its affects in
the heat of the race, but also in the walls of the team
factory, as Joan highlights the one piece of machinery
which is attributed most time on.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>"We have some new
systems in the B197 this year. Power steering is one of
many new items we have never had in the car before and
the implementation of these needs to be included in the
schedule which you try to stick to."</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>"From our side,
because we do not produce the engine, the gearbox the
gearbox takes the longest to make. It takes four and a
haklf months and you have a dedicated group of people
working on it. At the end of the day when the chassis is
done it takes very little time, but the gearbox is a
delicate part.</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>"First you have to
do the design and then patterns before the castings are
done. These have to be confirmed and then you need to
machine the castings, do the internal arrangements, so it
is quite a big job."</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i></i></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">And mistakes.... <i>"Mistakes
at the different stages get caught in the methods and
systems we have in the company. From the inspection
department to quality control."</i></font></p>
<p align="center"><img src="b197exs.jpg" width="400"
height="533"></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial"><b>BENETTON-RENAULT B197 -
COUNTING THE COST</b></font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial"><b></b></font> </p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Gearbox -</b></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">between casting and
machining £10,000 added.</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial">with internals,another
£100,000</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Brake calipers</b>
£28-29,000</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Tyres </b><i>(each)</i>
£600</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><i>(supplied by Goodyear)</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Nose cone</b>
£10,000</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Chassis </b>£70,000</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Wings</b><i>(rear}</i>
£4-6000</font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial"><b>· Engine cover</b>
£3,000</font></p>
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