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Students from the Technical University of Eindhoven and the Fontys University of Applied Sciences are in the middle of an ambitious project the likes of which we’ve never dealt with before. The group is collectively known as InMotion. These students are doing a much bigger project. And it involves the Nurburgring Nordschleife. InMotion is developing a hybrid race car called the IN01. The goal is to break the lap record at the famous race track and by lap record, we mean the 6:11 lap record set by Stefan Bellof using a Porsche 956.
From the look of the IN01, it does appear that InMotion has a good idea of what it’s going to take to eclipse the 30-year-old record. The design of the racer is dynamic enough to make you interested in the project. It has the pointed-nose design of Formula One race cars and the closed cockpit configuration of an LMP1 prototype. The dimensions are also there and its low height should help in improving the car’s balance. Even the rear section, with the blown rear diffuser, was designed to be as minimalistic as possible.
InMotion has said that it plans to fit a hybrid powertrain inside the IN01. How and when it is going to do it is the question. The group has been tight-lipped on how much power the race car is going to have so that’s another egg that needs to be cracked.
For now, InMotion wil continue to develop the IN01 and get all the necessary approvals, including race approvals from the FIA, needed to make a run at the 30-year old record.
Who knows, this could be the car that finally eclipses Bellof’s scorching lap time. That record has stood for so long that it might be time to see another name on top of that list.
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