Bugatti’s most realistic Formula 1 race car was designed by a talented intern

Posted on 24/05/2020 by Sarang Sheth

The Bugatti Type 35 revival is a great example of two things – A designer’s ability to push boundaries and create concepts that capture their passions, and those concepts sometimes being powerful enough to actually pave the way forward for something bigger. Little did Andreis van Overbeeke know that his desire to see Bugatti compete in the Formula 1 series would result in him landing an internship at his dream company. The desire to actually see a Bugatti-branded F1 car pushed Andries to create a concept that he published on Reddit. The images ran their course, reaching Bugatti’s execs, who then went on to invite van Overbeeke to their headquarters in Molsheim, France, for an internship… resulting in a much more fleshed out concept car with the Type 35 revival. The image above shows the Type 35 revival in its glorious avatar standing right beside Bugatti’s own Vision GT vehicle – its spiritual predecessor.

The Type 35 Revival pays tribute to Bugatti’s eponymous winning racecar from the 1929 and 1930 Monaco circuit races. Styled with a similarly long nose and short tapered rear, the Revival echoes the iconic design cues of the 90-year old racecar, while carefully sticking to Bugatti’s signature details which include the horseshoe grille and that absolutely sweet blue and black paint-job. “The car has a powerful high revving internal combustion engine (see the exhausts on top) and was designed to be a fan car with a suckdown system (similar to the Chaparral 2J and Brabham BT46)”, says Overbeeke. He also pointed out that as a hat-tip to the company’s consecutive 3-year win at the Monaco circuits, the Type 35 Revival comes with a graphic of the Monaco racetrack on the side along with its laurels.

While the French automotive company isn’t planning on entering the F1 any time soon, the Type 35 Revival’s design isn’t just a concept for your eyes… You can actually take it for a spin in PlayStation’s Gran Turismo!

Designers: Andries van Overbeeke, Achim Anscheidt, Sasha Selipanov, Etienne Salomé & Frank Heyl.

This Formula 1 car-design bridges the gap between race-cars and fighter-jets

Posted on 14/05/2020 by Sarang Sheth

What’s the difference between an F1 car and a fighter jet? One of them has weapons.

Essentially, both vehicles are powered by incredibly capable and efficient engines, both focus on pure speed, aerodynamism, and minimal air-drag, resulting in forms that somewhat look similar… barring the presence of wheels on one, and wings on another. Andries van Overbeeke decided to bridge that gap a bit with his F1 car design that sports an almost jet-inspired outer form, with an elongated nose that cuts through the air like hot knife through butter, and a closed cockpit that doesn’t just resemble jet, it also complies with future F1 norms. The car makes use of high-performance metal alloys, with carbon fiber in limited places. Most load-bearing stress-absorbing components are generatively designed, to minimize mass while maximize performance, and by far the most interesting detail is the car’s nose, which comes with a unique hollow drill-shaped air intake that guides air into the car to keep it cool while it drives literally at breakneck speeds!

Designer: Andries van Overbeeke

This automobile is aggression amplified

Posted on 11/05/2017 by Sarang Sheth

This absolute monster of a car by Singapore based Vanda Electrics co-powered with Williams Advanced Engineering is code-named the Dendrobium. The fully electric hypercar has zero emissions, goes to a top speed of 200mph and goes from 0 to 62 in just 2.7 seconds.

The car was first developed as a concept as early as in the 1990s (can you imagine something like this sketched out back then?!) with the model only coming to life now because the battery technology hadn’t evolved yet. The carbon fiber monocoque body has an unbelievably edgy aesthetic with a majority of straight lines and very tight curves. The automobile concept ditches the rear-view mirrors for cameras, and features suicide butterfly doors that open upward and backward, almost like a show of strength and power! The spoiler on the back of the car doubles up as a rather futuristic looking taillight, while the body forms a streamlined conical tip at the end with a secondary taillight almost looking like a hornet ready to sting!

The car debuted at the Geneva Motor Show this year and the response indicates that you may see it on the streets as early as 2020!

Designers: Andries van Overbeeke, Marco van Overbeeke, Vanda Electrics & Williams Advanced Engineering.

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