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Team Principal 2009-2010 – Leo Martins
Leo was responsible for the whole team, ensuring there were no issues between projects, chairing all meetings and ensuring the team ran to schedule. He was the main link between the staff and the team. At the start of the year he was responsible for putting together a solid team of over 50 students. Previously he was part of the 3rd year management team and also formed part of the driver environment team for IC04. Aside from managing the team, he also investigated active traction control and its implementation.
Vehicle Dynamics, Production and Marketing Manager 2009-2010 – Kristian Jenner
Kristian had the role of Suspension and Vehicle Dynamics manager for Imperial Racing. Additionally, in his role as marketing manager, Kristian had to maximise the exposure of the team and raise its profile leading up to the event in July and beyond.
Technical Director, Chassis and Packaging 2009-2010 – Nicola Terdich
As a technical director Nicola was particularly interested in applying innovative and unconventional concepts to give the car a leading edge and to put it on target to be successful at Silverstone. His role required him to work in close contact with all the members of the team to follow the design of the car ensuring optimum packaging and weight distribution. Nicola was also the first person in the Imperial College Racing history to design a full steel space frame chassis by himself.
Operations , Manufacturing and Vehicle Handling Manager – Karl Giles
Having worked for the team for the previous two years, Karl be an active member of the management team, helping shape the team for continued success in the many years to come.
Aside from project work and fulfilling his position within the management team, his responsibilities included ensuring the general upkeep of the newly refitted Pit Garage, approving and logging any major work being carried out on the car, and organising regular club nights in the Pit Garage to encourage team socialising and communication in a more hands on environment.
Finance and Drivetrain Manager – Matt Taylor
Matt was been involved in Imperial Racing for two years, working on designing the engine intake system, before taking up the role of Finance manager. The team was given a budget to last the whole of the two year development period and Matt ensured that there was an appropriate budget set for each year. A new finance system was set-up within the team to ensure that all expenditure was fully approved and accounted for- this required Matt to work closely with the College finance team. In addition to his managerial position, he worked on driveshafts and braking systems for IC06.
Vehicle Assembly Manager and Rules Uberfuhrer – Henry Weaver
Henry was involved in Imperial Racing between 2008 and 2010 Initially he was part of the team which designed the naturally aspirated intake system for IC04 before bein given the job of making sure that all the rules were properly adhered to. He was also responsible for ensuring that key projects for the competition were completed and the car assembled correctly. Along with this he was responsible for the design and manufacture of the suspension uprights through working closely with Karl and Kristian.
