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November 30, 2017

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A very wet Zwartkops International Raceway hosted the final round of he Sasol GTC Series. More on page 4.

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Go­carts for life lessons DURING the last week of their primary school years, it is a tradi­ tion for Cowan House Grade 7 pupils to race go­carts, which they have designed and built to spec as part of Design and Tech­ nology class.

As part of their project the Grade 7s have to recruit support­ ers from the rest of the school by

promoting their team with post­ ers representing their team name and slogan.

The go­cart racers agree that if it weren’t for the wildly cheer­ ing fans, all the pushing would be no fun. Congratulations to the winners for 2017, with the fastest time, team Quick Silver.

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Above: Team Drift Kings’ Lucy Baugh and Matthew Puler pushing Kayleigh Martin.

Left: The winners, Team Quick Silver, with pushers Morgan von Lempke, Edward Hamilton, Justin Green, Enzo Cocciante, Georgina le Sueur and driver Gemma Fradd. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED

Nine steps towards becoming a friendly, happy and safe driver LAST week a road rage incident made the news when a man at­ tacked the car of an older man and probably him, if he had climbed out the car, as well.

The enraged man became in­ famous as his image circulated around social media and his ac­ tions, no doubt, are affecting his life now.

He could even lose his job.

The managing director of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, says road rage is a serious con­ cern in South Africa and many drivers have been victim of a driver who has become enraged.

“When many people get behind the wheel, their personalities change and the car now becomes a weapon. They also become im­ pervious to the consequences and each time they escape these consequences, they become bolder,” says Herbert.

How many of us can admit to being the one who loses their cool in traffic? MasterDrive has compiled a number of tips to help drivers not land in this posi­ tion to start with.

A few seconds of irritation are not worth the often serious con­ sequences.

• Drive defensively, which is when you anticipate the actions of others. When you drive defen­ sively, you know someone is go­ ing to cut you off long before they actually do. Adjust your driving to allow the other person in and save yourself the anger that comes with taking evasive action at the last second.

• Do not get in your car when you are angry. Give yourself some time to cool off before driving otherwise even the

smallest mistake from another driver will seem much bigger than it is. While some may use driving as a way to calm down, studies suggest this is not the best idea.

• Give yourself enough time to get to your destination. Running late will raise anxiety and frus­ tration levels making you vul­ nerable to drastic reactions.

• Do not drive fatigued as it also raises your aggression levels.

• Find something that puts you in a good mood during your drive. This can be listening to a certain genre of music or listen­ ing to comedic skits. But re­ member, organise this before you start driving.

• If you know that you lose your temper easily, find methods of regaining your composure, for example, breathing exercises.

• Do not drive in a manner that will enrage other drivers either, for example tailgating and con­ tinually swapping lanes.

• Drive nice, it’s contagious.

Many South African drivers will do their best to stop another car from joining their lane and get angry if that person does join their lane. Driving like this sets you up for unnecessary anger and forces other drivers to take drastic measures.

• Just let it go.

While, the causes of road rage are more complex, it is possible these measures can combine to help you keep your cool and avoid doing things which you may regret later.

To find out more or book de­ fensive driving lessons, contact MasterDrive on 086 110 0618.

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HAVAL, GWM SIGN WITH WESBANK WESBANK, a division of First Rand Bank Limited, has concluded an agreement with Haval Motors South Africa to provide finance products for the brand’s ex­ panding customer base in South Africa.

The Chinese vehicle man­ ufacturer Great Wall Motors (GWM) has traded in South Africa since 2007 and the brand has grown consistent­ ly over the past decade. Its product range includes pick­ ups, SUVs and passenger cars and, since its introduc­ tion here on 31 May 2017, GWM’s world­class premium SUV brand, Haval.

Charles Zhao, managing director of Haval Motors South Africa, says: “Choos­ ing to partner with Wes­ bank was a clear­cut deci­ sion.”

He said Haval and GWM will work closely with Wes­ Bank to provide a full range of finance and insurance products that will drive in­ creased sales in South Afri­ ca. — Wheels Reporter.

MANY ENTER TO WIN A PEUGEOT PEUGEOT South Africa has once again helped the Beeld Children’s Fund raise more than R1 million this year.

Helmine Strydom from Cape Town walked away the ecstatic winner of the brand new a Peugeot 208 1.2 Ac­ tive. Strydom collected her “massive surprise” at an event hosted by the fund and sponsored by the Leaves Guest House in Rivo­ nia.

Peugeot has been a proud supporter of the fund, donating a new car as the prize for the past eight years. “Our children are our future and we intend con­ tinuing with our modest ef­ forts to assist where we can so that the children of South Africa can reach their true potential” said Francis­ co Gaie, MD of Peugeot South Africa.

This year, the fundraiser saw 51 668 entries, over 37 000 coming from the R30 SMS donations and 11 428 tickets sold to raise over R1 million. The fund this year supported seven skills development pro­ grammes for children.

— WR.

Francisco Gaie, MD of Peugeot South Africa hands the keys of a new 208 to Helmine Strydom.

PHOTO: MOTORPRESS

November 30, 2017

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The 2018 Vantage has a four­litre AMG twin­turbo V8 sends 375 kW and 685 Nm to the rear wheels via an eight­speed, close­ ratio ZF paddle­shift auto. An electronic rear differential can go from fully locked to fully open in a matter of milliseconds to help steer the car. Base retail pricing will be £120 900 in the UK (R2,2 million), but the price goes up to R2,5 million in Germany and down to R2 million in the US. Deliveries will begin in Q2 next year. The long list of customisations range from sports plus seats and steering wheel upgrades to embroidered headrests colourful seat belts and an interior jewellery package.

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THE mountain has been brought to the people in the #TwoIconsTour by Jag­ uar Land Rover South Afri­ ca, now operating in the parking area of the Ballito Junction Mall where mem­ bers of the public can get up close and personal with Land Rover and Jaguar.

Running from 10 am to 6 pm every day until De­ cember 9, the Tour includes self­drive and driven experi­ ences as well as a children’s play area in partnership with Hamleys.

Guests will be invited into the passenger seat while highly­skilled Jaguar in­ structors showcase the per­ formance of the Jaguars on a short “Ice Road”.

Land Rover will provide a variety of exciting obstacles on the custom­made tracks and terrains, including the new avant­garde Range Rov­ er Velar, which recently launched in South Africa.

— Wheels Reporter.

Space exploration can lead to better traction for 4x4s on Earth ALWYN VILJOEN THE company Nasa Glenn is testing a tyre that looks like a cross between a knight’s chain­ link vest and a truck’s air filter.

Made from nickel titanium, the new tyre also showed fantas­ tic durability during desert tests on Earth.

While not as sexy as rocket sci­ ence, tyre development for space exploration has been a focus of research at Nasa Glenn for a dec­ ade. Evolving since the days of Apollo, Nasa engineers started examining tyre designs back in the 1960s for use on the surface of the Moon.

Back then they settled on us­ ing Goodyear tyres on the Moon, as the company also makes most wheels on aeroplanes.

Nasa Glenn engineer Vivake Asnani worked with Goodyear to develop the Spring Tire during the mid­2000s. Harking back to the Russians’ solution (bicycle wheels with fewer spokes), the Spring Tire is also airless but in­ stead of a few spikes, it has sever­ al hundred coiled steel wires wo­ ven into a flexible mesh, giving the tyres the ability to support high loads while also conforming to the terrain.

The Spring Tire has proven so good in soft sand and on rocks,

Nasa’s new all­terrain tyres rides on nickel titanium mesh instead of rubber. PHOTOS: NASA

The Russian vehicle Lunokhod (Moon Walker in English) used eight rigid rim wire mesh wheels with bicycle­type spokes and metal cleats for traction.

it won an R&D 100 Award for Top Inventions of the Year.

But Mars ain’t Earth, and a lit­ tle over a year after the VW Golf­ sized Mars Curiosity Rover land­ ed on Mars, engineers began to notice significant wheel damage in 2013 due to the unexpectedly harsh terrain.

While the tyres performed well, there was a problem with the steel wires deforming when rolling over punishing simulated Martian terrain at Nasa’s Jet Pro­ pulsion Laboratory (JPL).

The game­changing material that dramatically advanced the development of spring tyres was nickel titanium, a shape memory alloy with amazing capabilities.

Nasa said there are three major benefits to developing high per­ forming compliant tyres that are capable of performing in a Mar­ tian or lunar environment.

First, they would allow rovers to explore greater regions of the surface. Secondly, because they conform to the terrain and do not sink as much as rigid wheels, they can carry heavier payloads.

Lastly, because the compliant tyres can absorb energy from im­ pacts at high speeds, they can be used on crewed exploration vehi­ cles which are expected to move at speeds significantly higher than the current rovers.

Cartrack reveals vehicle theft patterns in SA CARTRACK South Africa has re­ leased trends and patterns of ve­ hicle theft in South Africa, using tracking technology it has in­ stalled in over 500 000 commer­ cial and private vehicles in SA. “The trends change over time,” says Andre Ittmann, CEO of Cartrack South Africa.

“They are a response to com­ mercial and social patterns, as well as to evolving policing meth­ ods. However, there is definitely a key set of trends at play that every South African should bear in mind.” Here are a few insights to help road users keep their vehi­ cles safe.

Watch out for weekends Ittmann notes that there

tends be a significant increase in vehicle theft over weekends.

“This trend can be mainly at­ tributed to the fact that there are more vehicles out in public places on weekends. More stationary vehicles result in more opportu­ nities for theft, which means that more active criminals are in oper­ ation. As such, extra caution is always warranted on weekends.”

January and November are key months Cartrack’s data indicates that there are particularly high vol­ umes of theft in January and November — 13% increase compared to other months.

“There is often strong demand for stolen car parts at these times

of year, which results in an in­ crease in the number of stolen ve­ hicles. Motorists should keep their eyes peeled at these times,” says Ittmann.

Gauteng worst, then KZN Gauteng is the province most af­ fected by vehicle theft. A signifi­ cant percentage of vehicles are stolen in Pretoria, with a clear spike in truck theft on the East Rand, and an equally obvious spike in minibus taxi thefts on the West Rand.

KwaZulu­Natal experiences the second highest volume of ve­ hicle theft, with Durban Central, Westville and Pinetown recog­ nised as the most vulnerable ar­ ea.

Despite these trends, Ittmann cautions that it’s not advisable to rely on these current trends as a guide to hijacking or theft pat­ terns.

“It’s important to realise that crime patterns vary and numbers don’t stay steady, so you can’t read too much into regional data.

The statistics change and hot­ spot areas shift as criminals and the police each alter their behav­ iour in response to the other.”

Ittmann concludes that it is critical to take precautions to avoid becoming a victim of vehi­ cle theft. He said being aware of one’s surroundings and having the appropriate information to make decisions can ultimately make all the difference. — WR.

The iDisk comes with a tungsten carbide coating.

PHOTO: BOSCH

NEW BRAKE LASTS TWICE AS LONG BOSCH subsidiary Bruderus Guss has announced the iDisk, a new brake disk that it said will wear a lot less to reduce particle pollution in cities and ensure longer wear for the motoritst.

The secret behind this success lies in the iDisc’s hard tungsten carbide coat­ ing. This coating not only re­ duces brake dust, it also in­ creases safety – especially when several braking ma­ noeuvres are performed in succession. The iDisc is ex­ tremely robust and depend­ ing on the coating thickness, can last twice as long as a normal brake disc. In addi­ tion, it is less prone to scor­ ing and corrosion.

The latter is a major ad­ vantage, especially for elec­ tric vehicles. Because they have the ability to recuperate braking energy, they put less strain on the brake. In terms of price, the iDisc is roughly three times more expensive than a normal cast iron brake disc, and three times less expensive than a ceram­ ic brake disc. The price is likely to fall as production volume increases.

Dr Dirk Hoheisel, member of the board of manage­ ment, Robert Bosch GmbH responsible for Buderus Guss, said the iDisc will also de­ light wheel rim fans because its polished hard alloy coat­ ing will retain its lustrous looks for several years.

— Wheels Reporter.

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On­road, off­road supercar Xing’s 1 000 kW electric vehicle needs 1,8 secs from 0­100 km/h TAIPEI­BASED electric powertrain start­up Xing Mobility have an­ nounced a 1 000­kW rally­inspired supercar and instead of worrying about batteries, the company made their car to easily pop in a fresh pack.

Currently being tested under the prototype name “Miss R”, the world’s first electric supercar with on­road and off­road capabilities, powered by four, independent 350V motors on each wheel — each with torque vectoring.

Xing’s simulations predict a 0­100 km/h run in 1,8 seconds. By comparison, the 2020 Roadster launched by Tesla Motors last week takes just under five seconds on the same run. By 5,1 seconds, Miss R can theoretically accelerate to 200 km/h to reach a top speed of just over 270 km/h.

Power to the motors comes from a battery pack that produces one megaWatt of power from 98 mod­ ules holding 4 116 lithium­ion cells.

When this battery pack runs emp­ ty, as soon happens with electric ve­ hicles at this speed, Xing Mobility made their pack lightweight to easily swap the empty pack for a charged pack. Xing said the exchange is done within five minutes.

When charged, Miss R is designed “to reach unthinkable performance capabilities on­road, on­track and off­road”.

Xing Mobility’s co­founder and CEO Royce YC Hong explains: “Miss R is the embodiment of the paradigm shift of electric vehicles, surpassing traditional combustion­engine cars in both performance and capability.”

He said the core idea behind the prototype is to achieve game­chang­ ing performance levels and driving experiences that are otherwise im­ possible to achieve in a petrol­pow­ ered vehicle.

Most significantly, while Tesla has ambitions of becoming a world­class car maker, Xing Mobility is posi­ tioned as a provider of powertrain systems to commercial and industri­ al vehicle manufacturers.

Using “Miss R” as proof of con­ cept, the company have begun to serve this extremely under­served market by deploying Miss R’s power­ train technology in industry vehicles worldwide.

At present, the difficulty that elec­ tric vehicle makers face with achiev­ ing maximum performance is that battery cells, such as the commonly used 18 650 lithium­ion cells pro­ duced by most major battery suppli­ ers, are at risk of overheating when rapidly charged and discharged.

Although vehicles can be equipped with powerful motors, ef­ fective and safe methods of maximis­ ing power density of these drive­ trains is extremely difficult with the current cooling and enclosure op­ tions on the market.

Xing said its proprietory battery system uses 3M’s Novec 7200 Engi­ neered Fluid to keep cool.

Novec Engineered Fluids are a family of non­conductive fluids that have long been used for solvent cleaning, heat transfer applications, fire suppression and supercomputer cooling.

3M describes the brand of prod­ ucts as smart, safe and sustainable solutions intended to clean, cool, coat and protect with a high level of performance, a large margin of safety, and with environmentally sustaina­ ble properties to help protect the world we live in.

Xing Mobility is the first company globally to officially announce the use of Novec fluids for modularised battery cooling in electric vehicles, which Xing says has unlocked the ability to achieve continuous high­ discharge power output, increased stability and a high level of predicta­ bility due to the exceptional heat transfer, non­flammable and non­ toxic properties of Novec fluids.

The company plans to build 20 limited­production cars next year, which they intend to make available for purchase in 2019 with a price starting at $1 million. Wheels pre­ dicts these Miss R models will sell for tidy sums to investors before the decade is over.

Employees of Taipei­based electric drivetrain company Xing testing Miss R’s torque vectoring from four independent electric motors making 1 000 kW of power. PHOTO: XING

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November 30, 2017

Stephen keeps his title Terry Moss Racing team end championship with bag full of prizes for Audi THE Port Elizabeth­based En­ gen Xtreme/Terry Moss Racing team claimed the national Sasol GTC Africa title and the GTC Manufacturer’s title for Audi on Saturday at Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria.

Michael Stephen mounted a successful title defence this sea­ son to win a second consecutive championship and Simon Moss put in a monster effort, winning overall on the final race day and taking third place in the champi­ onship.

In total, the Engen Xtreme team achieve a championship victory, a Manufacturer’s title, an overall race day win, two race vic­ tories, first and third overall for the day and a one­two race finish in race two.

“This has been another deci­ sive championship for the team” said Terry Moss Racing team principal Terry Moss.

“Michael is a master at race strategy and knows how to turn things to his favour. He backs this with technical skill and diligence that delivers results.

“For Simon to get as close to the second position finish for the championship as he did — just three points back — shows just how much work he has put in this season. An overall race day victo­ ry, in the treacherously slippery and wet conditions we had at

Michael Stephen defended his title in the 2017 national Sasol GTC Africa championship.

PHOTO: MOTORPRESS Zwartkops, is proof of the Engen Xtreme team dominance in the GTC championship.”

Stephen was enthusiastic about the team’s results, with fo­ cus on the bigger picture at play on the day in race one — and with that secured, turning the sights on a big finish to mark the achievements of an excellent sea­ son.

“In race one I was all about the championship. I avoided risk to make sure the championship was signed, sealed and delivered by the chequered flag and then we pushed a bit in race two for that one­two podium to put a big fin­ ish on the year,” said Stephen.

“Another championship title, the Manufacturer’s title, third place in the championship, a one­

two finish in race two, two race victories and then first and third overall for the day — that kind of result is an achievement the entire team can be proud of.”

When it comes to making a statement at the end of the sea­ son, it could hardly have been done in greater style than that of Moss at Zwartkops on Saturday.

Winning both races on the day

Fans’ tweets can boost Formula E drivers PANASONIC Jaguar Racing are heading to Hong Kong for the start of their second sea­ son in the FIA Formula E Championship.

The season opener takes place next weekend in Asia’s first ever double­header race weekend, and will be the first­ time drivers Nelson Piquet Jr and Mitch Evans line up on the grid together in the new British team.

At the Hong Kong E­Prix drivers will complete 45 laps of the 1,86 km street race cir­ cuit in the new Jaguar I­TYPE 2 on the city’s iconic Harbour front.

With 10 turns and two hair­ pin bends, Panasonic Jaguar Racing are ready to electrify the city’s streets.

This season, Panasonic Jaguar Racing have developed a new powertrain, with more than 200 new parts in the Jag­ uar I­TYPE 2 to produce a

Jaguar Formula E racer Mitch Evans hopes to get tweets from fans to boost his power at the Hong Kong Formula E next weekend.

PHOTO: JAGUAR more efficient package using high strength lightweight materials. For this season, the race power level increases to 180kWh making the cars even faster.

James Barclay, Panasonic Jaguar Racing team director, saidthe team race to innovate, and have taken a great deal of lessons from their first season to make the current power­ train the most competitive

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The team’s newest driver, Nelson Piquet Jr, said the drivers won’t know until they are on the grid how much each of the other teams have progressed and what the true capabilities of the Jaguar I­TYPE 2 are.

Mitch Evans, returning for a second season with Pana­ sonic Jaguar Racing, said: “The competition this sea­

son will be stronger than ever, but the work that the team have put in will help push us further up the grid. I had a re­ ally good first season as a rookie in the championship so I’m very excited for my sec­ ond season with Panasonic Jaguar Racing. Nelson and I are already working together to grow as a team so bring on Hong Kong.”

Formula E Fanboost opened on November 27 and closes on December 2. Vote for your favourite Panasonic Jaguar Racing driver to give them an extra boost on the racetrack in Hong Kong.

Tweet your boost using #MitchEvans or #NelsonPi­ quetJr and #FanBoost, or vis­ it: http://fanboost.fiaformu­ lae.com. Watch Panasonic Jaguar Racing at the Hong Kong E­Prix: fiaformu­ lae.com/en/championship/tv­ schedule. — WR.

with a masterful performance in the very wet weather conditions, saw him come within just three points of beating Gennaro Bon­ afede, but also stamping his au­ thority on the third­place finish for the season.

Moss went into the champion­ ship finale trailing second­place Bonafede by 91 points.

At the end of the two races, the points deficit was down to three points.

“I’m very happy with the re­ sults today,” said Moss. “I knew I had pace in the dry conditions from qualifying, but going into race one with the changed condi­ tions no one really knew what to expect. I just put my head down and went for it.

“This was a great weekend, the fight for the championship posi­ tion between Gennaro and I went right down to the wire.

“I arrived here with a deficit of 91 points and got to reel in Gennaro’s BMW to finish just three points behind him. The En­ gen Xtreme team worked hard this year and I’m exceptionally proud of all the results we have achieved again this season,” con­ cluded Moss.

The Engen Xtreme team now go into off­season maintenance before starting their prepara­ tions for the 2018 season.

— Supplied.

The Ginetta G57 Prototype that will debut at Kyalami on Saturday.

PHOTO: MOTORPRESS

PROTOTYPE GINETTA AT KYALAMI IMAGINE 395 kW generated from a mighty Chev LF3 6,2­litre V8 engine propelling a car weighing just 900 kilograms — that is the treat in store for race fans at Kyalami on Saturday when Johannesburg racer Si­ mon Murray debuts his new Ginetta G57 Prototype.

The car will run in the one­hour Endurance Race and will then compete in all events on the SA Endurance Racing calendar for 2018.

Murray won the local championship in 2016 driv­ ing a 2,0­litre Ligier, but said his lifelong love of sports car racing meant owning a sports prototype was a ‘bucket list’ item.

Murray has secured the services of Stuart Thompson to prepare the car, but Gin­ etta are also sending a cou­ ple of the factory engineers to Kyalami to help with the setup of the UK company’s first run in SA.— WR.

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