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Otago Daily Times
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Otago Daily Times
Piecing together the puzzle of motorsport from afar
Elite Race Engineering founder Tim White helps high-end motor-racing teams from around the world improve their performance, all from his office in Cromwell. PHOTO: ELLA JENKINS In the the high-stakes world of endurance motorsport, where every millisecond counts, Tim White is breaking new ground from an unlikely location. Based in the quiet town of Cromwell, Mr White has become a pivotal figure in Ferrari's GT programmes, harnessing advanced remote engineering to deliver world-class performance on the global stage. As founder of Elite Race Engineering, the mechanical expert offers cutting-edge advice to racing teams and car and tyre manufacturers alike about how to get the best performance out of their cars or tyres, proving that innovation and precision know no geographic limits. A love of pulling things apart and seeing how they work as well as a mechanical apprenticeship got Mr White interested in mechanical engineering. In 2013, he graduated from the University of Canterbury with his undergraduate, and in 2016 achieved his master's. Mr White founded Elite Race Engineering at the Highlands Motorsport Park in 2022, having developed a desire to stay in Central Otago after working in Queenstown. With the opening of the workshop in Cromwell, Mr White has also diversified his work into performance consulting, the maintenance, preparation and race support. Mr White's consulting work involves solving problems regarding performance with often incomplete data. "We have literal objective logged data, squiggly lines, dots and data points, which is relatively speaking clean, but pulling that out has a certain perspective, a certain amount of information it can give you — but that's only part of the picture." The data available only painted part of the picture, Mr White said. The other pieces of the puzzle were driver feedback, on-board video and team dynamics. "You are always working with incomplete information, so like the real skill of the job is it's not just a purely technical endeavour. "I mean it is very technical, but it's like being good with people and being able to pull all kinds of synthesised, lots of really different types of information to get the result, which is high performance or winning races or whatever it is at the end of it." He was proud to be representing New Zealand at a high level in motorsport. "I'm proud to like be a Kiwi doing really high-end engineering and honestly some of the coolest racing championships in the world."
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
BREAKING BARRIERS: HOW TIM WHITE IS REDEFINING INTERNATIONAL RACE ENGINEERING FROM NEW ZEALAND
CROMWELL, New Zealand, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a sport where split-second decisions define success, Tim White is proving that world-class race engineering knows no borders. Operating from a small New Zealand town, White has established himself as a leading figure in Ferrari's GT programs, leveraging cutting-edge remote engineering techniques to optimize performance in global endurance racing. Founder of Elite Race Engineering, White serves as a Performance and Simulation Engineer, where he develops advanced modeling techniques and refines real-time data processing to enhance on-track performance. His use of innovative sensors, aerodynamic tuning, and sophisticated simulation tools has strengthened the team's technical capabilities, making him a key player in Ferrari's GT3 programs. Working remotely with Orlando-based Ferrari racing team Triarsi Competizione, White integrates advanced modeling, sensor technology, and data-driven insights to refine the Ferrari 296 GT3. Despite being based in New Zealand, his ability to analyze massive amounts of real-time race data and communicate findings instantly has made him an invaluable asset to teams in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and GT World Challenge Asia. "Motorsport has always been seen as a hands-on, in-person industry, but technology is changing that," says White. "From New Zealand, I can help optimize race cars competing on the other side of the world in real-time. Distance isn't a limitation— it's just another problem to engineer a solution for." White's journey began with an automotive mechanics apprenticeship, where he built and maintained race cars for circuit, rally, and hill climb competitions. A pivotal piece of advice from a Kiwi Formula 1 veteran led him to pursue a mechanical engineering degree, despite having no academic record from school. After years of perseverance, he earned a First-Class Honours degree and secured direct entry into a PhD program before pivoting back to motorsport. His expertise in vehicle dynamics, simulation, and tire modeling took him around the world—working in IMSA, WEC, BTCC, and V8 Supercars, as well as developing software for race strategy and data management. When the COVID-19 pandemic halted racing, White turned to education, writing and presenting online courses on data analysis and race engineering before launching his own consulting business. With IMSA's 2025 torque sensor regulations set to revolutionize its GTD-class racing, White's expertise in powertrain performance and data analysis ensures that Ferrari remains ahead of the curve. His journey—from building homegrown race cars to shaping the future of GT engineering—proves that innovation isn't about location, but vision. View original content: SOURCE Elite Race Engineering Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
