This is the first in a series of posts we're putting up, looking at some of the exciting and interesting ways in which manufacturing and engineering techniques are used. At some stage, most of the people we write about will have done an apprenticeship. Post 1: Formula 1

We’ve all dreamt about being an F1 driver. The speed, the glamour…Monaco. Need I say more?

But dreams are dreams and in reality, we’ll most likely leave the racing to the Lewis Hamilton’s of the world but that doesn’t mean you can’t get involved. After all, a racing driver is only as good as the team around him and the car they make for winning.

Creating an F1 car is technical physics and a science that the manufacturers invest millions of pounds into. The most important part is the F1 car’s body that essentially keeps it on the road at the super speeds it’s capable of doing. In fact, an F1 car is so aerodynamically efficient…it’s possible for it to run along a road whilst upside-down! Want to know how the ‘mad-manufacturers’ do it? Here’s Martin Brundle to explain.

And if you fancy constructing an F1 car of your own…here’s what it takes. Manufacturing poetry in motion.