Porsche's Thomas Laudenbach, Dallara's Dialma Zinelli and Lifeline boss Jim Morris were all present in Oxford to receive the World Motorsport Symposium awards, organised by the publishers of RACE TECH, Bernoulli and Moto Tech magazines, that honoured their achievements in 2008.
Thomas Laudenbach, Porsche's Head of Motorsport Development/Powertrain, received the Race Engine Designer of the Year award in recognition of his achievement with the LMP2 engine that won its class at the Le Mans 24 Hours and American Le Mans Series. He was also responsible for the new direct fuel injection version which won the LMP2 class on its debut.
In an emotional evening, Nathalie Toso presented Dialma Zinelli, Dallara's Head of Aerodynamics, with the Racecar Aerodynamicist of the Year award, which has now been renamed the Dino Toso award in honour of the much loved Head of Aerodynamics of Renault F1, and winner of the inaugural award in 2005, who very sadly passed away earlier this year. In 2008 Dallara's IR08 chassis won all 17 races in the unified IRL Indycar series, including the Indianapolis 500. In Formula Three its chassis have won all the major national and international titles. Dallara is also the chassis supplier to the GP2, Indy Lights and World Series one-make championships. The company entered the Grand-Am sportscar series in 2008, becoming a race winner.
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