New in the Pits – Part 1

There seems to be plenty of new items in the pit lane and we will start with the new parts from Team Shepherd. The German company is debuting a wide range of new products for the Velox V8 including these new lightweight wheel axles. Machined from high quality aluminium, they are super light but strong enough to cope with the stresses of this class. Both front and rear axles are available, to be used with CVD axles and to this end, there is new rear CVD axles.

Other new parts include a full set of new harder plastics which come in medium and hard versions and which work great in hot weather conditions such as those seen here. The harder plastic prevents the transmission from binding up, which prevents damage to the transmission as well as making the car handle better. Currently Patrick Schaefer is running the extra hard plastic, while Oliver Mack has opted for the medium hardness plastic. The car has also received a new pulley system, which sees modifications made to the actual pulleys, with holes on the side of the teeth to allow dirt to escape and also the front belt pulleys have been made larger in diameter and receive a new belt for freer rotation of the belt and pulleys. Finally a new carbon brace across the rear gearbox axle blocks help stiffen up this area and prevent binding in the axle bearings. All parts will be available directly after the World Championships.

Team Titan, makers of the popular Blitz body shells, are here and with them are these new front wheel axle nuts. Made from aluminium, they sport 2 o-rings to prevent them from coming loose and the flats of the nuts have been milled out to further lighten them.

View more photos of the new products in our event image gallery here.