You’ll know the name Noble. Ever since the M10 and M12 wowed the press in 1999, the marque has taken its place within the British sports car landscape alongside the likes of Lotus, TVR, and Morgan. But what do you know of the man behind the brand?
He didn’t appear from nowhere. The Lee Noble Story is a biographical look at the rise, stumbles, and falls on the path to widespread recognition. From club motorsport racer to car designer and kit car manufacturer, and finally founder of his eponymous car company, Lee Noble has experienced epic highs and desperate lows. Specialist car manufacture is a notoriously precarious business, and you need a combination of talent and tenacity just to survive.
Yet no matter how fraught his career path has sometimes been, one thing has remained constant: every car to have originated from Noble’s drawing board has been highly capable. Ultima, Midtec, Ascari, Noble … all those names will resonate with those who have a fondness for specialist British sports cars. And while he may have departed from the company that bears his name, Noble’s story is not over yet …
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Chris Catto was born in Cambridge to an Italian mother and English father. He was schooled in Italy until the age of 19 and then obtained a degree in Automotive Engineering at the University of Hertfordshire, followed by an MSc in Motorsport at Cranfield University. Here he pursued an interest in design and structural analysis of race car suspension and chassis structures.After graduation, Chris worked as Track Engineer and Wind Tunnel Control Systems Engineer for Cosworth Electronics (Pi Research) supporting various racing championships and F1 teams. From 2014 until 2017 he worked at Mc Laren Automotive as Chassis Control Systems Engineer on the implementation of novel semi-active suspension control systems for the 720S and Senna models. From 2018 he worked on Powertrain and Vehicle Dynamics calibration and software development for performance vehicles at Delta Motorsport, RML (Ray Mallock) and Rimac.หนังสืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์เพิ่มเติมจากผู้แต่งคนเดียวกัน / บรรณาธิการ
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