Four apprentice engineers will be participating in the 2021 season of the World Endurance Championship through the Technology Transfer Apprenticeship Programme , a collaboration between the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute , Perodua and Persona Energy, a management consultancy firm for motorsports development and renewable energy.
Persona Energy was co-founded by Malaysian racing driver Jazeman Jaafar, who has won races in various open-wheel categories including the British F3 International Series, British F3 Euro Series and the Formula Renault 3.5 series. Jazeman will also join Jota Sport in its 2021 WEC campaign as reserve and development driver, as well as lead mentor to the four TTAP apprentice engineers.
The participation of the Malaysian apprentice engineers is part of MARii’s role in continuing the implementation of the, Madani added, which includes the areas of automated and autonomous connected vehicles . The desired technology transfer from motorsport to OEMs – such as Perodua – needs to begin by acquiring and interpreting as much data from racing as possible, and then determining which data sets can be applicable to road use, Jazeman said, adding that simulations tend to be from two scenarios; predictable and non-predictable situations.Examples of predictable situations include pace according to tyre wear, as well as encounters with faster or slower traffic from different race car classes.