Infiniti Red Bull Racing
World Champions for the 4th time with technology from DMG MORI.

Since then the more than 500 employees in the English town of Milton Keynes have gone on to ensure that the double has now been repeated for the fourth time in a row. This incredible success series derives from the many years of racing experience and expertise of the team and their state-of-the-art equipment – which includes any number of high tech machines from DMG MORI.

If you want to be successful in Formula 1, you have to produce world champion results in all disciplines. Christian Horner, Team Principle at Infiniti Red Bull Racing, is convinced of this and it is why his highest praise goes to the team behind the drivers. But the partner network also has to meet the extremely high demands without which no race can be won. This is true for Renault and Pirelli, the suppliers of the engines and tyres, as well as for Siemens that provides the PLM software and DMG MORI as the supplier of machines for machine shop.

For Al Peasland, the person responsible for the “technical partnerships”, optimum exploitation of the technological equipment in production is a decisive factor. This is true on the one hand due to the limited budget and on the other hand because of the challenge of being faster than the competition when it comes to development. He is convinced: “It is thanks to the DMG MORI machines that we are able to produce our complex components so very quickly while at the same time maintaining top quality and precision.” Both internal and external communications at Infiniti Red Bull Racing are determined by the high demands placed on production. On the one hand the designers and engineers have to work together closely and on the other hand technological partners such as DMG MORI are also required to contribute their know-how in the respective fields of expertise. “With its extensive machining expertise DMG MORI has emerged as an esteemed and valuable innovation partner.”

The machine park at Infiniti Red Bull Racing currently has 20 CNC-machines from DMG MORI in operation, including no less than eight 5-axis machines from the DMU eVo series on which precision parts for wheel suspensions, hydraulics, chassis and gears are produced. The people at Infiniti Red Bull Racing are particularly impressed by the intelligent concept of the NC-controlled swivel / rotary table of the DMU eVo centres.

The movements of the table are like those of a human hand, so to speak, and this makes understanding and changing over to 5-axis technology far simpler for the operator. DMG MORI also offer ideal 5-axis solutions that include the DMU 200 P and the DMU 125 P duoBLOCK for machining larger components such as carbon gearboxes. The people at Infiniti Red Bull Racing see a parallel between improved lap times on the racing track and the changes that have taken place in the machine shop since they started using 5-axis milling technology. Here, too, a reduction in cycle times is a key criterion for meeting the intense success and deadline pressure.