here to meet team brit. a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they are made up of six disabled drivers are using bespoke specially adapted cars to compete in races against non disabled drivers on a level playing field. they are testing ahead of the latest round of the championship. aaron is one of team brit s two drivers in the endurance event driving an aston martin. he became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motor crash accidental doubly disabled drivers on the team use control system developed by engineers in house. it is completely sort of bespoke and developed from the ground up by team brit. the engineers- within the team said we have got this problem and. this is what we need to achieve and this is the solution they| came up with and it is by far the best in the world. the controls work by sophisticated electronic systems to drive the vehicle. can you just explain to me
here to meet team brit a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they re made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke, specially adapted cars to compete in races against nondisabled drivers on a level playing field. my visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the britcar championship. aaron morgan is one of team brit s two drivers in the endurance event, driving an aston martin gtli. aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in house. these are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from the ground up by team brit. they and the other engineers within the team said, right, we ve got this problem, this is what we need to achieve, and this is the solution they come
aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in house. these are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from the ground up by team brit. they and the other engineers within the team said, right, we ve got this problem, this is what we need to achieve, and this is the solution they come up with and it s by far the best in the world. the control s linked to a system of actuators and sophisticated electronic systems to drive the vehicles. aaron, can you just explain to me a little bit about how the hand controls work and how you use them to drive the car? yeah, of course. so, with the accelerator, you just pull this paddle here, and obviously, you know, there s various levels of throttle you can apply there. on the other side is the brake paddle which works in exactly the same way so you can modulate it. and then these grey buttons inside the steering wheel operate the gears. no
on a level playing field. my visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the britcar championship. aaron morgan is one of team brit s two drivers in the endurance event, driving an aston martin gtii. aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in house. these are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from the ground up by team brit. they and the other engineers within the team said, right, we ve got this problem, this is what we need to achieve, and this is the solution they come up with and it s by far the best in the world. the control s linked to a system of actuators and sophisticated electronic systems to drive the vehicles. aaron, can you just explain to me a little bit about how the hand controls work and how you use them to drive the car? yeah, of course. so, with the accelerator,
and here at the home of british motor racing in silverstone, there s certainly lots to see. but specifically, i m here to meet team brit a competitive motorsport team with a difference. they re made up of six disabled drivers using bespoke, specially adapted cars to compete in races against non disabled drivers on a level playing field. my visit came during testing ahead of the latest round of the britcar championship. aaron morgan is one of team brit s two drivers in the endurance event, driving an aston martin gtii. aaron became a wheelchair user in 2006 following a motocross accident. the disabled drivers on the team use control systems developed by engineers in house. these are completely sort of bespoke, completely developed from the ground up by team brit. they, and the other engineers within the team said, right, we ve got this problem. this is what we need