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Mazzanti Automobili and Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante announced a collaboration
Mazzanti Automobili and Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante announced a collaboration agreement on new hybrid powertrain and innovative light materials structures for chassis 12 May 2020 Mazzanti Automobili and Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante presented a new innovation collaboration...
The future is Hybrid, not electric
Why Full Electric Cars are a FLOP Full Electric car are the latest innovation in the transport market. ✓ They are nice, ✓ They are fantastically promoted by any kind of media and politics, ✓ They are indicated like the technology answer to the problem of the...
D4S Motorsport presents the New Liveries 2020
2020: The period of lockdown was used to develop and study the new liveries 2020 and 2021. These fantastic bright colours shocking liveries will be used both on the Circuit and the Rally race cars of D4S Motorsport, driven by Sergio Durante. See you soon on circuit!!...
Ice Challenge 2019: D4S main sponsor of the International Championship
2019: we decided to support the fast growing International Championship Ice Challenge. 5 races in Italy and France, new program to annex Austria and Finland in the next year, beautiful cars, famous drivers, television and internet covering. These are just some of the...
Ice Racing 2020: D4S main sponsor of the International Championship in France
2020: Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante and the D4S Motorsport main protagonist in the Ice racing events in France. This year the development of the new racecar for ice racing, designed by dr. Eng. Sergio Durante is the center of the tactic of the company D4S Motorsport. This...
Tests of the hill climb race car
This year we had the best result at the international Championship Ice Challenge 2018, bringing two cars at the highest place in the podium. The Citroen DS3 Proto by D4S gained the overall championship, driven by our driver/engineer Sergio Durante. The D4S HybridSport...
AMRC with Boeing Board Meeting in Philadelphia at Hangsterfer’s
Tuesday, 8th, May, 2018 The nice view of the center of Philadelphia (USA) Hangersterfer’s Group hosted on the 8th May the AMRC with Boeing Board Meeting in its premises in Philadelphia. Representatives of the biggest aerospace companies and their suppliers came...
Sergio Durante winner of the Ice Challenge 2018
Sergio Durante with Cristian Cedrino (left) and Luca Oggero (right) the two chief race mechanics of D4S team This year we had the best result at the international Championship Ice Challenge 2018, bringing two cars at the highest place in the podium. The Citroen DS3...
D4S HybridSport 2018
Saturday, 17, January, 2018 - Pragelato, Torino (IT) Sergio Durante during tests and various pics of the car The racing car D4S HybridSport build by D4SMotorsport, in collaboration with the French companies EFESTO and 3Y Technology, Innovation Department, represent...
Kart World Championship 2018
Saturday, 16, September, 2017 - Lonato, Brescia (IT) Sergio Durante during tests D4S Group and Velox SGM karting are starting a collaboration to improve the performances of the next generation karts in the view of the World Championship 2018. Sergio Durante will...
Hill Climb races 2017
Sunday, 10, July, 2017 - Cesana Sestriere (IT) Sergio Durante at the starting grid D4S Motorsport is setting up new technologies to be applied to race cars bodies and powertrains . In fact the 2017 is definitely the year of the tests for advanced components for...
AMRC with Boeing Board Meeting in Nagoya at OSG Corporation
Thursday and Wednesday, 18th, May, 2017 The nice view of the center of Nagoya (Japan) OSG Group hosted on the 18th May the AMRC with Boeing Board Meeting in its premises in Nagoya. Representatives of the biggest aerospace companies and their suppliers came from all...
FERRARI FXX Program Mugello Circuit
Thursday and Wednesday, 12-13th, April, 2017 The incredible view of the historic Ferrari F1 and FXX The friends from Ferrari and Scuderia Ferrari invited Sergio Durante to the super exclusive event held at Mugello Circuit, where professional and excellent drivers...
KING OF MASTERS 2017
KING OF MASTERS 2017 - RALLY ON ICE Sergio Durante Winner of the Championship Saturday and Sunday, 18-19th, FEBRUARY, 2017 Very tactical and complex race during the weekend! On Saturday night the rough circuit conditions were excellent for Sergio Durante and the...
Ice Challenge 2017 Championship Second Race – Pragelato (Italy)
Saturday and Sunday, 29-30th, January, 2017 Cold, sun and 30 cm of fresh snow welcomed the competitors of the second race of the ICE CHALLENGE 2017 in Pragelato Italy.The performances of the D4S Motorsport Citroen DS3 prototype are extremely convincing. In fact Sergio...
Ice Challenge 2017 Championship started in Pragelato – Sestriere (Italy)
Saturday and Sunday, 7-8th, January, 2017 A beautiful sunny weekend accompanied the first meeting of The Ice Challenge 2017 which took place on the ice ring of Pragelato on the Italian Alps. The low temperatures of the previous days and the loving care of the track...
Excellet result at the ICE SERIES in RIva di Valdobbia – Monterosa SKI
Sunday, 10, January, 2016 The difficult season did not stop the organisation machine of the Ice Series 2016 that prepared a good condition for the first Race of the year. The ICE ROSA RING has always offered challenges and duels of vibrant tones, and the issues of...
RETROCOURSE 2015 car show in Lyon
Friday, 27, November, 2015 The 4th edition of the Salon Race Retro, the only trade show devoted entirely to the competition of historical vehicles, was successfully held last week in Lyon (France). As in previous editions, it took place over three days, from Friday...
TRAM 2014 worldwide conference at IMTS Chicago
Wednesday, 10, September, 2014 Dr. Nickolas Ridgway and Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante participated at the International Conference TRAM (Trend in Advanced Machining, Manufacturing and Materials) in Chicago at the IMTS 2014, the famous Machine Tool and Robotic fear in...
TRAM Conference 2009 – Sheffield
Invited Keynote lecture at TRAM 2009 worldwide Conference Wednesday, 9, September, 2009 New methodologies for development of high efficient Machining of difficult to cut materials Authors: Sergio Durante, Mauro Comoglio 1D4S Motorsport, Mar Adriatico 2, 38612...
Invited keynote address speech at AIRTEC 2007
Thursday, 8, November, 2007 Integrated development of high performance tools for efficient machining of difficult to cut materials in automotive and aerospace applications Authors: Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante – DIAD (IT) Prof. Keith Ridgway – AMRC with Boeing Dr. Eng....
Gala dinner FAST 2016
Saturday, 26 November, 2016 Saturday 26 November 2016 in the astonishingly beautiful environment of the Mare Nostrum Resort of Playa de las Americas, in Spain, it was held the “Gala Solidario FAST”, which is the important gala dinner organised by the association of...
Meeting with the Imperial College of London
lorem ipson Prof Jianguo Lin, Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante, Dr. Daniel Balint at the Imperial College Tuesday, 13 September, 2016 In the always dynamic environment of London, it was held the meeting between Prof. Jianguo Lin, director of the Mechanical Engineering...
New materials for high temperature parts – MMTECH project
Wednesday, 8 June, 2016 An MMTECH dissemination event at the famous race Cesana -Sestriere, in Italy, valid for the European Championship of Hill Climbing New materials for high temperature parts - MMTECH project D4S Motorsport is a core member of the Consortium...
Building the basis for future collaborations with the famous City University of Hong Kong
Wednesday, 8 June, 2016 In the fascinating environment of the always dynamic Hong Kong was held the first important meeting between the worldwide famous City University of Hong Kong, represented by Prof. Jian Lu, Executive Vice President of Research and Technology,...
2016 Advanced Manufacturing Research Center Board Meeting held in Barcelona (ES)
Thursday, 12, May, 2016 The first semester Board Meeting of the AMRC with Boeing was held at the beautiful Claris Hotel in Barcelona center, on Thursday 12 May. Representatives of the biggest aerospace companies and their suppliers came from all the corner of the...
Presentation of advanced engineering activities to the Rotary Club Board and meeting with local personalities
Monday, 5, April, 2016 and 1st of May 2016 Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante made a presentation about the latest innovation in advanced materials and manufacturing technologies at the Board of the Rotary Club Tenerife (Spain) on Monday the 5th April. The presentation...
D4S Motorsport carried out some reference tests for the Hippocamp technology
Wednesday, 30, March, 2016 - Pavia (IT) D4S Motorsport is setting up new technologies to be applied to turbocompressor parts and gearboxes for racing and tourism cars. In fact the 2016 will be definitely the year of the tests for advanced components for the cooling...
D4S Motorsport is preparing the 2016 kart season: new advanced technology for gearboxes
Friday, 19, February, 2016 - Helsinki D4S Motorsport is setting up new technologies to be applied to racing gearboxes for KZ karts. In fact the 2016 will be definitely the year of the tests for advanced components for the cooling system and advanced surface...
Advanced testing and driving experience in Lapland at IceAction with Armin Schwarz
Sunday, 31, January, 2016 As it happens since some years, also this february we will go in Lapland to carry out some automotive tests and races on the beatiful landscape of Finland. The location is Levi, a famous winter holidays spot, very close to the Kittila...
Ice Series in Breuil Cervinia (Italy) suspended for high risk of avalanches
Sunday, 31, January, 2016 The long-awaited race planned in Cervinia for this weekend has been suspended by the local authorities for high risk of avalanches. On Saturday, the day started with a beautiful sun in a blue sky, but, during the afternoon, a big storm from...
D4S Motorsport – EFESTO – FIDIA: Agreement to produce a futuristic parallel hybrid race car for Baja 1000
Tuesday, 26, January, 2016 A collaboration between D4S Motorsport, EFESTO and FIDIA will shortly give birth to a new generation of hybrid parallel race cars for dirt application. The basic idea is to twin two engines, a high performance internal combustion chamber...
Armin and Sergio in action at the ICE SERIES
Sunday, 17, January, 2016 The ring of Pragelato proposed a vibrant race, with a perfect ice thanks to the cold temperatures that have characterized the weekend. Three heats all three signed by Ivan Carmelino, who once again has put all his enemies with their backs...
ICE SERIES at the starting gate!
This year the winter season seems incredibly lazy, but finally, the temperatures of the latest days, and the snow forecast for the beginning of the 2016, are finally very encouraging. So the organising committee of the ICE SERIES Championship decided to start the...
Rotary event at the Golf del Sur in Tenerife
Tuesday, 8, December, 2015 Car Show from the company Canary Cars On Tuesday 8 December, a nice golf tournament organized by the Rotary Club was held at the beautiful Golf Club Del Sur in Tenerife, the Spanish Ocean Pearl of the Atlantic. The primary successful...
New Factory of the Future 2050
Friday, 13, November, 2015 During our last visit in Sheffield we had the pleasure to visit the construction area of the new Factory of the Future 2050. From the first design rendering till today a lot of work has been done and the facility is almost ready for the...
AMRC Main Board Meeting
Friday, 13, November, 2015 Prof. Keith Ridgway strategic presentation The brilliant presentation carried out by Keith focused on new strategic points. First he stressed the importance of internal relationships and flux of technology expertise ofthe people in AMRC,...
Historic race parts, future technologies
Friday, 30, October, 2015 A meeting with Milano Racing president Patrick Canavese held last Thursday 29 October in Marseille (France). During the meeting some results of current advanced research on new materials and processes running in TEKS and D4S Motorsport have...
Tests days at the South Garda Circuit (IT)
Friday, 30, October, 2015 The days after the Famous 'Trofeo delle Industrie' kart race, sported the perfect circuit conditions to carry out extended tests on new components made by advanced materials. In fact, during the race, a large number of drivers are...
Charity event
Gala dinner organised by the Association FAST for the fight against the cancer Saturday night 24 October was an important day for the Association FAST, born to support the research and fight against the cancer. A beautiful night was organised at the Mare Nostrum...
Driving F1 vs KZ kart
Sunday, 25, October, 2015 In view of the 2015 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX, someone can ask himself how is to drive a F1. What a lot of people don’t realise is that driving formula 1s and karts is extremely physical. People think you’re just sitting down and...
IAA Frankfurt Car Show 2015
Friday, 23, October, 2015 This year the IAA was maybe the greatest car show event I ever assisted in the last ten years. The number and the quality of innovations presented was huge, showing without any doubt that the sector is pushing hard out of the financial...
Karting World Championship 2015
10-13, September, 2015 Karting is considered to be the first stepping stone for young drivers aspiring to reach the highest levels of motor sport, or simply hoping for a career as a racing driver. While the vast majority of current (and past) F1 drivers came from...
Rally WRC Stars at Ice Series 2016
Friday, 23, October, 2015 Everything is under frenetic preparation in D4S Motorsport factories for the next 2016 winter Ice Series International Championship. The incredible prototype based on the WRC Citroen DS3 is actually collecting all the latest racing...
Sustainable automotive technology
Friday, 23, October, 2015 The Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is a methodology for the assessment of the environmental and economical impact of products, usually considering their whole life cycle: production, use phase and end of life. The analysis is conducted taking...
HRH The Duke of York opens the Factory of the Future
Wednesday, 9, September, 2009 The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) joined guests from the top flight of the world´s aerospace companies and suppliers last week (9 October 2008) to open the Advanced Manufacturing...
Participation to the NIST Assembly Workshop in Chicago
Tuesday, 19, September, 2006 DIAD, in the person of Dr. Eng. Sergio Durante, participated to the important NIST Assembly Workshop in Chicago, where all the big american players companies were represented. Focus of the meeting is the comparison between running...
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