Hello all,
I’ve been back at Imperial for a week now, and I thought it was about time I gave you an update.
The most exciting thing to greet me on my return to Imperial College was a genuine Ferrari F1 car. Fortunately for you, my wonderful readers, I have pictures!

The Ferrari has been lent to Imperial college for a short time, although I forget the reason why. I recall it being something to do with the Mechanical Engineering department collaborating with Ferrari on something. I said it was a genuine F1 car, but that was a little misleading. It is actually a show model with no engine. I am no F1 expert, but it looks as though it is the Ferrari F2003-GA, but painted in 2009 livery. If you have time, take a look at Ferrari’s new 2009 F1 car.
On Thursday we had quite a fun lab in which we tested the efficiency of two different engines, a diesel and a petrol engine of 1.5 and 1.3 litres respectively. It was definitely one of the louder labs we have done.
But it’s not all fun and games here at Imperial. In fact, practically none of it is fun and games, and despite the light smattering of exciting new things like fiddling with Engines and learning MATLAB, there were also a series of rather horrendous progress tests. I’m not sure I’ve failed any of them, but I’m certain I haven’t performed spectacularly in any of them. I am most optimistic about Mechatronics. Before the test, I didn’t understand any of the questions, and things gradually started to dawn on me through the course of the test, although I forgot the equation to find the V_RMS of an AC wave.
Hope you’re having fun and I’d love to hear from you all,
Peter

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