MagCanica’s ongoing 2024 WEC season support journeyed to Spa, Belgium with Jennifer Weyland (Director of Operations), Brian Katan (Senior Software and Embedded Systems Engineer), and Dejan Samardzic (Principal Engineer). The scheduled 6-hour race was stretched by almost 2 hours due to the severity of the...
MagCanica continued supporting the ELMS endurance racing series at the 2nd race of the season, the 4 Hours of Le Castellet at Circuit Paul Ricard. Representing MagCanica was our Director of Operations, Jenny Weyland and Senior Software Engineer, Brian Katan. The week began atypically for the...
Alvin Chak (MagCanica’s Manager of Mechanical Engineering) and Dejan Samardzic (MagCanica’s Principal Engineer) continued MagCanica’s support of WEC race events this April for round two at the iconic 4.9-kilometer Imola circuit which is nestled amidst the Italian countryside, in the region of Emilia-Romagna. This was...
MagCanica’s President, Sami Bitar, attended the IMSA Long Beach Grand Prix where he met with the IMSA governing body as well as several manufacturers, affiliated motorsport suppliers, and customer teams. He was joined for track support by MagCanica engineers Brian Katan, Bryce Hegemier, Gary Fernicola,...
The 2024 World Endurance Championship season kicked off with the annual Prologue multi-day testing session and the Qatar 1812 km race at Lusail International Circuit in Qatar. MagCanica’s Principal Engineer, Dejan Samardzic, and Electrical Hardware Engineer, Alex Yeh, provided support to the teams and governing...
Michael Callahan, MagCanica’s Senior Engineer and Data Scientist, attended the initial Formula 1 Grand Prix of 2024 in the Sakhir desert of Bahrain where he provided field support to both the FiA and customer teams to ensure a smooth beginning to the new season. The...
MagCanica’s President, Sami Bitar, attended the inaugural Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix where he met with the FiA governing body as well as several customer F1 teams to review current status as well as future plans relating to the upcoming 2026 regulations. Over the...
Paul Guativa traveled to Bahrain to represent MagCanica and support the 8 Hours of Bahrain WEC event, the final race of the 2023 WEC season. Paul’s attendance rounded out MagCanica’s support of the 2023 season, having a MagCanica representative present to support all 7 races....
Brian Katan, an Electronics and Embedded Software Engineer, represented MagCanica at the 2023 Rally of Morocco. The cross country race traversed the Sahara desert over the span of a week. The competitors traveled hundreds of kilometers each day, following rough GPS checkpoints, rather than a...
Paul Guativa, Senior Electrical Engineer, and Jenny Weyland, Operations & Logistics Manager, of MagCanica traveled to Japan to support the 6 Hours of Fuji WEC practice and full race. While taking in the views of Mt. Fuji, Paul and Jenny provided support to MagCanica's many...