Partners \\

Michelin
www.Michelin.com
Michelin manufactures and sells tyres for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. The Michelin Group is active on six of the seven continents and in more than 170 countries, from China to Brazil and from The United States of America to Germany and Russia. Michelin manufactures and sells tyres for all kinds of vehicles, we are a cartographer and publisher of maps and guides including the world famous Michelin Guide to restaurants and hotels as well as operating a number of digital services through our ViaMichelin division. We license our brand name to high quality, innovative manufacturers of consumer products through our Michelin Lifestyle business. We support hauliers, fleets and bus and coach companies throughout the UK & Ireland with our Michelin Fleet Solutions division helping our customers to maximise the life and efficiency of their tyres.

 

Michelin uses the Life Cycle Assessment tool to fully comprehend the impact of its activities at every stage of the life cycle of the tire and therefore reduce any negative impacts on the environment.

 

 

Lola
www.lolacars.com
Lola Group is one of the oldest and most successful constructors of racing cars in the world. After celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008, Lola is still at the forefront of design, technology with a state of the art facility including a 50% scale wind tunnel at its base in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

 

Having won all there is to win in motorsport, from the Formula Ford Festival to a World Championship Grand Prix, Lola now also service the Aerospace, Marine, Automotive, Defence and Communications industries with a complete carbon fibre design and build capability.

 

2009 racing programmes for Lola include models in the LMP1 and LMP2 class (both open and closed cockpit versions) of the Le Mans and American Le Mans Series.

 

 

Judd
www.engdev.com
Engine Development, LTD, parent company of engine supplier Judd, has been in the business of race engine design and development for over 20 years, and in that time has grown from a small engineering firm to its current status as one of the principal suppliers of race engine technology to the worldwide motorsport industry. Past and present customers of the company include: Honda, Yamaha, Mazda, Toyota and Nissan, together with the Williams, Lotus, Tyrrell and Arrows F1 teams.

 

With over 10 years recent experience in Formula 1 from 1988, the company is well known for its innovative design engineering and its ability to provide a cost effective service to its customers.

 

John Judd is the Managing Director of the company, and together with Sir Jack Brabham he set up Engine Developments to produce competition engines in 1971. Since then we have grown in size from a handful of people to the current 30+ employees. These are highly skilled and dedicated people with many years of experience in the design and manufacture of racing engines, combined with graduates and technicians with more experience of the latest in computing and engine technology.

 

ED first entered the Sportscar arena in 1992, supplying engines to Mazda and private teams for the FIA World Sportscar Championship and Le Mans. The engines were 3,5 litre V10’s based on the GV F1 engine, and Mazda secured a fantastic fourth place finish at Le Mans, an amazing achievement for a first attempt at the gruelling 24hr event. 2009 racing efforts include engines currently competing in LMP1 and LMP2 in a variety of chassis in both Europe and North America.

 

BLOODHOUND Project
www.bloodhoundssc.com
The BLOODHOUND Project is an iconic engineering and education adventure that is pushing technology to its limit, and providing a once in a lifetime opportunity to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. The BLOODHOUND Education Programme is available to all pupils from primary and secondary schools, and to students in further and higher education.

 

Paul Drayson has been associated with this exciting 1,000 mph programme since its inception. The cooperative effort between Drayson Racing and BLOODHOUND SSC, created early in the 2009 season, is mutually beneficial providing each team unique technical and marketing benefits in cooperation with the other.

 

 

Shell Racing Solutions
www.shell.com/home/content/shellracing-en
Shell Racing Solutions has the technology, know-how and reach to help produce and deliver race-winning fuels and lubricants world-wide for all forms of motorsport.

 

Our more than eighty years of participation in all levels of motorsport has helped us gain significant and invaluable insights, knowledge and experience to help find that winning edge. And our designers, scientists and engineers can draw on the huge technical resources of Shell worldwide to develop innovative products that help improve power, efficiency and reliability. We can tap into a pipeline of ideas and innovations to help solve problems and push back the boundaries of performance.

 

At the very pinnacle of motorsport, top motorsport designers and engineers consider the specification of the race fuel and lubricants as part of the initial concept design package so as to ensure that every element of the performance package is maximised. In some cases, such as with Ferrari in Formula One, we work closely with the design team at the concept stage so that the specification of the fuels and lubricants can be configured during the process of design optimisation. And we put that level of knowledge and commitment into all our race fuels and lubricants to help you find race-winning performance.