ZF Sachs "Official Supplier" of the BMW Sauber
F1 Team.
The BMW Sauber F1 Team is intensifying its collaboration
with ZF Sachs AG, which becomes an Official Supplier to the
team as of 2007.
The two partners are no strangers. In 2006 the BMW Sauber
F1 Team was already racing with shock absorbers supplied by
the company based in the Bavarian town of Schweinfurt. Furthermore,
there has been a longstanding collaboration on the BMW production
car front, while ZF Sachs has also been involved in the Formula
BMW junior talent programme for some time.
BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen comments: "Sachs
is a dependable technology partner that meets the highest
standards. We now both want to make use of this positive,
evolved association for communication purposes as well."
Olaf Schwaier, Managing Director of ZF Sachs Race Engineering
GmbH, emphasises: "ZF Sachs and BMW are linked by many
years of partnership in the field of production cars as well
as motor sport. As an official supplier of advanced rotary
damper technology, we now aim to do our bit to ensure that
the BMW Sauber F1 Team is successful out on track during the
coming season as well."
ZF Sachs Race Engineering, the motor sport subsidiary of
ZF Sachs, supplies the BMW Sauber F1 Team with conventional
shock absorbers for the front axle and rotary dampers for
the rear axle of the race car. Based on this principle, the
components simultaneously act as damper and rocker for the
pushrods, which are supported by the springs. Key advantages
of this rotary damping technology are savings in space and
weight. Also, overall frictional losses in the damper system
are reduced since there are fewer moving parts. This has a
positive impact on response and therefore handling as well.
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