KONI ANNOUNCED AS OFFICIAL SUPPLIER TO TEAM McLAREN MERCEDES
Essen, Germany, 30th November 2006: Team McLaren Mercedes
is pleased to confirm that it will run with dampers provided
by KONI during the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship season.
The announcement marks the start of a long-term relationship
that sees KONI become Official Supplier of Automotive Dampers
to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.
“We are delighted that KONI is joining our world class
group of Official Suppliers by working with us to integrate
what we believe is the next generation in damping technology
to our race car,” said Jonathan Neale, Managing Director,
McLaren Racing. “We have been running with KONI dampers
since the San Marino Grand Prix in the 2006 season, and there
has been a focus in our test program on collaborative development
between ourselves and KONI with regards to FSD dampers. We
are looking forward to continuing this relationship into the
2007 Championship.”
“I’m very pleased about our Official Supplier
position with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes in 2007,” said
Henk Kromhout, Marketing and Sales Director, KONI Worldwide.
“Even though KONI has been an official supplier to Formula
One racing since 1958, each person in Formula 1 recognizes
that Team McLaren Mercedes forms a league of its own. Team
McLaren Mercedes’ engagement in the joint development
of our breakthrough suspension technology FSD, has been inspiring
and our engineering teams have made such impressive progress
during the last 6 months, that we expect FSD to be a major
differentiator. At the start of the 2007 season KONI will
have been in business for 150 years and is looking forward
to challenging for victory with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
in this season of our anniversary.”
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