 Essen, Germany, TBC 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 one
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.”
Koni-Information
For more information: Rob Cornegge, Koni B.V., rcornegge@koni.nl / +31-186-635
500 / www.koni.com.
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