Our services are available to everyone. We are extremely flexible and competent in design and manufacture, and in using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) technology for wind tunnel testing.
FondTech's customers are mainly car manufacturers and teams competing in worldwide motorsport championships, including Formula One, DTM, Le Mans, various GT series, NASCAR and many more besides.
FondTech's expertise and skill has recently been employed in other areas requiring wind tunnel development – within and outside of motorsport – including karts, motorbikes, wind turbines and bicycles, which utilise our ForcePad technology. Our facilities can be tailored to a growing number of mechanical, industrial and civil engineering applications, where the effect of wind plays a significant role in design.
FondTech has successfully collaborated with the Tyrrell, Benetton, Minardi, Renault and Caterham Formula One teams, Audi Sport's LMP1 projects, Opel and HWA-Mercedes in DTM, AMG-Mercedes' FIA GT programme and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series squad Furniture Row. FondTech also manufactured full-scale aerodynamic upgrades for Volkswagen-powered F3 cars that participated in the F3 Euro Series and British Formula 3 Championship.
In 2006/7, FondTech was contracted by the now-defunct Grand Prix Manufacturers Association (later known as the Formula One Teams Association) and subsequently the FIA, to define new aerodynamic concepts for F1 cars in order to improve their overtaking capabilities. This study, during which close-racing conditions were simulated through wind tunnel testing with two 1:4 scale models, eventually resulted in the FIA publishing fully revised technical regulations for the 2009 F1 season.
Caterham F1 |
From: 2012 To: 2012 |
Team Lotus F1 |
From: 2011 To: 2011 |
Lotus Racing F1 |
From: 2011 To: 2011 |
Renault F1 |
From: 2002 To: 2006 |
2005 F1 World Champion -- 2006 F1 World Champion |
Audi Sport Le Mans |
From: 1999 To: 2010 |
Le Mans 24hrs LMP1 winner: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
AMG-Mercedes (HWA) DTM |
From: 2006 To: Present |
DTM Champion 2006, 2010 |
Volkswagen Formula 3 |
From: 2008 To: 2009 |
Forniture Row NASCAR |
From: 2007 To: 2008 |
Opel DTM |
From: 2001 To: 2005 |
Benetton F1 |
From: 1997 To: 2001 |