Birmingham 11th January 2008                         

Flybrid-Torotrak-Xtrac partnership recognised with a motorsport industry Business Excellence Award

Three British companies - Flybrid Systems, Torotrak and Xtrac - have jointly received this year’s prestigious ‘Teamwork Award’ at the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) annual Awards Dinner for their close working relationship in the development of a groundbreaking mechanical kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) for motor sport application.

It is the first time this award has been presented simultaneously to three companies, who were also nominated for the prestigious ‘Technology and Innovation Award’. Each award is decided upon through a process of voting by MIA members in the weeks leading up to the event.

The three business partners were singled out from other influential motorsport organisations - McLaren Mercedes F1Racing Team, M-Sport World Rally Team and Shell Racing Solutions - nominated for the teamwork award, which was in one of eight categories recognising the industry’s highest achievers from the past year.

“We are delighted the motorsport industry has chosen to recognise the combined effort of our three businesses to step up to the KERS challenge,” said Doug Cross, who received the award on behalf of Flybrid Systems, the company he co-founded with managing partner Jon Hilton.

“This latest accolade clearly highlights the recognition KERS is receiving as a major motorsport innovation, which addresses the demands being made of the industry to become more energy efficient and to help lead in the development of ‘greener’ engineering solutions,” said business manager Chris Brockbank, who received the award on behalf of Torotrak.

“We too are delighted that the motorsport industry has chosen to recognise that three very different businesses have successfully applied their respective areas of technical expertise to develop a new and innovative technology,” said technical director Adrian Moore who collected the award on behalf of Xtrac.

The ‘Teamwork Award’ was sponsored by MIRA, whose chief executive John Wood presented the award.