Partners Jon Hilton FIMechE CEng and Doug Cross MIMechE CEng have a strong racing background and their last 'real jobs' were working for the Renault F1 Team where Jon headed up the UK based Engine Division as Technical Director. Between them they have approaching 25 years' experience at the top level of world motorsport.

Jon has a long record of success in motor racing going back to Michael Schumacher's first F1 Championship victory in a Benetton powered by a Cosworth V8 for which he designed a number of parts. International Touring Car Championship victory with the Opel Calibra and Manuel Reuter in 1996 signaled his first major wins as Chief Engineer of a whole engine programme, and after 5 seasons at TWR Arrows and 4 seasons at Renault F1 his achievements were capped with a fantastic back to back double victory for Renault F1 and Fernando Alonso in 2005 & 2006.

Doug Cross shared the Renault victories and as Design Manager of the UK based Engine Division played his part in the significant engine performance improvements that helped to secure them. Previous employment at Toyota F1 and Ricardo Consulting Engineers give Doug a strong engineering background combined with commercial understanding.