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| Media Release: Patrón Highcroft adds engineering talent |
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DANBURY, CT, Tuesday, 2 February, 2010: While Patrón Highcroft Racing has added the talented driving duo of Simon Pagenaud and Marino Franchitti alongside championship winner David Brabham for 2010, the team has also strengthened its engineering department in an effort to defend its American Le Mans Series crown.
The team will again work closely with Honda Performance Development on engine development, and Wirth Research on enhancements for the ARX-01c chassis, but Patrón Highcroft Racing's own in-house talent pool has been boosted by the recruitment of Will Phillips as Engineering Director.
"Engineering is the foundation that all racing teams really build from and we are fortunate at Patrón Highcroft Racing to have some incredibly gifted personnel," Dayton said.
"They control how the car is set up, how the car is developed over time and without their hard work and dedication we would not be as successful as we are.
"We are also very lucky to have some great technical partners in having Honda Performance Development on the engine side and Wirth Research handling the chassis development - they interface extremely well with the rest of the team through our team manager Robin Hill."
"The three groups - Highcroft, HPD and Wirth - have formed a really dynamic team. Each is responsible for their different areas of expertise but they all work seamlessly together in bouncing ideas around and suggesting ideas to improve the performance.
"This has really pushed the development of the car forward. I would put our guys up against anybody out there - I think our engineering department is really second-to-none.
"We have everything from design capabilities to race engineers, electronics, shocks, vehicle dynamics - every component and area of the car is covered. I feel very fortunate to have all the guys we have in our engineering department."
Phillips joins the team from de Ferran Motorsports for 2010, reuniting him with his former de Ferran driver Simon Pagenaud at the 2009 ALMS championship squad.
The experienced chassis expert will work alongside Highcroft's renowned Technical Director - ex-Formula 1 and Indycar man, Dave Luckett.
"Will Phillips brings a great capability and knowledge to the team as our new Engineering Director of how to build a complete chassis from scratch - that is something we haven't had until now," Dayton said.
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