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Team on 11 January 2008
Transmissions chosen for Japanese race
Work has already commenced on the design and development of the transmission for the future Formula Nippon chassis.
Ricardo UK will be the exclusive supplier of transmissions to Swift Engineering of California, for the new chassis that will see action starting in the 2009 season of Formula Nippon, Japan's premier open wheel series The company already supplies transmissions for Japan's Super GT series as well as single make series including the World series by Renault and Indy Pro series
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Nov 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Work has already commenced on the design and development of the transmission for the future Formula Nippon chassis and the first Ricardo transmissions for the Swift 017.n are due to be delivered in June 2008.
"Formula Nippon is a highly prestigious project for Swift Engineering and we are very pleased to have Ricardo partner us for the supply of transmissions" said Casper van der Schoot, Swift Engineering Program Director.
"Ricardo has a proven track record in the highest echelons of Motorsports and will be able to provide us with first-rated products and support in this program".
"We are very excited about this new relationship and are looking forward to see the results when the 017.n first hits the track in the fall of this year".
"We are proud to have been nominated as transmission supplier for the next generation Formula Nippon chassis", said Ricardo Director of High-performance Transmissions Products, Mark Barge.
"This contract award further re-inforces our growing reputation as the supplier of choice for leading motorsports customers in all parts of the world".
"We look forward to working together as a team with Swift in order to deliver a state of the art transmission for the next generation of Formula Nippon".
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