RACING APPLICATIONS

We have had our dose of racing experience with several teams in different categories of vehicles, and we proved the applicability of our technology to all of them.

The CREUAT Suspension technology helps to improves the optimization Of the suspension parameters beyond conventional systems limitations. Even for the products from top suspension manufacturers there is always a limit imposed by the conventional configuration that cannot address modal movements separately. In doing so, CREUAT has proven spectacular improvements for both handling and corner traction

Installing the CREUAT Suspension in a racing car is a case of workf of art due to the physical constraints and the low weight and low center of gravity requirements.

The system brings the same handling advantages on chicanes like with off-roadcomplicated sneaky roads, and the same corner grip with track cornerstones as potholed corners on the mountains. And it does without active systems so long banned on most racing categories.

In collaboration with several teams we have been working on the following vehicles:

Rally-cross

GT

LMP1 - LeMans

CREUAT SUSPENSION advantatges on racing

The design of the CREUAT Suspension brought an "all in one" product that provided high speed stability and slow corner traction without trade offs, actually improviong handling due to the isolation of steer control from the track irregularities. Chicannes were taken at higher speeds and slow corners allowed better steer control on exit.

The system offers simultaneously "hard" settings for pitch and roll, and a "soft" settings for axle-crossing. Heave movement may require harder settings due to aero loads, but the progressivity can help to having better ride height control.

Our experience demonstrated our arvantage when tested side-by-side against the conventional coilovers. And the most important, it always favoured the safety of the driver allowing more control in limit situations.

The CREUAT Suspension brings confident steering well above conventional systems. The WARP soft setting smoothes out the tire load fluctuations, and therefore the slip changes, so the driver controls better the vehicle. The system is setup to optimize all vehicle movements (heave, roll, pitch, and axle crossing) independently one from each other. This independence in the suspension takes into account the suspension geometry and stiffness and the vehicle inertias, which cannot be accomplished with conventional systems. This explains that we can offer simultaneously the following advantages.

Roll stiffness:

• provides greater stability in corners

• increases the vehicle control in limit conditions

• decreases roll angle due to higher roll control

• front/rear stiffness balance is more constant, reducing wheel fighting in corners

Pith stiffness:

• reduces the time and distance of braking

• improves traction in steep hill climbing

• can be set to help with aerodynamic effects at high speeds

Vertical Movement softness:

• smooths and improves steering in potholed corners, elliminating wheel fighting

• reduces the fatigue of the pilot.

• increases confidence in the vehicle handling over track irregularities

Axle-crossing less rigit:

• improves the adaptation to warped tracks

• increases traction in very uneven surfaces, potholes and corner stones

• reduces the effect of bumps over the need for the driver to do steering corrections