Advanced Design and Engineering Systems Solutions or ADESS is a racecar constructor based in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
,
Germany
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.
History
Sportscar racing
Upon completing his engineering study, Stéphane Chosse started at
Équipe Ligier in 1996. After Ligier, Chosse worked for
Sauber
Sauber Motorsport AG is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in . After operating it un ...
and
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing was a Formula One team owned by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in Formula One in 1999, and after extensive testi ...
. After Toyota's departure from
Formula 1, Chosse founded his own engineering bureau, which became ADESS AG in 2012. The
Lotus T128 LMP2 was designed and manufactured by ADESS AG in conjunction with
Kodewa
ByKolles Racing, formally known as Kodewa GmbH & Co. KG, is an auto racing team based in Greding, Germany. It was founded in 2000 by Romulus Kolles and his son Colin Kolles as Kolles Racing.
History
The company initially participated in Germa ...
. The car was entered in the
2013 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 81st 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''81e 24 Heures du Mans'') was a 24-hour automobile endurance racing event for Le Mans Prototype and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance cars held from 19 to 23 June 2013 at the Circuit de la Sarthe close ...
and the
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season
The 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season was the second season of the FIA World Endurance Championship auto racing series, co-organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). ...
. The cars had no success in the
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose ...
, both cars failed to finish the race. Before the race at Le Mans, Kodewa (whom entered the Lotus) and ADESS AG (whom manufactured the Lotus) were in a legal debate. ADESS AG seized the cars after Kodewa failed to pay invoices. On the other hand, Kodewa issued a statement in which they claimed that ADESS AG was in debt to them. The same day ADESS AG issued a statement in which the company denied the accusations made by Kodewa.
ADESS AG started to develop a chassis according to 2014
LMP1
A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is the type of sports prototype race car used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series. Le Mans Prototypes were crea ...
regulations. ADESS AG was contracted to build the
monocoque
Monocoque ( ), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word ''monocoque'' is a French term for "single shell".
First used for boats, ...
for the
Nissan Zeod RC. The LMP1 project was officially put on hold on September 13, 2013. Two days before, on September 11, ADESS AG unveiled their first LMP2 racer. The
ADESS-02 LMP2 Coupé was designed to compete in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. It will not be fielded by ADESS AG, instead it is a customer car designed to accept a wide range of engines to power it.
Formula 1
ADESS AG performed aerodynamic development work for the
HRT F1
HRT Formula 1 Team, formerly known as Campos Meta 1 and Hispania Racing, was a Spanish Formula One team founded by former driver Adrián Campos. It was sold to José Ramón Carabante before its debut in 2010, and then to investment group ...
team in 2012, the firm was responsible for the aerodynamics of the
HRT F112. ADESS AG designed the whole bodywork of the car. The development of the 2013 HRT F1 car was already underway when the team went into liquidation, this ended the relationship between HRT and ADESS AG. Without the intent to consider a Formula 1 entry, ADESS AG did a preliminary study into the 2014 Formula 1 rules. It is not clear for whom the car was developed.
List of cars
References
{{Reflist
External links
Official website
German racecar constructors
Sports car manufacturers