Fan specialist ebm-papst has been busy showcasing its skills on the race track and providing support to 2014 FIA Formula One winner Mercedes AMG Petronas.
ebm-papst is an official team partner for Mercedes AMG Petronas which won the championship in their very first collaboration together.
By signing with the successful team, ebm-papst became the first major partner to enter Formula One as a direct consequence of the new efficiency based rules introduced for the 2014 season and beyond.
Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, Toto Wolff, said Formula One is the pinnacle of automotive innovation.
"As such, it has a duty to push the boundaries of technology. The new regulations not only encourage this innovation but also make the sport more relevant to the direction in which the motoring industry is heading," he said.
"Our partnership with ebm-papst not only provides the team with the best solutions available to operate our racing cars but it also demonstrates the significance of new and innovative technologies within the sport.”
The team of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton implemented the “efficiency equals performance” theme of the new Formula One regulations perfectly as the team’s success clearly shows.
The recent victories of the two drivers at the Grand Prix in Russia contributed to Mercedes AMG Petronas winning the Championship.
“We are delighted that MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS has won the 2014 FIA Formula 1 World Constructors Championship and that as an Official Team Partner we can celebrate this success with the team.
The change of Formula One to more efficiency fits perfectly with our GreenTech philosophy: efficiency through state-of-the-art technology," explains Rainer Hundsdörfer, CEO of ebm-papst.
"After all, the Formula One engines now achieve the same lap times using 30 per cent less energy."
ebm-papst has developed off-board cooling solutions for the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 W05 Hybrid racing cars that constantly cool the temperature-sensitive components of the racing cars to optimal operating conditions between the rounds – an important task when dealing with outside temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius at racing locations such as Singapore, Abu Dhabi and potentially Melbourne.