Editing Simtek (section)

==Simtek Research==
Simtek Research was founded in August 1989 by [[Nick Wirth]], [[Max Mosley]] and Donald Hughes, aiming to provide a cost-effective design, research and development service to the highest possible standards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-simte.html |title=CONSTRUCTORS: SIMTEK GRAND PRIX |publisher=Inside F1, Inc. |work=GrandPrix.com}}</ref> The company was initially based out of an office in Wirth's home with one employee, engineer Darren Davis. The company grew quickly and moved to its own facility, including a windtunnel, on the Acres Industrial Estate in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Simtek's clients included the [[FIA]], F1 constructors [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] and numerous [[Formula 3000]] and [[Indycar]] teams.

In 1990 Simtek designed a Formula One car for BMW who were making plans to found a works team. The project was aborted, and BMW instead entered the German Touring Car Championship ([[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft]]) in 1991, the BMW 3 Series cars being run by Simtek engineers. The BMW F1 car design was revived, updated and sold to [[Andrea Moda Formula]] to compete in the 1992 season. In 1992, after becoming president of the FIA, Mosley sold his share in Simtek to Wirth.

In 1993, Simtek were commissioned to design a car for the new [[Bravo F1]] team, but the plans were scrapped after the sudden death of Bravo's project backer, Jean-François Mosnier.