American F1 Team?!?!? Please say it's so!

I work in the manufacturing sector and a bearing tech who was troubleshooting one of our mill spindles spilled some beans. He said their company built a custom 20,000 rpm motor-spindle test rig for a new F1 transmission manufacturer in the states. He would not tell me who and swore me to secrecy on not revealing his company name. Put it this way. I have seen their logo on many an F1 car... The guy did not know diddly about F1, but knew FOR SURE (I made him repeat it several times!) that is was for an F1 semi-auto tranny. Now here are the specs. It must go from 0-20,000 in less than 2 seconds!! It must also go from 20,000 to 0 in 4 seconds. He said it used a variable frequency drive motor for unlimited variations of torque and HP. THe drive for the motor was very complex.

Can anyone fill in the blanks for me? Is there a US company that currently builds F1 trannies for a current team? Please say no....Please say no.....

I am trying not to get too excited here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim

 

Nope, starts with S and ends with F.

Jim

 

Yes, they have been partnered with F, BUT this was built for a company in the US - not Europe.

 

It was anounced today that Jaguar F1 Racing will cease to exist after this year. It will be called Ford F1. I wonder if the developmental work will be done in the states? Cosworth needs to get their act together and maybe we will have something! The plot thickens!

 

Aww Rob, don't go screw up my fantasy! Maybe they will take a diferent direction. I'm not sure this Pitchforth guy is the right charactor to pull this off, I guess we shall see. Ford needs to throw a few more bucks at this and make a serious effort. I'm not sure the current crew is up to the challange.

Jim