Motorsport
GKN Automotive’s precision engineering and performance-focused innovation helps race teams turn power into podiums.
Corners straightened, circuits shortened
Our driveline technologies are built to deliver lights-to-flag, pushing new limits and testing the competition. With a rich heritage in working with successful motorsport teams across a wide range of racing disciplines, we are driven to win.
We take what we learn from the track to the highway, transferring race know-how into everyday vehicles on the road.
Primed to win
We work with race teams across a wide range of racing disciplines to deliver systems that help produce wins.
From the off-road endurance of the World Rally Championship to the track drama of GT Racing, high-performance GKN Automotive driveline systems have powered winners and record-setters across the line at circuits worldwide.
Our heritage in motorsport stretches back to the 1960s and we have been working with teams to optimise their vehicles since.
Power applied
Motorsport gives our engineers the edge in road car development as well, and we work with leading supercar manufacturers on some of the world's top end vehicles.
This focus on excellence feeds into our main product areas and technology transfer drives continuous advances in software, design, simulation, testing and production processes.
Motorsport does not just shorten lead times for our sports car programmes and global platforms – it creates new value for customers. GKN Automotive’s DNA can be found in everything from hybrid supercars that break Nurburgring records to hot hatches with drift modes that break the internet.
From Official Porsche Technology Partner on the 918 Spyder plug-in supercar, to complete driveline development for the Ford Focus RS, we use our high-performance know-how to make sports cars more rewarding to drive.
Innovation in focus
Le Mans
Our driveline technology helped power Audi’s historic winning streak at Le Mans. The legendary Audi R18 e-tron quattro was the first hybrid car to win at Le Mans, going on to dominate the 24-hour endurance race by securing three consecutive victories. Working closely with Audi engineers, we fully integrated the kinetic energy recovery system.
World Rally Championship (WRC)
GKN Automotive supports several leading WRC and WRC2 teams with driveline components and has played a significant part in achieving major successes from stage wins to championships. The global motorsport series is one of the most extreme tests of automotive components across a wide variety of surfaces such as snow, gravel, and tarmac, demonstrating that our precision engineering goes hand-in-hand with endurance.
GT racing
GT racing is a form of circuit auto racing that uses high-performance race cars based on production sports cars, and GKN Automotive has supplied components for several teams across the GT2, GT3 and GT4 classes. With the cars designed for both speed and endurance, GKN Automotive parts have risen to these challenges, and won.
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