

German firm ADESS AG has revealed that it is working on a 2014 Formula 1 chassis according to a statement from the team “As part of future strategic positioning of the company, ADESS AG began late 2012 a preliminary conceptual study of a F1 car according to the new 2014 regulations. The changes introduced for the incoming F1 seasons, on both, aerodynamics and power train, will set a milestone in the history of the sport that will require a new understanding of the whole vehicle in order to aim for an optimal performance.”

The firm via its partner SCE Solutions was one of the firms behind the HRT F112 where it was responsible for the aerodynamic development of the car.

“A complete in-house aero programme was conducted throughout the season, from the preliminary studies in CFD, through wind tunnel testing in Mercedes GP Petronas wind tunnel facilities, to full scale aero surfaces releases, improving gradually the HRT aerodynamic package. Unfortunately, due to economic reason, the HRT F1 Team was not able to compete in the 2013 championship and the partnership was stopped during the promising development of the 2013 car.”

Adess is a design and engineering company founded in 2012 by former F1 Engineer, Stéphane Chosse. It specializes not only in design but as well in research, development, manufacture, testing for the motor racing industry and other lightweight structures and high technologies sectors.

It is not clear who, if anyone, Adess is developing the car for but Racecar Engineering understands that two new Formula 1 teams could join the grid by 2015 filling the vacant slots on the grid left by USF1 and HRT.