Company
History

Company Founded

Goodyear Seminar

Alex Job Racing

• OptimumG gets first consulting customer, American Le Mans Series winner Alex Job Racing. Others, such as Stone Brothers Racing Team and Daimler Chrysler, follow.
• Claude teaches his first seminar to Formula One.

100^th Seminar Taught

Flying Lizard Collaboration

• OptimumG teaches seminar at Ferrari Formula One, Firestone, and Brembo.
• The company starts a consulting collaboration with Flying Lizard, which won the GT American Le Mans Championship for the next two years.

Furniture Row Nascar Collaboration

John Deere Collaboration

• John Deere becomes OptimumG’s first non-racing customer.
• Seminars are taught to Sport Car Club of America and Forsythe Indycar Team.
• Claude teaches his first motorsport academic course at Colorado State University.

Release OptimumKinematics

Dunlop Motorsport Collaboration

• The company begins collaborating with Dunlop Motorsport on tire and car vehicle dynamics interaction, which helps Dunlop Motorsport win numerous races and championships.
• Claude teaches a series of four-day seminars to Toyota Formula One in Cologne, Germany.

NASCAR Wind Tunnel Test

• OptimumG successfully runs a 22-day wind tunnel testing program at FondTech in Italy.
• Claude teaches seminar to over 100 automotive engineers in Pune, India.
• OptimumG creates OptimumTire, a tire modeling software, for car and tire manufacturers.
• OptimumG begins a partnership with Kistler to test its prototype sensors.

Red Bull Team Collaboration

• The company starts a consulting collaboration with A. Mattheis / Red Bull team, which won the Brazilian Stockcar Championship for the next five years.
• OptimumG teaches its first 12-day advanced workshops in the U.S. and Australia.
• Hands-on seminar on vehicle instrumentation is added to OptimumG training portfolio; the first one held at Oreste Berta S.A., Argentina.

Release OptimumTire

• Following the success of OptimumKinematics, OptimumG releases OptimumTire.
• OptimumG creates a racecar engineering course targeting master programs. ISMANS (France) and METCA (Spain) were the first universities were the first to benefit from the course.

Ford Collaboration

• OptimumG expands its activities with a new collaboration in Supercars Australia with Ford Performance Racing.
• Vehicle dynamics seminar taught in Japan and China for the first time.
• OptimumG adds OptimumLap to its software offering.

Marc VDS Collaboration

• The company starts a consulting collaboration with MarcVDS, which won the Blancpain Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours Of Spa-Francorchamps.
• OptimumG works on multiple tire laboratory and on-track testing project for automotive manufacturers such as Hyundai and Jaguar Land Rover.
• OptimumG teaches its first post-rig specific seminar at SEAT in Spain.

Release OptimumDynamics

• OptimumG releases its latest software, OptimumDynamics.
• OptimumG acquires hexapod simulator from WHR Devices (Australia).
• OptimumG teaches its first tire testing and modeling specific seminar for Sumitomo Industries.

Goodyear Collaboration

Cooper Tires Collaboration

• OptimumTire becomes a leading software in the industry, with new sales to IDIADA (Spain) and Cooper Tires (U.S.).
• OptimumG engineers fly over one million miles for seminars, consulting, and software support.
• OptimumG teaches seminar for the Féderation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).

Opens Luxembourg Office

• OptimumG opens an office in Luxembourg (Europe).
• OptimumG helps Dunlop win the LMP2 category with Jota Sports, and the GT category of the Le Mans 24 hours with Aston Martin.
• OptimumG teaches seminar for Formula One teams.
• OptimumG begins a collaboration with KTM (Austria), providing tires testing services.
• OptimumG helps Dunlop win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in two categories for the first time: Jota Sports in LMP2, and Aston Martin in LMGTE.
• OptimumG moves headquarters to Centennial, CO.

Proton Porsche GT Team Collaboration

• The company starts a consulting collaboration with Proton Porsche GT team, which won the World Endurance and European Le Mans Series championships as well at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• OptimumG offers tire testing and modeling services for BMW Motorsport.
• OptimumG consults with Subaru Rally Team in the Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX).
• OptimumG partners with EZ Metrology, Michigan Scientific, and Texense to teach an enhanced hands-on seminar at Oreste Berta, S.A. in Argentina.