Delta Motorsport - About Delta

Delta Motorsport brings together innovative design, creative production solutions and skilled project management. This blend has led to a track record of delivering challenging projects on time and within budget.

A committed team of design and production engineers, with a broad range of experience, can take a project from a concept, through design, prototype and development to a finished product. The team is headed up by two key people:

After gaining a degree in Automotive Engineering at Loughborough University in 1992, Nick spent four years in the road car industry before taking a design role at Reynard Motorsport. He worked at Reynard for 5 years as a designer on many of their successful race car projects, including Touring Cars, Dragsters, Formula Nippon, Champcar and Le Mans Prototypes.

Nick then moved to Piper Design as Chief Engineer, where over a period of four years, he and his team completed a huge variety of project work, including:

Design of an LMP900 Prototype Sportscar
Styling, engineering design and wind tunnel testing of the Foggy Petronas FP1 World Superbike
Wind tunnel consultancy program for the FIA Foundation to reduce the likelihood of prototype Sportscars becoming airborne
Design and production of a mobile retail vehicle selling refrigerated goods, beans-to-cup coffee, heated and ambient food
Concept and development through to pre-production of a piece of ‘active’ motorcycle safety clothing, electronically controlled & deployed via a high-speed radio link
Design, wind-tunnel testing, development and production of drag-reducing bodywork parts for reducing the fuel consumption of large haulage vehicles

Since the formation of Delta Motorsport, Nick and his design team have completed a wide variety of concept, design and prototype programs. This has embraced a huge range of applications, from motorcycle safety products to a range of series hybrid and battery electric vehicles.

A graduate in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Warwick University, Simon joined Reynard on a graduate scholarship in 1995. The following year he took a position in the production department gaining promotion to Production Manager in 1997. Simon was responsible for race car production at Reynard where his responsibilities included production planning (ensuring achievable targets for design right through to car assembly), implementation and management of production plans, and ensuring build schedules were adhered to. Simon became Operations Manager in 2000 when he took full responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Motorsport division at Reynard, managing all production and operations areas, working with the agents to develop competitive pricing strategies, developing streamlined work throughput and improved efficiency through the business.

After the demise of Reynard, Simon set up ‘Oxford Racing Developments’ with two ex-Reynard colleagues. ORD undertook the ongoing development of the Reynard ChampCar, supplying design and development services as well as update parts for many teams. ORD also carried out a mechanical and aerodynamic development program on the Dallara F3 car.

Prior to the formation of Delta, Simon and Nick worked together at Piper Design for just over a year when Simon took on a consultancy role as Operations Manager. Simon was responsible for doubling the weekly production volumes, reducing build faults and driving the production areas to increased productivity.

In 2005, Delta was commissioned to design, build and run 15 race cars for a new series called Grand Prix Masters. The design and build was carried out (from a clean sheet of paper to 15 cars running at the first race in Kyalami, South Africa) within 4½ months. At this race the cars were in the hands of many of the legends of F1 – Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi, Riccardo Patrese to name just three. The 600bhp cars ran in every session without a single mechanical fault during the whole event.