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| Supertec | |
| Company type | Besloten Vennootschap |
| Industry | Automotive automobile racing (motorsport) |
| Founded | Netherlands 1998 |
| Defunct | 2001 |
| Fate | Assets bought by Renault Sport |
| Headquarters | Netherlands |
Key people | Bruno Michel and Flavio Briatore |
| Products | Internal combustion engines and car engine assembly |
| Services | Performance engineering, Precision manufacturing |
Supertec was a brand of Formula One engines supplied by Dutch company Super Performance Competition Engineering BV,[1] managed by Flavio Briatore and Bruno Michel.[2] Supertec engines were updated 1997 Renault RS9 units, built by Mecachrome.
In May 1998 Super Performance Competition Engineering signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Mecachrome to begin in the 1999 season. The engines were purchased and rebadged as Supertec. Supertecs powered Williams, Benetton and BAR in 1999, and Benetton and Arrows in 2000. The Benetton team rebadged the engines as Playlife.
After the 2000 season, Supertec collapsed due to financial problems and Renault Sport F1 bought back Supertec's assets in 2001.[citation needed]
- ^ "Trademarks owned by Super Performance Competition Engineering BV". Inventively Inc. Retrieved 9 February 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Who owns Mecachrome?". Grandprix.com. Inside F1, Inc. 25 May 1998. Retrieved 10 February 2016.