Mygale

Mygale
Mygale
Type Private
Industry Motorsport
Founded 1989
Founder(s) Bertrand Decoster
Headquarters Magny Cours, France
Website mygale-cars.com
The Mygale SJ08a of Garry Jacobson at the Adelaide Parklands Circuit for the opening round of the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship

Mygale is a French racing car constructor and contractor that specialises in the production of single seater chassis for use in formula racing. The company was established in 1989 by Bertrand Decoster and its factory is based in Magny Cours.

Mygale is a contracted chassis supplier for single-marque formulae, including Formula Renault Campus and Formula BMW. It functions as a manufacturing contractor for BMW's series, with a subsidiary of BMW's US division being responsible for the design.[1]

It also produces cars for open formulae. The company has been involved in Formula Ford since 1989 and has achieved its best results in that category. More recently, it entered the Formula Three market in 2006 and the M-06 and M-07 F3 chassis have appeared in limited numbers in the British, German and European championships. It focussed its efforts on the British series in 2007 in a close partnership with Ultimate Motorsport that yielded fifth place in the teams' standings.[2]

Mygale also runs a racing school at the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry near Paris. The Formula Mygale centre was set up in 1991 and provides tuition and "driving experiences" in Mygale's own Formula Ford chassis.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Chassis technology" formulabmwusa.com. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  2. ^ 2007 "British F3 points standings" speedsportmag.com. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  3. ^ Spurgeon, Brad. "Put Yourself in the Cockpit...." International Herald Tribune, 2000-03-10. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  • Asher, Richard. "Blowing away the cobwebs" Autosport, Haymarket Publishing, 2007-03-01, pp.66-67.