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Tyre Performance Technology was founded by Jim Peeters.


Jim grew up in a family of lumberjacks but has been a motorsport fan since he was very young. His first encounter with motorsports was during an internship where he learned how to work with a car and improve its engine performance. After this internship a minor in motorsports engineering followed where he learned about a variety of subjects in motorsports. Finishing a bachelor in mechanical engineering, he graduated after a thesis at a Dutch shock absorber company, where he became engineer and head mechanic for the year that followed.


Education at Cranfield University

Then he went to Cranfield University in the UK where he followed the Master course in Advanced Motorsport Engineering. Here he learned a lot about the different motorsport subjects, and how to work in a fast paced, highly competitive environment. After a guest lecture on tyres, it became clear that this subject would be part of his future, and devoted his thesis on tyres.


"Awarded by Cranfield University with the Advanced Vehicle Engineering Centre Award"

This research was to be about tyre degradation, and because of Covid-19 he was forced to go back to the Netherlands and do this thesis there. Even though the period for the thesis was only 5 months, he decided to build his own tyre test rig, and did this rather successfully, because within 4 months test results were found that were in line with published works from researchers all over the world.


Following this thesis he was awarded by Cranfield University with the Advanced Vehicle Engineering Centre Award, an award that was brought to life during the pandemic to stimulate students to get the most out of a difficult period and dare to think out of the box.

This award made him aware that tyre testing was not only important to extract maximum performance from tyres, but he had a feeling for tyre testing.

 

Jim has a network of contacts who are connected with motorsport companies, like Bridgestone, Ferrari, Pirelli and the FIA. And they all are coping with the same difficulties regarding tyre testing. Out of these difficulties, opportunity was found, and this has led to the founding of Tyre Performance Technology, and the development of the TPT001 compound testing method.

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