AKKA ASP GT RACING TEAM starts new era as Akkodis ASP Team

Posted 30 March 2022

The GT AKKA ASP Racing Team announces its transition to the Akkodis ASP Racing Team. Ahead of the start of the 2022 GT season and first round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe, 1-3 April 2022 at Imola, Italy, Akkodis joins the ASP Racing Team as Title Partner.

Akkodis is the newly combined tech powerhouse of AKKA & Modis, bringing together the expertise of two leading companies in the IT and engineering R&D field, creating a new global leader in Smart Industry. As Title Partner to the Akkodis ASP Racing Team Akkodis will:

  • Contribute best-in-class IT and engineering expertise and resources to boost innovation and performance
  • Provide the Akkodis ASP Team with access to technology and digital engineering talent
  • Build on AKKA’s previous title sponsorship of the ASP Racing Team

Since 2015 ASP (Auto Sport Promotion), created by Jérôme Policand in 1999, has raced under the name “AKKA-ASP” as part of a title partnership with AKKA Technologies, a partnership that has seen many race wins and multiple championship victories. But today marks the beginning of a new era for the team as Akkodis ASP.

Across the 2022 season the team’s Mercedes-AMG GT3 and Mercedes-AMG GT4 will be competing against a list of established manufacturers as Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren and Porsche all battle it out on track. The Akkodis ASP Racing Team will be seeking race wins at legendary venues including Brands Hatch, Magny-Cours, Paul-Ricard, Spa and Hockenheim, aiming to challenge for championship glory. 

The new partnership with Akkodis will be more than changing brand and colors. Akkodis will work with the ASP Racing Team on several IT & Engineering projects, such as aerodynamic and fluid dynamics, thermo mechanics, braking systems and communication tools, whilst promoting the values of performance and excellence common to both Akkodis and ASP.

Jérôme Policand, Team Owner & Manager, Akkodis ASP Racing Team, said: “We’re delighted to have Akkodis as our primary partner, bringing their best-in-class IT and engineering R&D expertise to the team. We’re really grateful for AKKA Technologies’ support over the past seven years in which time we’ve achieved 22 international and national titles, and 69 victories on the most daunting tracks in the world together. Today a new era begins, we’re hugely excited about this next chapter in our team’s history together with Akkodis.

Jan Gupta, President of Akkodis, says: “We’ve brought 50,000 engineering and digital experts together from AKKA & Modis to form Akkodis, a new global leader in the Smart Industry field. Our expertise is helping organizations with their IT and engineering R&D to scale innovation, accelerate digital transformation and deliver solutions to engineer a smarter future. We very much look forward to race together, now as Akkodis ASP Team. Together we’ll harness our passion for technology and talent for success on and off the track.”

About AKKA & Modis

AKKA & Modis, soon to become Akkodis, is a global leader in the engineering and R&D market that is leveraging the power of connected data to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.

With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. AKKA & Modis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics. The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow.

AKKA & Modis is part of the Adecco Group.

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