ETIENNE SALOMÉDESIGN
Paris-born and speed-obsessed, Etienne Salomé earned his M.A. in Vehicle Design at London’s Royal College of Art before Bugatti snapped him up – tasking him with steering all future interior concepts and standing in as deputy to Design Director Achim Anscheidt.
As Head of Interior Design, he shaped the Chiron’s stripped-back cockpit philosophy and lent his sculptor’s eye to one-offs like La Voiture Noire, honing every carbon surface “until there was nothing left to improve.”
Today Salomé operates from a discreet studio courtyard in Berlin, taking on only hand-picked commissions that fuse art, engineering and motion – turning lap-time adrenaline into gallery-grade chronophotography while staying true to the machines that fuel his imagination.
ANDREAS KÖHLERENGINEERING
From dawn-patrol shakedowns to midnight data scrubs, Andreas Köhler runs Motopark’s engineering nerve centre with the calm intensity of a race-day strategist. Under his watch, a 5,000 m² headquarters packed with damper test rigs, dual dynamic simulators, 3-D printers and an in-house carbon shop turns fresh CAD into fired-up race cars at breakneck speed.Köhler leads a squad of German engineers who carry Motopark’s track record into every project – from Euroformula to Super Formula Light – owning the full loop of design, build, setup and constant development.His playbook blends ruthless efficiency with prototype-grade sophistication: shortest possible turnaround, zero wasted motion, always iterating for that final tenth.
The result? A workshop culture whose technical competence is proven in the fiercest single-seater arenas, where pit-stop strategy and high-downforce wizardry decide careers.Köhler’s mantra is simple: state-of-the-art tools, maximum effect, minimum time. Whether he’s refining aero maps, tuning push-rod kinematics or fast-tracking small-series manufacturing, the aim never changes – be the benchmark, not the follower
INDY DONTJEOFFICIAL TESTDRIVER
Indy Dontje, an experienced Dutch racing driver with victories in prestigious events like the 2021 and 2024 Daytona 24 GT3 and the 2022 24 hours of Barcelona.
He combines his on-track skills with his entrepreneurial acumen as the founder of the Festina Lente Schoorl family office. Dontje also contributes as a test driver for RennWagenWerk.
