Formula 1, Racing Force expands facilities in Italy and Bahrain

Racing Force, the Italian group at the top of the world in the production of safety equipment for motorsport (and, in particular, for Formula 1 and rallying), has expanded its Italian headquarters and factory in Sakhir, Bahrain, thanks to a total investment of 13 million euros.

Yesterday was the official inauguration of the site in Ronco Scrivia (Genoa), which was extended from 8 thousand to 12 thousand square metres, to support the production and commercial growth of the Omp, Bell Racing, Zeronoise and Racing Spirit brands, as well as the diversification projects underway. The second floor added to the Bahrain plant is also operational, increasing from 7 thousand to 12 thousand square metres, where the Bell brand helmets are produced.

In the meantime, the company, listed in Milan and Paris, is preparing to close 2025 positively. 'This year,' explained Paolo Delprato, president and CEO of the group, 'we expect to exceed 70 million in turnover (compared to 65.7 in 2024, ed.). And 2026, on the basis of a series of agreements that we are closing and will also close in the coming months, looks like another important year of growth. For '26 we also expect revenues from diversification projects.

Delprato then recalled that, in January 2025, Racing Force signed a partnership with Adidas, 'thanks to which we have entered into work with Mercedes (in Formula 1 and for whose drivers the Italian group has created, among other things, a state-of-the-art fireproof suit, ed.); and next year Adidas will also work with Audi', which foreshadows an extension of the tricolour company's supplies to the latter.

In addition to the Ronco Scrivia plant and the one in Sakhir, Racing Force has factories in the USA (in Mooresville, Miami and Indianapolis), in Belgium (in Tubize), where defence systems are designed, under the HPS brand, applying technologies derived from motorsport (thanks to this diversification, protective helmets for the police force and the US Airforce have been created) and in Pisa, with a research and development centre that joins those in Ronco and Bahrain.