The stress test was made possible through cooperation with the Zolder Circuit, and Moritz Racing Team. ‘You can indeed call this a stress test! For the equipment, as well as the team!’, iOpener CEO Andy Lürling says. ‘And we are really satisfied with the results’. One of the main concerns was whether all in-car equipment would hold out for 24 hours, and it did. ‘Surviving 24 hours of shocks and the heat, sometimes reaching above 70 degrees, gives us confidence that the equipment will perform in all other race conditions’, Lürling mentions.

‘The reason for Moritz Racing Team to cooperate in testing the iOpener technology is that we are a team that stands for the improvement of motorsports in general’, driver and team owner Bert Moritz explains. ‘And we (Moritz Racing) believe that iOpener has an application that if used wisely by the race association will stimulate a new channel to attract a new younger target group to motorsports’. Moritz is convinced that this immersive feature will attract more sponsors to the motorsport. He adds; ‘Personally, I also really like that iOpener’s technology can be used to train young drivers and optimize their driving skills’.

Last year iOpener Media, a spin-out of the European Space Agency Incubator Programme, received EUR 4.1 Million from Triangle Venture Capital Group to make its technology ready for market introduction. Lürling: ‘This was the ultimate test to prove that we are ready for the market launch later this year or early next year. We are looking forward to the introduction, and from all the reactions of gamers we receive and read on the game forums, we know the gamer is also’.