Leafield Technical Centre is a former radio transmission station, now turned motorsports centre of excellence, located in the village of Leafield in Oxforshire, England.

Developed from 1912 as a radio transmission station by the General Post Office, it was decommissioned by successor company British Telecom in 1986.[1] BT Group redeveloped the site as a training college, but then closed the site in 1993.[1]

Sold to a commercial property company, the site was then leased by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) as a motorsport development centre for the Arrows Formula One team,[1] until the team's demise in the 2002 season. From the 2006 season until the 2008 season Leafield Technical Centre was the headquarters of the now-defunct Super Aguri F1 team.

Menard Competition Technologies is now based at Leafield Technical Centre.[2] MCT has made the engines for Norton Motorcycles' range of Commando 961 models[3] since 2009.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The BT Radio Station". Leafield Village. 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. ^ Menard Competition Technologies (MCT)
  3. ^ "MCT powers the re-birth of Norton". News. Norton Motorcycles. 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Production of Norton Engines Starts at Leafield". Witney Gazette. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
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