Tucked into the Bristolian fields is one of Britain’s fastest-growing companies responsible for powering up to half of the Formula 1 grid. Dynisma Motion Generators is a 180-person simulator firm partnered with the likes of Ferrari, Alpine and Cadillac, plus others, that has been an industry leader ever since it was founded in 2017.
Its architect is Ash Warne, an aerospace engineering graduate turned banker, who joined McLaren in 2007 after spotting an aero modelling job advert in an old Autosport magazine copy - let’s hear a ‘you’re welcome’! Warne subsequently spent the next six years in Woking before heading to Ferrari, with whom he was an engineer for four years before creating the multi-award-winning company he is known for today.