OMP Racing is an Italian company, established in 1973 in Genoa and having today its headquarters at Ronco Scrivia, world leader in the field of design and manufacture of safety components for race cars (suits, gloves, shoes, seats, safety belts, helmets etc.). Since 2008 the control of the company has been acquired by SAYE Group. OMP looks to rise to the forefront of the racing accessories industry, and has added several new and different pieces to its widely popular racing line, including the OMP Sport line along with a new segment of lifestyle racing wear for impassioned enthusiasts looking for the very best gear on and off the track.
Today OMP products are by now present in all world racing championships, among which Formula 1 and World Rally Championship - WRC, World Tourism Championship - WTCC, World Endurance Championship - WEC, Rally Cross World Championship – RX, Formula E, Formula Indy, Nascar and OMP is one of the very few companies in the world which are able to offer a complete range of items dedicated to racecars and to the pilot’s safety, with over 2,000 products in its catalogue, almost entirely homologated by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile – FIA, whose OMP is official exclusive supplier.
In the 2017 season OMP has added a Formula One world title to its trophy case, through its partnership with Mercedes AMG Petronas F1.
RACING WORLD
The racing spirit has been part of the Percivale family since 1973 when, in a small town near Genoa, Italy, Roberto, Claudio and Piergiorgio began to manufacture roll cages and racing accessories for their own racecars in order to gain a competitive edge over fellow competitors. Racing is in their blood: they take the liberty to steal and adapt a legendary Ayrton Senna quote because it perfectly describes their attitude towards the sport. Their story begins with the picture of a Fiat 500 kept on two wheels in the crazy attempt of taking a corner at high speed: it’s 1973 and inside the cockpit there's the very first roll cage manufactured by OMP. By the way, that roll cage is still displayed in their showroom.
But there’s a huge road from that Fiat to the present-day world titles with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Volkswagen and Toyota (via Senna, Schumacher and so on...). A road you can't travel without an enormous passion for racing, that kind of passion that’s nothing less than pure fuel for work. Years and years dedicated to safety, lightness, performance. Since then, they have been working not only alongside world champions, but also alongside every passionate driver in the world.
QUALITY
OMP S.p.A.’s commitment is to reach customer satisfaction through the supplying of products and services in compliance with the requirements and within contract terms; to fully respect laws and regulations and to increase its efficiency, with a view to a continuous improvement of performance.
The close relationships OMP developed through the years with the most celebrated race teams and drivers in Formula1, IndyCar, Grand-AM, ALMS, WRC, WTCC just to mention a few, has been an essential part of OMP's research and development process which is considered to be the most advanced in the Industry.
All OMP's products are engineered, developed and tested to achieve the highest level of safety, quality and design. OMP's severe quality control standards are UNI EN ISO 9001/2000 certified and rated by the most important International sanctioning bodies such as FIA, SFI & SNELL.
Over years of existence OMP had the honor to collaborate with superstar Michael Schumacher & Ayrton Senna, and with equally important drivers such as David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell, Gerard Berger, Keke Rosberg, Riccardo Patrese, Alessandro Nannini, Stephan Johansson, Mario Andretti, Eddie Cheever Teo Fabi, JJ Letho, Hans Stuck, Max Papis, Max Angelelli, Paul Tracy, Marco Andretti, Will Power, Mike Conway, Vitor Meira and Alex Tagliani just to name a few. OMP also worked and still collaborates with famous manufactures including Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar, Porsche and teams of the caliber of F1 Lotus-Renault, Toro Rosso, Andretti Autosport, AJ Foyt, KV Racing, TRG, Fling Lizard, RSR Jaguar, Wayne Taylor Racing, Action Express, Stevenson, Magnus, Compass 360, Autohaus and Juncos Racing just to name a few.
Operating from a technologically advanced 80,000 sq ft facility in Italy, OMP products are renowned for its quality, the meticulous attention to details that is constantly challenged by setting higher standards. OMP America, the Company US subsidiary, is a long-cherished wish of the company in order to provide real-time accessibility and support to their US distributors and consumers.