Cobra's commitment to continuous product development has taken its seats to the very pinnacle of motorsport.
But to create its new generation of seats, Cobra's development team decided to make a quantum leap and redesign its complete range of motorsport seats from the ground up - using the same technology that drives Formula One composite design.
Cobra Seats has digitally created a completely new range of patterns for their seats using the latest automotive industry ergonomics. Cobra undertook extensive development testing before using state of the art machines to produce composite seat shells manufactured with CNC pin-point accuracy and with perfect lines of symmetry.
It's a technological advance that also means a complete new style for the back of the seats which are now flame surfaced for extra rigidity.
Statistics show that, on average, the human race is getting taller and bigger. Inevitably this trend is reflected in the size of drivers - so Cobra used ergonomics and the latest technology to digitally create the 'modern' racing driver.
It proved that Cobra Seats needed to accommodate a greater range of heights and width combinations than ever before.
The new technology means that Cobra has seemingly achieved the impossible, creating seats with 15% more internal room without changing the external dimensions of their seats.
Combined with their revolutionary Pro-Fit system, Cobra's new generation motorsport seats now provide the PERFECT FIT for over 95% of all race drivers.
The legendary Sebring Pro and Evolution Pro seats are available in standard and GT width and are now taller' as standard, with an optional removable rigid base profile - meaning that side head restraints will always be in optimum position no matter what the size of the driver.
The Suzuka Pro and Imola Pro models are available in standard, GT and bespoke non-homologated 'Extra Tall' versions.
The three races at Oulton Park took the British Touring Car Championship to the halfway stage of a fascinating season - with an unofficial race to see which driver would reach the summer break with a lead in the Drivers Championship.
Well, at the halfway stage of the British Touring Car Championship season, drivers using Cobra seats are one and two in the standings with Jake Hill just four points ahead of Tom Ingram … and Josh Cook and Colin Turkington are still very much in the mix, lying fifth and sixth in the standings.
Following his impressive form at Snetterton Jake Hill claimed his second double of the season with wins in race 1 and race 2 at Thruxton – the fastest circuit on the BTCC schedule.
However, it wasn’t a day without controversy and fellow “Cobra Boy” Tom Ingram felt somewhat aggrieved that his first place across the line in race 2 was relegated to a third place in the steward’s room leaving him with “just” two third place podiums on the day.
This time it was “Cobra driver” Jake Hill who enjoyed a double delight claiming two wins in the first two races of the day, putting in perhaps the most impressive drive of his career to date in claiming his 14th ever BTCC win in race 2.
Race 3 provided a clean sweep of the podium for Toyota and for drivers using Cobra seats: Rob Huff, starting 14th on the grid and taking full advantage of his choice of soft tyres, cut through the field to take the final win of the day. For the immensely experienced former World Touring Car Champion this wasn’t just his first win of the season it was his first win in the British Touring Car Championship for 20 years
