About Us

Italian race car driver Gianpiero Moretti founded MOMO in 1964 after he commissioned a local craftsman to produce a custom steering wheel for his own race car. This special steering wheel – the first MOMO steering wheel in the company’s history – had a superior grip compared to traditional race steering wheels of the time. Drivers from other teams quickly noticed Moretti’s new steering wheel and wanted the same for their cars, and the Moretti steering wheel quickly gained fame in the racing community. The steering wheel also caught the attention of Ferrari Formula One driver John Surtees, who wanted to mount it on his single-seater car. John Surtees’ Ferrari, equipped with Moretti’s race steering wheel, won the Formula One world title in 1964. Gianpiero Moretti turned his passion into a manufacturing reality, and MOMO (short for Moretti Monza) was born.

MOMO’s production was initially limited to the racing world, but the 1970s saw the company expand into different product lines like wheels and steering wheels for road cars. This led to MOMO supplying OEM products to Ferrari. By the end of the 1980s, MOMO signed a cooperation agreement with Rolls-Royce to be their original equipment supplier. Shortly after, other OEMs followed suit – Aston Martin, Citröen, Daihatsu, Fiat, Honda, Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, Porsche, Peugeot, Renault, Saab, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

In 1983, the Brabham team won the Formula One Championship with their car equipped with MOMO racing light alloy wheels. In 1998, Moretti won the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 6 Hours Watkins Glen behind the wheel of the legendary Ferrari 333 SP. Mario Andretti, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, Michele Alboreto, Michael Schumacher and before them Niki Lauda, Jackie Stewart and Clay Regazzoni are only a sample of the best drivers in modern history who won races with a MOMO steering wheel in their hands.