investment (having invested his own personal wealth) decided to close the project in 2014, having terminated the full F1 power unit design. PURE SA was liquidated the same year and Pollock retained the intellectual property to the F1 power unit designs. In July 2012, technical director Gilles Simon announced his departure from PURE in a general email sent out to suppliers and colleagues due to the financial difficulties the company was having. Since Gilles Simon's departure PURE's financial trouble has been well publicised throughout the globe. References 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Falkirk Scottish motorsport people Formula One team owners Formula One team principals British sports agents