Nowadays in the automotive industry design virtualization is gaining importance due shorter time to market, higher differentiation and increased complexity. Models allows powertrain engineers to move the design and tuning work much earlier in the development process reducing needs of expensive and time-consuming prototypes and experimental testing. One of the main potentials of virtual design is the possibility to explore any possible vehicle mission profile with any environmental condition, but often the generation of realistic duty cycles for the product under development may be challenging. This MSc thesis project, carried out in collaboration with Maserati and Powertech Engineering, aims to develop a tool in MATLAB-Simulink for generating realistic powertrain mission profiles for vehicle running on driving tracks at the limit of handling.