I’m not the biggest fan of the cars from Maranello, but boy this one looks GOOD! It’s the new P80/C, a one-off model based on Ferrari’s 488 GT3. The 488 GT3 was a more-than-capable track weapon, but the owner of the P80/C didn’t think it was exclusive enough. So he got Ferrari to build him an exclusive track car, and after four years of development, his brand new car is ready.
Over at Ferrari’s website you can find a little more about the car. They also posted a 12 minutes video:
I don’t know about you, but news that Superformance is thinking of actually building the Shelby GR-1 made my day. I’m a BIG fan of the original Daytona Coupe, and I liked the lines of the GR-1 ever since I first saw it back in 2005.
Who knows, if the car really happens maybe I can get one for the W-143 Garage…
In September last year, a factory stock Porsche GT2 RS established a new lap record at the Ring, doing the Nordschleif in 6:47,25. But in July this year, a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ did the lap in 6:44,97. So Porsche lost the crown…
However, the Aventador SVJ that did the lap had a full roll cage. The car does NOT have a full cage when it comes out of the factory and it’s NOT an optional 
. So maybe (once again!), Lamborghini didn’t use a stock car.
Instead of criticizing Lamborghini for their faux pas, this week Porsche went back to Nürburgring. This time however with a special GT2. They used the GT2 RS MR, that was prepared by Manthey Racing, a racing team/company owned (51%) by Porsche. Manthey didn’t change much in the stock car, basically added a water tank to better cool down the fuel injection system, upgraded the breaks and added a few aerodynamic aids. The engine and suspension weren’t touched.
The result was a lap done in 6:40,33:
I’m not 100% sure if the GT2 RS MR can be considered a “stock” car, though I bet the Sant’Agata crowd would swear by it, if it was a Lambo 
. Independent of my opinion, it’s now the new Ring King.
Silodrome has a very nice write-up on the Shelby Daytona Coupe. The text also has some fantastic shots of chassis #CSX9110, so it’s well worth the visit.
This Friday morning McLaren revealed the new Speedtail. And according to the manufacturer, it’s the successor to the iconic F1.
It’s a 1050 hybrid monster that can get past 400 km/h. Only 106 will be produced, and at a starting price of £ 1.75 million, it will be a rare bird to be seen on the highway (all sold out, BTW). I think it looks pretty good, but does remind me of the XJ220…
Rudolf Uhlenhaut was the designer of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. At the time, it was one of the most advanced cars of the era, and the only reason it didn’t win everywhere was because Mercedes pulled out of motorsports after the 1955 Le Mans tragedy. So after Mercedes was out of the racing business, there were a couple 300 SLR race cars gathering dust in some warehouse in Stuttgart.
You know that expression “street legal racing car”? Well, very probably this was the first one of them all. Being director of engineering at Mercedes-Benz had a few perks, so Uhlenhaut was allowed to use one of the 300 SLR as his company car. He adapted some mufflers for the car and made the cockpit less spartan, and transformed an almost-Le-Mans-winner into his personal company car.
A fast company car, that is.
Yesterday Petrolicious posted a very interesting interview with the great Jackie Ickx, where he talks a little about racing the 953 and 962. If you have 5 minutes to spare, check it out.
It’s now officially called Mercedes-AMG One, and not Project One anymore. So it is going to be made, and with an F1 engine capable of over 1000 hp, I’m quite certain it will be interesting…
One of the coolest Mercs of all times?
Without a doubt it’s one of my all time favorite Mercedes. Unfortunately though, it’s still missing from the W-143 garage 
.
You can reed the full story at Petrolicious.
On this September 18th Ferrari officially revealed their new models, the Monza SP1 and SP2. Only 500 of them will be produced, so don’t take too long to order yours.
Their the same car, but one is a monoposto while the other is a biposto. Both barchettas (barchette?), they use the same chassis and power train of the Ferrari 812 Superfast. Powered by a 6596 cm³ V12, the cars are rated at 810 hp. And that’s good enough for “over 300 km/h” and a 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.9 seconds. With no windshield I bet that would be interesting…
