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29-05-2003, 16:28
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New Pagani Zonda Race Project
The appearance of a Pagani Zonda road car by the British GT championship media awning in the Silverstone paddock turned a few heads at the weekend, but the story behind its appearance is far more significant.
The UK importers for the marque, Euro Sportscars, is in the process of engineering the car for an as yet undefined race programme, and those involved spent much of Sunday talking to potential partners interested in working with them to bring the project to fruition.
With team personnel stating that the aim of the effort is to create a “professional motorsports organisation interested and capable of bringing factory supported programmes to fruition,” it is clear that this project is not intended to be a quick adaptation of a road car for racing but rather a full blown re-engineering of an already awesome road car for the track. With such as Bill Harris involved (extensive McLaren F1 GTR involvement), this effort needs to be taken very seriously.
The major international races and series are clearly the targets “ALMS, and FIA GTs are where the interest lies,” there was more than just a hint that the race car could find itself proven on UK tracks – was the placing of the car in the British GT paddock a hint?
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New Pagani Zonda Race Project
The appearance of a Pagani Zonda road car by the British GT championship media awning in the Silverstone paddock turned a few heads at the weekend, but the story behind its appearance is far more significant.
The UK importers for the marque, Euro Sportscars, is in the process of engineering the car for an as yet undefined race programme, and those involved spent much of Sunday talking to potential partners interested in working with them to bring the project to fruition.
With team personnel stating that the aim of the effort is to create a “professional motorsports organisation interested and capable of bringing factory supported programmes to fruition,” it is clear that this project is not intended to be a quick adaptation of a road car for racing but rather a full blown re-engineering of an already awesome road car for the track. With such as Bill Harris involved (extensive McLaren F1 GTR involvement), this effort needs to be taken very seriously.
The major international races and series are clearly the targets “ALMS, and FIA GTs are where the interest lies,” there was more than just a hint that the race car could find itself proven on UK tracks – was the placing of the car in the British GT paddock a hint?
Bron en copyright: http://www.dailysportscar.net