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Originally Posted by hondafan37
Gordon Murray evaluating WEC hypercar entry with T.50
https://www.motorsport.com/wec/news/...y-t50/4602969/
Gordon Murray Said:
*He has already met with WEC promoter and Le Mans 24 Hours organiser the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and the FIA.
*we have had some customers who are very interested in racing the car.
*We are about to announce very soon a tie-up with an F1 team for the use a wind-tunnel in the development of the T.50.
*he revealed that he planned to meet with GT racing boss Stephane Ratel so that he can "understand what the general thinking is on the direction of sportscar racing".
*Deliveries of the 100 T.50 road cars, which will be powered by a bespoke four-litre V12 built by Cosworth, will take place through 2022, but Murray didn't rule out having a hypercar racer out on track earlier.
*he also expressed reservations about the 1100kg minimum weight for the hypercar class. The T.50 road car will weigh 980kg, while a track day version of which 25 examples will be built is due to hit the scales at 890kg.
" A racing version of the T.50 would probably come out at about 900kg, so bolting in a couple of hundred kilogrammes of ballast doesn't appeal". |
This right here is really important. More voices against the ridiculous minimum weight the better. I voiced my opinion about it being too high on the twitter and got a nice 'like' from a certain member of the Brabham family
