Supercars
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Why supercars matter…. to me
Many people have talked a lot about the trickle down of technology from racing to supercars to everyday cars. While that does happen (hybrid, electric motors, carbon fiber), and is extremely important, I have a different opinion on why supercars matter, or at least why they matter to me. I never grew up having posters of supercars on my bedroom walls. It wasn’t until I was in my late teens when I discovered my love for everything cars. I was 19 and all of a sudden I discovered Formula 1 – I was hooked. Now, this was in the middle of the Schumacher and Alonso duel in the early 2000s,…
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New halo cars coming ahead of 2020
With the new hypercar regulations for WEC in 2020 and the homologation requirements of a minimum of 25 units to be produced, this means that we will see new road going halo cars from each of the new entrants in LMP1. The first cars to be referenced to as hypercars were the Holy Trinity of the Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 Spyder and McLaren P1. Since then much lesser supercars have far exceeded their levels of performance. The newest hypercars all have 800+ HP from their gasoline engine and most have hybrid technology on top of that to produce in excess of 1000 HP. In addition to simply being more powerful,…
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