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Exclusive Images: Up To Speed
Posted by Mike on 7 March, 2008
Here are some more images from the prototype testing in Donington this week, with some quotes from test driver Bruce Jouanny…
“We have been able to put some good miles on the car and get everything up to temperature and up to speed,” said Jouanny. “At the end of the day I was able to do a longer run where I could really start to put the tyres under load and push the engine harder, which was great.
“The engine has a tremendous amount of torque – we are down on top end power at the moment, but this is the first phase of the engine development and we are working through mapping options – that is what we are here for.
“The Elan chassis responds to changes really well, you can really feel every adjustment and it has an enormous amount of downforce – the track was pretty cold and slippery but you could really lean on the lateral grip.
“The braking is also very impressive. The carbon brakes are very strong and the V12 Menard powerplant offers a lot of engine braking – that will be one of the things which the drivers in this championship will take a while to get used to.”
Now all we need is to see and hear the car in action…
Are you ready?
Tim Stanton said
Mexico City and Laguna Seca would be great stops for this new series. I am really looking forward to the driver singings.
Great lines on that Panoz. Good choice.
-tim
loscarfunky said
Beautiful! Waiting for new updates and footage!