Sports car on demand

Having such a wise decision, "The Lord of the Rings" have decided to immediately prepare the car for a series of requirements FIA GT3. In these races involved nonprofessional drivers, factory machinery modifications, is prohibited, and the changes that can make a party, is limited. List of participating machines there is fairly wide, but the main competitors will undoubtedly Audi R8 Jaguar, Porsche and Aston Martin. Homologation significantly affected by technical stuffing R8. Clearly, for this car a 420-hp V8 is not enough. Therefore, Audi once said - power car will exceed 500 hp What would it be for the motor - ingolshtadttsy while silent, so that the audience is lost in conjectures: V8 or V10 would be under the hood? In addition, the requirements of the class GT3 prohibit four-wheel drive, so all will pull the rear wheels. Fully updated and gearbox - especially for the R8 GT3 engineers developed 6-speed sequential sports transmission. And, of course, the sports car will be deprived of many luxuries such as civilian versions of interior decoration. All this tinsel will mercilessly sacrificed the safety cage, and other passive safety systems. But the suspension will remain virtually unchanged - the rules forbid there anything fundamentally changed. But much more freedom are experts at aerodynamics. They rasstaralis to fame and prepared for the R8 full aerodynamic package, which includes a new front spoiler, side skirts, the diffuser and the giant rear wing. The last element is adjustable. It is worth noting that the car shown in these tests - a complete fighting machine, the first test is conducted in mid-August factory team rider Frank Biela Audi (Frank Biela), five-time champion of the "24 Hours of Le Mans." The project itself, which received the designation Intra-R16, will be continued next year, when the trial will be held races. We also know that the first R8 GT3 will go to private owners until the fall of 2009.