Wednesday 26th November 2014
Hypercars to go racing
'Ultracar Sports Club' to bring together hypercars at Blancpain GT events. Interesting...
Say you're privileged enough to own a
LaFerrari, a
McLaren P1, a
Porsche 918 or any other mad hypercar of the past decade. They're not exactly the cars to roll out at Bedford on a Friday evening. But then the fun of a track day is finding similar cars and drivers that match your pace. So what if you could bring together the hypercars for what might reasonably be called the ultimate track day?
This and a P1 on the same track? Yes
That's the premise of the Ultracar Sports Club from SRO Motorsports. It won't be racing as there is no timing or classification so that headline is a little misleading. Apologies. What it aims to do is bring together the various hypercars at track events for owners to enjoy their cars with like-minded individuals while also providing an incredible spectacle for fans.
The planned USC events for 2015 are tagged onto the Blancpain Endurance Series events at Paul Ricard (20-21 June) and Misano (3-4 October). There will be four 30-minute sessions for the cars over the weekend with Pirelli providing tyres if required. If you do arrive in a Veyron (with bespoke Michelins), the USC is confident that another agreement can be reached.
The eligible car list is predictably droolworthy, split into homologated road cars and non-homologated track specials. Models listed so far include the latest hybrid hypercars, Aston One-77, Lamborghini Veneno, Koenigsegg One:1, Veyron, the Ferrari XX models and the Pagani Zonda R.
Well there must be enough of these to take part
All well and good (and exciting) but there are of course a few issues with the Ultracar Sport Club idea. The first being that similar events are organised by manufacturers; think of the
P1 GTR programme, Ferrari
Corse Clienti and so on. This doesn't sound as intense as those programmes so may appeal to those owners who want to use their cars in a more relaxed setting. Furthermore, though it's an obvious point, the eligible cars are exceptionally rare and many are probably stored in collections. Will there be enough owners willing to take part? Let's hope so because, from a fan's perspective, the thought of the world's fastest cars being driven hard (but not competitively, remember) at a couple of great circuits is one to be very happy about. We'll keep you posted.
[Sources: SRO Motorsports Group, SportscarInfo.de, Sportscar365]
