Tuesday 23rd December 2014

Murcielago GT1: You Know You Want To

It's a V12 Lamborghini racing car, what more do you need to know?!

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Everyone wants to be a racing driver at some point in their lives. Who wouldn't want the glamour, the excitement and the riches? Obviously many don't make it through a lack of funding, bad luck or, dare it be suggested, not quite enough talent. But the dream remains for many.

Better without livery?

This Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 R-SV GT1 is not a cheap way into motorsport. It's £360,000 and I'm not actually sure which (if any) championship you could use it in. However, this is a racing version of one of the wildest supercars of modern times and it is therefore worthy of considerable attention. And maybe some dribbling.

Look at the spec. The roadgoing LP670 was already really quite fast. This racing version is over 400kg lighter at 1,150kg. Much like the Bentley GT3 car, it's baffling how something so huge can weigh so little. That's less than kerbweight of a Fiesta ST!

Best of all, it uses exactly the same specification of V12 as the road car. That glorious old lump that could trace its roots back to the Miura at 670hp in a car that weighs 1,150kg. Noise? Click here.

This is what engines should look like

After that they're probably shouldn't be an awful lot of explaining left to do. It actually has some notable drivers on the race history list including Peter Kox, Tomas Enge, Oliver Gavin, Jan Lammers and Norman Simon. The livery comes off easily to leave with you possibly the most evil racing car ever created. Look at it! It's even got some decent results behind it including a few podiums in the 2010 FIA GT1 championship and a win at Spa.

Imagine turning up at a test day with this. It would surely be superb at somewhere like Silverstone GP, wide and open and fast enough to get some sense of the car's ability. Although having said that, where you could use a GT1 Lamborghini must be fairly dependent on which noise tests it passes...

Perhaps it's obsolete. The money involved would be obscene. But it's a Lamborghini racing car! As this isn't a factory car it would be more hassle to use than something like a Ferrari FXX built and cared for by the manufacturer. That is also a lot more expensive and not an actual racing car though. This car is in fact built by Reiter Engineering, the same team behind that fantastic Camaro GT3. Should make a nice pair... Now, back to that video!

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LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO GT1
Price: £360,000
Why you should: V12. Lamborghini. Racing car.
Why you shouldn't: Where to use it?

See the original advert here.

[Luca Brasi]

I remember when one of these was entered in the Spa 24 a few years ago. Probably one of the best sounds I ever heard.

[pixelpimp]

A very cool car.
I was lucky enough to be driven round the Salzburgring by Peter Kox in this one. The sound was stunning. 190mph!

[Never you mind]

pixelpimp said:

A very cool car.
I was lucky enough to be driven round the Salzburgring by Peter Kox in this one. The sound was stunning. 190mph!

Would look rather menacing in your rear view mirror.

[D.no]

Dear Santa...

[Busso GTA]

pixelpimp said:

A very cool car.
I was lucky enough to be driven round the Salzburgring by Peter Kox in this one. The sound was stunning. 190mph!

So much want

[soad]

Better without livery.

[SteveSteveson]

I wonder what it would take to get it through an SVA...

[Gixer_fan]

Where do they remove 400Kg from? That's like removing the engine!
(gives it nearly the same power to weight as a 620R)

[soad]

Gixer_fan said:

Where do they remove 400Kg from? That's like removing the engine!
(gives it nearly the same power to weight as a 620R)

Stripped out interior (see the photos/read the spec) etc.

[X5TUU]

SteveSteveson said:

I wonder what it would take to get it through an SVA...

my thoughts exactly (but no doubt it would be a bit bumpy to use on british roads)

[P4ROT]

Reminds me of playing Project Gotham when I was a kid.

[mwstewart]

It looks like part of the original rear chassis has been replaced with a CDS tubular frame. I don't remember seeing that arrangement before in the rear of a Murci...

[rhysenna]

I'd take mine hill climbing. What a machine.

http://youtu.be/go6kxyKSDZ0

[Krikkit]

soad said:

Gixer_fan said:

Where do they remove 400Kg from? That's like removing the engine!
(gives it nearly the same power to weight as a 620R)

Stripped out interior (see the photos/read the spec) etc.

Carbon, magnesium, titanium etc used for panels, suspension, wheels etc etc. The exotic materials list on these GT1 cars is quite extensive (hence why they were canned).

Gorgeous thing though, what a noise!

[chuntington101]

Krikkit said:

soad said:

Gixer_fan said:

Where do they remove 400Kg from? That's like removing the engine!
(gives it nearly the same power to weight as a 620R)

Stripped out interior (see the photos/read the spec) etc.

Carbon, magnesium, titanium etc used for panels, suspension, wheels etc etc. The exotic materials list on these GT1 cars is quite extensive (hence why they were canned).

Gorgeous thing though, what a noise!

Gearbox/transmission: Hollinger 6-speed sequential M6S / Hollinger REITER differential

That will be most of the 400kg weight saving there.

[pixelpimp]

also available in carbon:



I loved shooting those.



Shaky old phone vid I took sat next to Kox but the sound says it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBAnNxyqZ2E

[Vee12V]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRWCoNvM-k&sp...

[m8rky]

Best sound is of this one at Luckendorf Hillclimb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6kxyKSDZ0

[BarbaricAvatar]

GT1 Murci's give me the horn. The noise is perfection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqjz4ck6uw&t=...

If i could afford it, i wouldn't really care if i had to hire a runway for an afternoon just to enjoy it.

[pixelpimp]

holy bat pants that's glorious - up yours hybrid guff.