Back last month when we had the opportunity to sit with Sir Gordon Murray himself, we asked if there was any intention to add T.50 on fitness mode to get him ready for racing. It was said then that there would be 25 additional production racing cars with the intention of possibly starting a supercar racing series. We didn’t get a lot of details back then, but now the cat is out of the bag. Codenamed T.50S, this is the first glimpse of the specified version of the track. He looks almost ready for Le Mans.
While the road version avoids large fenders and splitters in favor of a simplified supercar design, the racing version expands everything to eleven with a large stabilizing shark fin leading to a huge rear wing and an even more aggressive floor aerosystem with a huge rear diffuser.
“With an unwavering focus on performance and free from road laws and maintenance considerations, the T.50S will achieve amazing performance on the track, demonstrating the full potential of a vehicle,” says Murray. “We’ve gone to great lengths to take this car beyond what has been done in the past – a celebration of British engineering and our team’s vast motorsport experience.”
“I would like to organize a series of races as part of our Trackspeed package for T.50 owners to drive regularly. There will be nothing better than the experience of driving this car. And hearing this … well, it will be different! I would like each of the 25 cars to be completely unique from setting to painting. “
This new racing version is 211 pounds lighter than the road car, weighing just 1962 pounds. This makes the T.50S about 30 pounds heavier than the Le Mans winning Toyota TS050 LMP1. Several tweaks to the automotive Cosworth V12 also yielded a few extra ponies. With some tweaks to the cylinder head and smoother racing exhaust, the T.50S now produces around 720bhp. at high speed due to the air ramming effect.
If you were hoping to buy one of Gordon Murray’s gorgeous road cars for $ 2.6 million, you’re out of luck. They were sold out within 48 hours of the car’s official announcement. However, you can still get one of those 25 track-only versions if you’re lucky and fast, for a steep $ 3.9 million.
