Russian sports car beats racing Mercedes-AMG and BMW
- September 27, 2022
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The sports car of the Moscow Poly and IY Engineering Marussia GT team took third place in the four-hour endurance race Russian Endurance Challenge. The car, designed by
The sports car of the Moscow Poly and IY Engineering Marussia GT team took third place in the four-hour endurance race Russian Endurance Challenge. The car, designed by Igor Yermilin for the FIA GT Championship races, was modified and restored in the university sports car laboratory. Now she regularly enters the racetracks of the country.
– The race and qualifying were not without problems, the weather conditions affected all the teams indicated. Still, we managed to get on the podium again. The main task was to collect data for further adjustments to the car, so the race result is positive, team driver Vitaly Larionov said after the race.
Recall that the Marussia GT sports car weighs only 1180 kg and basically has an engine of the Audi R8 with a power of 430 hp. Of. The maximum speed that the car can reach is 250 km/h.
If we talk about the project itself, it was born in 2010. The Marussia GT car was created to compete in the FIA GT racing series. However, the car never made it to the track. In 2020, the idea was revived by Moscow Polytechnic University together with IY Engineering. Over the course of a year, the team of young specialists managed to refine the car, and already at the beginning of the 2021 season, it left for the first tests at the Moscow Raceway circuit.
– The race and qualifying were not without problems, the weather conditions affected all the teams indicated. Still, we managed to get on the podium again. The main task was to collect data for further adjustments to the car, so the race result is positive, team driver Vitaly Larionov said after the race.
Recall that the Marussia GT sports car weighs only 1180 kg and basically has an engine of the Audi R8 with a power of 430 hp. Of. The maximum speed that the car can reach is 250 km/h.
If we talk about the project itself, it was born in 2010. The Marussia GT car was created to compete in the FIA GT racing series. However, the car never made it to the track. In 2020, the idea was revived by Moscow Polytechnic University together with IY Engineering. Over the course of a year, the team of young specialists managed to refine the car, and already at the beginning of the 2021 season, it left for the first tests at the Moscow Raceway circuit.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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