The Red Bull
Holden Racing team has unveiled the next-generation Commodore Supercar. Recently tested at the Norwell Motorplex, the race
car was subjected to 60 km long shakedown following a ten-month
development program spearheaded by Triple Eight Race Engineering.
The car was driven by six-time Supercars Champion
Jamie Whincup who said the vehicle "feels fantastic." He added,
"The work that they’ve done behind the scenes to this point, in my opinion
we’re 99 percent there. There’s just some fine-tuning that’s got to go on in
the next few weeks and the next few months until we fully unleash the full
version in 2018.”
The development program will continue throughout the
rest of the year and Triple Eight Race Engineering plans to conduct three full
days of testing before finalizing the car's aerodynamic package.
Holden hasn't said much about the car but the
company has already confirmed it will be homologated with the outgoing model's
V8 engine. It will be replaced in 2019 by a new twin-turbo V6 engine that is
being developed at the General Motors Performance and Racing Center in
Michigan.
