Brabham has completed the assembly of the
first BT62 Competition model, which was shipped to the United Kingdom where it
will compete in the 2020 Britcar Endurance Championship. Described by its maker
as “the world’s most track-focused hypercar”, the racer will stun spectators in
the coming season in the hands of Horsepower Racing owner Paul Bailey and
driver Ross Wylie.
Hand-built by a team of experts with
previous ties to some of the biggest names in the automotive industry,
including Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, Koenigsegg, Tesla and General Motors,
the BT62 is limited to 70 units.
The stripped-out Competition spec has a
starting price of £ 750,000 (US$ 919,478) in the United Kingdom and
features a FIA-compliant chassis. It also boasts on-board data and telemetry
system, telematics carbon fiber steering wheel, carbon fiber body, lightweight
wheels shod in Goodyear slicks, and high-tech brakes.
All BT62s are powered by a naturally
aspirated 5.4-liter V8 unleashing 700 horsepower and 666 Nm of
torque to the rear wheels through a six-speed sequential transmission. The
racer, which already made a name for itself by setting lap records at the Mount
Panorama Circuit and Australia’s The Bend – West Circuit, weighs just 972 kg.
After delivering the first BT62
Competition, Brabham will spend the following months making both track-only and
street-legal versions of the hypercar, which will be shipped across Australia,
New Zealand and Europe.
