Ford and the Team Fordzilla esports team
have come together to create a wild hypercar known as the P1 concept. While it
has the same name as a particularly famous McLaren, the Ford remains firmly
cemented in the virtual world.
The Team Fordzilla P1 concept was created
with fan votes on Twitter made at various points during the design process. For
example, gamers decided on key elements such as the seating position,
cockpit-style and drivetrain before designers brought all these elements
together for a finished car. Two finished designs were put forward in a pole with
the car from Ford exterior designer Arturo Ariño emerging victorious.
Ariño took some design inspiration from
the Ford GT and morphed it into a vehicle that would perform well both on the
high-speed straights of Le Mans as well as tighter circuits like Monaco. The
front fascia is particularly wild and includes vertical LED headlights and
pronounced wheel arches that almost sit higher than the cockpit itself.
The wild design elements continue at the
rear where the wheels are left exposed but below them sits an innovative
diffuser while above the wheels is an intriguing wing.
