Ferrari Enzo video's

Ok after some very strange youtube problems, the brooklands video's have been re edited now.

Today's post covers the ferrari enzo at the brooklands supercar sunday meet, this car as the mc12 and the f50 belongs to joe macari and all the above are currently for sale :)

Ferrari enzo being followed by the F50 and F40, driver in the f40 definately wanted to see the difference :)

Audi wins the spa 24 hours

The phoenix Audi has emerged victorious in a 1-2 for the Audi r8's.

The race saw long periods behind the safety car (5hours plus) and some very heavy rain at times making for some pretty tricky conditions.

The phoenix Audi came from 28th on the grid whilst the pole sitting Bmw z4 gt3 came home in third place.

The pro am class was won by the af corse Ferrari 458gt3 who came home in fifth place.

New facelifted Audi R8 for 2013

Audi have announced the new facelifted 2013 R8 model. This will be on display at the paris motorshow in september.

The facelift compromises of new bumpers, led headlights and diffusers.

Audi have also dropped the r tronic gearbox in favour of the seven speed s tronic box (a welcome addition to the two pedal version) they will also still produce the manual version.

In a similar situation to the tt rs Audi have also revealed tehy will release an r8 plus. This will benefit from revised suspension power output upto 542bhp and a reduced kerb weight achieved through lighter wheels,reduced soundproofing,carbon mirrors,splitters,vents and lightweight bucket seats.

This will provide 0-60 in 3.5 seconds .2 faster than a gallardo 560-4 and onto a top speed of 197mph.

The updates apply to the coupe and spyder range.

Maserati mc12 at the brooklands supercar sunday meet.

Another video from the brooklands supercar sunday themed breakfast meet.

Maserati mc12, nice bit of wheelspin at speed.

Nine mclaren 12c gt3's to compete in the spa 24 hours

Press release from mclaren before this weekend's spa 24 hours.

Live updates available at the interactive McLaren GT Pitwall http://media.mclarenautomotive.com/pitwall

Nine examples of the stunning McLaren 12C GT3 will line up on the grid of the famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps next weekend, 27-29 July to contest the Total 24 Hours of Spa. The gruelling 24-hour race is the headline event in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series, and one of the most demanding events on the motorsport calendar.
With the 12C GT3 still in its competitive debut season, McLaren Automotive Chief Test Driver Chris Goodwin is pleased with the progress made by the McLaren GT customer teams in 2012.
Goodwin said: “With wins recorded in FIA GT1 World by Hexis Racing and, more recently, by ART GP in the French GT series, it is very satisfying to see that the potential of the 12C GT3 is beginning to be realised at this early stage of its life. Spa 24-hour is unlike any other GT race. It is a spectacular, but incredibly challenging, circuit and efficiency and reliability will be vital to all competitors as well as being able to react to the often changeable track conditions.

“All teams racing a 12C GT3 feature top drivers in their line-ups and, with more than 60 cars on the grid, so too do our competitors. McLaren has put in a big effort to test and prepare for this great event and we hope the 12C GT3 will be very competitive in the hands of our customers.

“McLaren has strong links to the famous Belgian circuit. It was here that Bruce McLaren scored the first Formula 1 victory for the team and, during last year’s British GT round, it was where the 12C GT3 secured a maiden pole position.”
The event, Round Four of the Series, will see the 12C GT3s on track wearing the distinctive liveries of six McLaren GT customer teams.  Chris Goodwin will be part of the driver line-up in one of Von Ryan Racing’s two 12C GT3s.  The French-based ART Grand Prix team, fresh from victory with the 12C GT3 in last weekend’s FFSA French GT round at Magny-Cours, will line up alongside Portuguese team ASM, with patriotic livery featuring green and red accents, and the Lapidus Racing car finished in white and McLaren Orange.  Belgium’s Boutsen-Ginion Racing team head to headline event of the Blancpain calendar, and their home event, running two cars both finished in a striking black and orange design. Gulf Racing completes the McLaren line-up with two cars wearing the famous blue and orange livery.
Ahead of the race, a high-quality short film has been produced in which McLaren GT ‘works’ driver Rob Bell previews the challenging 4.35 mile (7.004km) Spa-Francorchamps circuit, highlighting the challenges facing the teams and what it is that makes the 24 hours of Spa so appealing.  This preview film can be viewed or embedded at the official McLaren Automotive YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/WyT9gyscshQ.
Total 24 Hours of Spa gets underway at 16.00 (CEST) on Saturday, 28 July and will see more than 60 cars line up on the grid. Follow the action live, and track the progress of the 12C GT3s through the McLaren GT Pitwall (http://media.mclarenautomotive.com/pitwall) or @McLaren_GT on Twitter.

Some videos inc various ferrari's from sunday's brooklands breakfast meeting.

Today's blog covers video footage from some of the best supercars at the brooklands breakfast supercar sunday meet, these include video's from the hillclimb and the demonstration's from the mercedes benz world track.

The ferrari ff on the hill climb, great traction and noise.

Up next was the nissan, looked quite a handful up the hill.

The maserati gran turismo spyder looked very fast up the hill.

Marcos with a great sounding v8 rumbling up the hill:

More videos from the mc12, enzo,f40 amg c63 black series and the mclaren mp4-12 tomorrow :)

Test track action from the brooklands breakfast supercar sunday meet.

Here are various pictures of the supercars from sunday brooklands breakfast meet out on the mercedes benz world test track.

The Amg's did a display firstly:

Then the supercars lined up:



Barkaways beautifully restored Ferrari 250 gt lusso was on display, alongside there concours winning dino:



The very rare Jaguar Xj13:



Lancia stratos in the famous alitalia livery, this car was very loud and seemed to accelerate like nothing else there (also got a bit of a telling off from the marshals) a great sight to see:



Tomorrows blog will feature more of the supercars on the test track.

More supercars from sundays brooklands meet.

Todays blog will cover more of sunday supecars.

There was another enzo on display:







Stunning Ferrari F40:



Ferrari 599 gto:




Black Ferrari 430 scuderia:



Ferrari 360 stradale:



Mclaren mp4-12, the volcano red paintwork on this car is stunning, clearly alot of time and effort has gone into the paintwork and finish, possibly the best factory finish I have ever seen.




Mercedes benz amg sls:



Alfa romeo 8c:




Tomorrows blog will include pictures from the mercedes benz world test track, with most of the above on display.

Coverage of the supercars at brooklands

Here is abit more coverage from the brooklands supercar sunday breakfast meeting last sunday. Great turnout on what could of been another wet and windy day. Some very rare cars on display.

The entry fee was a reasonable £10, which gave entry into the whole museum.

The gates opened at 10am, then at 11-11.30 there was hill demonstrations (got to feel sorry for the porsche gt3 constantly catching the front bumper) 1.30-2.30 saw demonstrations on the mercedes benz world test track and finally 3.45-4.30 more hill runs. The layout of the day worked very well and the time was spaced well, there was always enough to see or do inbetween the demonstration runs.

In todays blog I will include pictures of some of the supercars on display (many more blog posts and pictures to come) Dependant on what way you walked in you were greeted by a very rare sight, a Ferrari Enzo,Maserati mc12,ferrari f50,the new Ferrari 458 spider and the ac 378 gt zagato.




 A truly lovely sight was the Enzo parked up next to the Maserati mc12, very easy to forget just how rare these cars are with only 50 mc12's available to buy when they finished production, in comparison with the 400 enzo's produced.




Great to see such rare cars out on display and being used on the test track (photo's to come) gave people a great insight into how supercar technology has changed from the basic ferrari f40 to the current 458 spider.

Tomorrows blog will cover other supercars at the event.