Video: F1 engine in a Tourism Car

Please, first of all, watch this video and then continue reading the article.

One of the most thrilling racing series is going to face 2012 championship with an unbelievable new technical approach. "TC2000" is going to use v8 engines with Formula 1 specifications.

Its the second time in the racing history that a racing category with front wheel traction decides to use v8 engine with a lot of horsepower.
BTCC tried in 1994 this combination and they found that there is a natural limitation of horsepower in this kind of cars. Everytime that they pass 330 horsepower the cars were undriveable. They tried it and failed at racing with such a big engine.
BTCC opted to change the traction configuration, they switch to AWD (all whell drive)

This is the v8 engine: Built by Radical (made in England)

Model name:SR8 LM.
Peak Power: 450bhp
Peak Torque: 250 ft/lb




More pictures of this tourism series:

Do you remember this guy? He is

Jose Maria Lopez

ex Renault F1 tester and he was about to race in Formula One with Peter Windsor team: USGP (also known as USF1). Nowadays linked by rumours as a reserve driver of HRT.

If you are still interested in learning more about TC2000 you should watch this videos:
One of the best races of TC2000 ever:


This is a video made to commemorate

Norberto Fontana

2011 title. The first part of the video shows career highlights including his races in Formula One with Sauber. At 3min 18sec, the video shows a lot of video footage about the best of his TC2000 title (highly reccommend it)

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