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No85
SPYKER AUTOMOBIELEN BV
SPYKER C8 DOUBLE 12 R LM GT
Kox P. (NL) / Simon N. (DE) / Hugenholtz J. (NL)
The Spyker is one of the new and more unusual cars at Le Mans. The Company producing the car is a new company and they are producing 3 road cars as well as the Double12 racing car. The main unusual feature of the race car is its aluminium body which thus far has been unpainted. The majority of its competitors feature composite bodywork but Spyker claim that the car is not overweight and that they decided to use aluminium bodywork on the racing cars to "advertise" the aluminium bodies of the road cars. They also claim it is easy to repair after an accident. They entered one cars at the Sebring 12 hours but they were plainly very new and under-developed. By the test weekend the one car entered was running very reliably and setting times towards the middle of the class grid. A spokesman stated that the Spa 24hrs race would reveal the cars
true potential as presently they are carrying extra weight and engine restrictions as they have yet to produce enough production cars. Spa regulations allow them to run unrestricted. 3 experienced drivers and reliability could see a good finish for this new cars first Le Mans.
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