It looks like a Group B WRC car, sounds like an IndyCar, packs almost 800hp and launches on electric power – what exactly is HondaRacing_HPD's 'Beast' all about? 🤔 Find out 👇
The car is a one-off build – which looks like a reimagining of a Group B rally car – and was conceptualized by the engineering brainboxes at Honda Performance Development in Santa Clarita, California.
At the back, it’s pretty much an entire IndyCar rear end in terms of engine, suspension and gearbox, with the hybrid’s supercapacitors and motor generator unit bolted on to the back. Having admired the engineering, I get racesuited and booted with helmet and HANS device on, and it’s quite a squeeze through the butterfly doors into the passenger bucket racing seat to get strapped into the safety harness. Hinchliffe then jumps on board, and after a handshake and pleasantries, we’re good to go.
They’ve been racing around these streets since 1975, and Long Beach held Formula 1 grands prix between ’76 and ’83, before becoming a staple of Indy car racing. It’s amazing to get this view of the track at speed, and I can even spot my hotel room window on the run into the right-hander down Pine Avenue!
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