WHAT’S IT LOOK LIKE? From what we can see it looks like anything you would expect to come from a Musk company. Sleek, sexy and electrifying with a dash of ‘07 Formula One, maybe?
WHO IS GOING TO DRIVE IT? An unprecedented super group of former and current F1 greats: Alonso, Verstappen, Vettel, Button, Le Mans veteran Webber and two generations of Räikkönen. Robin Räikkönen’s entry marks the youngest LMPE entrant to date.
HOW FAST IS IT? Quite fast by the looks of it. Pre-race tests recorded an unearthly 452,8 kph on the Mulsanne Straight, slightly edging out the old record set by a petrol powered hybrid.
WHAT IS HYPERDRIVE? Good question: nobody really knows. A lot of mystery and theatricals clouded the big red button in the middle of the steering wheel. Elon Musk was quoted saying ‘it has to do with something we learned in space’.
WHAT’S THAT SOUND? Pre-race testing bystanders reported a haunting high-pitched noise with a rumbling bass tone coming from Tesla Squad’s prototype. As we warmly welcome a different sound in modern day racing, we can’t help but wonder: that sound?
The car’s bodywork blends virtual and physhical elements. The so called active liveries were introduced in 2021. It’s nothing more than an incredibly accurate projection mapping, visible only on your TV-screen, or on a virtual reality headset.
On the Charging Lane the computer takes over and the driver cannot steer. He can however decide the speed with which he travels through the Lane. Drive too slowly and you’ll lose valuable seconds, drive too fast and you’ll cease to fully brim up.
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