Learn a little more about the speed participants
Speed is the queen category of every motor racing event. And in the 550 Challenge de Mallorca it could not be less and the champion will be proclaimed the one who manages to go faster, it is a continuous fight against the stopwatch to gain time to the rest of the teams.
In this edition, we have teams of five different nationalities (Spain, Germany, England, Austria and Holland), with vehicles of 9 different brands (Audi, Porsche, Ford, Mitsubishi, etc.). ), among which there are authentic vehicles that have raced in the World Rally Championship WRC, such as the Austrian team car of Rosenberger/Schwarz, the 2012 Citroen DS3 WRC or the car of the British team Ahlgren/Asworth, the 2008 Peugeot 207 S2000 with which the Irish driver Kris Meeke raced and won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge IRC.
The oldest cars in this category are:
1.- Lotus Europa GR.4 from 1967, 57 years old (Spanish team).
2.- Ford Escort RS 2000 of 1973 with 51 years (Spanish team)
3.- Ford Escort 1977 with 47 years old (German team)
Are you going to miss them? See you on the tracks to enjoy these gems of speed.