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Written by Ollie Kew
If you"ve not heard of the Invictus Games, you"re missing out on a truly inspiring sporting event: an international spectacle reserved for wounded, injured and sick (WIS) military veterans. Later this year, the main event will kick off in Sydney, Australia, but in the meantime, Invictus has a motorsport offshoot. And at the heart of it is this rather tremendous-looking Jaguar F-Type SVR GT4. It"s one of two specially-prepped racecars created by Jaguar Special Operations, and will be raced by injured servicemen and women from the British Armed forces. Invictus Games Racing has been set-up by the co-founder of the Superdry apparel brand James Holder, who competed in the 2016 British GT championship. After convincing Jaguar to build its first true GT racing car since 2007, SVO converted two F-Type SVRs from AWD to rear-wheel drive to comply with regulations, fitted race tyres, brakes, suspension and aerodynamics, plus the required safety equipment. The controls are modified to account for the drivers" injuries. Holder said: "Invictus Games Racing will enable ex-servicemen and women who have experienced physical or psychological trauma during service to compete against each other and the rest of the top-level racing field, in cars that are tailor-made for them. We wanted to give these men and women the chance to compete in a professional racing competition with the established teams."
Date written: 12 Jan 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10522
If you"ve not heard of the Invictus Games, you"re missing out on a truly inspiring sporting event: an international spectacle reserved for wounded, injured and sick (WIS) military veterans. Later this year, the main event will kick off in Sydney, Australia, but in the meantime, Invictus has a motorsport offshoot. And at the heart of it is this rather tremendous-looking Jaguar F-Type SVR GT4. It"s one of two specially-prepped racecars created by Jaguar Special Operations, and will be raced by injured servicemen and women from the British Armed forces. Invictus Games Racing has been set-up by the co-founder of the Superdry apparel brand James Holder, who competed in the 2016 British GT championship. After convincing Jaguar to build its first true GT racing car since 2007, SVO converted two F-Type SVRs from AWD to rear-wheel drive to comply with regulations, fitted race tyres, brakes, suspension and aerodynamics, plus the required safety equipment. The controls are modified to account for the drivers" injuries. Holder said: "Invictus Games Racing will enable ex-servicemen and women who have experienced physical or psychological trauma during service to compete against each other and the rest of the top-level racing field, in cars that are tailor-made for them. We wanted to give these men and women the chance to compete in a professional racing competition with the established teams."
Date written: 12 Jan 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10522