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Written by Tom Harrison
First, there was the Ferrari P4/5 a Pininfarina-bodied Enzo built especially for US car collector James Glickenhaus. It was very excellent, but not enough for Glickenhaus (our kind of guy, we"re sure you"ll agree), who quickly decided to build a racing version out of a donor 430 Scuderia so he could compete in the Nurburgring 24hrs. It was called the P4/5 Competizione, and it too was quite excellent. It burst into flames at the 2011 Ring 24, but bounced back a year later to win its class.The P4/5 all went a bit quiet after that. Glickenhaus turned his attention to the almost as lovely SCG003, which raced at the Ring in 2015, finishing 35th after a series of setbacks.But now the P4/5 is back, and it"s set to race alongside the SCG003 in this year"s VLN Endurance Series, starting with a four-hour race on April 2, and culminating in another crack at the Ring 24hrs.The P4/5 MKIII has an uprated battery pack (it"s a hybrid, see, but will run internal-combustion only for the first race), a new electronic control module and a new 4.3-litre Ferrari V8, here limited to 480bhp by the series" regs.Looking forward to seeing this thing in action again, Interwebs?
Date written: 31 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2777
First, there was the Ferrari P4/5 a Pininfarina-bodied Enzo built especially for US car collector James Glickenhaus. It was very excellent, but not enough for Glickenhaus (our kind of guy, we"re sure you"ll agree), who quickly decided to build a racing version out of a donor 430 Scuderia so he could compete in the Nurburgring 24hrs. It was called the P4/5 Competizione, and it too was quite excellent. It burst into flames at the 2011 Ring 24, but bounced back a year later to win its class.The P4/5 all went a bit quiet after that. Glickenhaus turned his attention to the almost as lovely SCG003, which raced at the Ring in 2015, finishing 35th after a series of setbacks.But now the P4/5 is back, and it"s set to race alongside the SCG003 in this year"s VLN Endurance Series, starting with a four-hour race on April 2, and culminating in another crack at the Ring 24hrs.The P4/5 MKIII has an uprated battery pack (it"s a hybrid, see, but will run internal-combustion only for the first race), a new electronic control module and a new 4.3-litre Ferrari V8, here limited to 480bhp by the series" regs.Looking forward to seeing this thing in action again, Interwebs?
Date written: 31 Mar 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2777
