Murray to unleash more powerful and even lighter racing T.50

• Racing version generates in excess of 1,500kg of downforce – 170% more than its weight
• Even lighter – racing T.50 weighs just 890kg
• Even more powerful – race-tuned Cosworth V12 boasts more than 700PS; ram-induction pushes output past 730PS
• Murray: "We've changed hundreds of parts to optimise the car for racing and track use"
• Road-spec T.50 sold out with 48 hours of its global premiere

Gordon Murray Automotive has announced a racing-focused version of the T.50 supercar that will be even lighter, faster, and more powerful. With all of the road-going T.50 supercars selling out within 48 hours of the global premiere, customer demand has turned to the 25 super-exclusive and highly-individual racing models.

Priced at £3.1m (before taxes) the racing variant – codenamed T.50s – weighs just 890kg, while its Cosworth GMA V12 engine develops even more power. The new car also features a 1,758mm-wide delta wing mounted to the rear of the car, generating more than 1,500kg of downforce – 170% of the weight of the car.

Professor Gordon Murray: "With an unwavering focus on performance, and free from road-going legislation and maintenance considerations, the T.50s will achieve astonishing performance on track. We've thrown everything at pushing this car beyond the levels of anything that's been done before."

The extensively re-engineered T.50s features hundreds of significant revisions for race and track use over the road-going T.50. The stripped-back interior highlights the track focus and contributes to the new car's 94kg weight loss.

The Cosworth GMA V12 engine has been extensively reworked to extract maximum performance. Its power output is now boosted beyond 700PS through completely revised cylinder heads and camshafts, a higher compression ratio, plus an all-new free flow exhaust system.

Inside the T.50s, the cabin is entirely performance-focused. The driver sits centrally in a new carbon fibre racing seat fitted with a six-point harness. The steering wheel is a Formula One-style rectangular carbon fibre design.

Each T.50s buyer receives a full 'Trackspeed' individualisation package that includes set-up, training, racing and support.