Yutaka Awazuhara, Monster Tajima and Mate Rimac in front of their Pikes Peak challenger.
For the past couple of weeks, Rimac Automobili Facebook page was filled with teasers about a special racing vehicle for a special race. That ‘special race’ is no longer a secret, as Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima and visited Zagreb, Croatia and made an announcement that Monster and Rimac have teamed up to create a 1MW, 1,341hp race vehicle with yet unknown torque.
Teaser image from Rimac Automobili Facebook page shows the 1MW racecar without the aerodynamic package.
Rimac Automobili is world known for its 1,088hp Concept_One electric car, with the company further expanding their line up with Greyp electric bikes, which is now a stand-alone company – as well as their collaboration with Koenigsegg on their Regera hypercar, a 1500hp hybrid monster.
After serving the inaugural Formula E championship with Concept_One as Race Director Vehicle, the time has come to push forward with building a race car as well. First challenge is no other than 93rd edition of legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race, which takes place on June 28 (practice 23-26), 2015.
In preparation for the race, this is a video that shows Monster-Rimac 1MW challenger:
Now, the question beckons, for which record will Monster Rimac go… for electric or overall record. To show you just how crazy Pikes Peak can get, this is a video of Sebastien Loeb breaking the overall record, setting the time of eight minutes thirteen seconds.
Now, the main question is…
Yutaka Awazuhara, Monster Tajima and Mate Rimac in front of their Pikes Peak challenger.
Can they break the record?
