- 1,115
- Rivera
- Tsukishima-TDUDT
The Praga R1 is a sportscar made by Slovakian car manufacturer Praga Racing. After the first Praga R1 was built in 2012. Official Praga testdriver Danny van Dongen drove the car for the first time on October 10, 2012. Production of the R1 began in March 2013.
The R1 is powered by a 2.0-liter Formula Renault engine generating 210 hp and 220 lb-ft of torque. That's enough to push the car to over 260 km/h. The engine output may not sound like much, until you consider the body generates a remarkable 862 kg. of downforce, 1.5 times its weight.
A specific customer from Slovakia decided to get his dream car in full-carbon look. As easy as it may look at a glance, simply not paint the body panels with ordinary colour, things were much more complicated this time. All the members of the hand making crew had to pay a very special attention to the details, as this body finish shows every single detail of the “naked” body and especially carbon-fibre structure. A very special task was to put all the body panels together so they are in line with each other.
The one off version of Praga R1 is a turbocharged model with some 350 hp yet weights in at less than 600 kg. This black projectile has an exceptional power to weight ratio of only 2,32 kg per kilowatt! Or in other words 585 hp per tone. Just for comparison, Praga R1′s best time on SlovakiaRing is 2:06,69. Turbocharged version manages one lap on the same 5,92 km long circuit in 1:58.41. Being almost 9 seconds faster than already quick R1 which in terms of track performance is fully comparable to 3-4 times more expensive FIA GT3 cars is mind boggling.
Specs:
________________________________________________________________________
