OnBoard a Viper GTS-R GT1 at Mugello Circuit: 8.0L V10 Engine Sound!

Let's go back again to last year's Mugello Racing Weekend, organized by PNK Motorsport, during which this Viper GTS-R was fielded in the Masters Endurance Legends series by Masters Historic Racing. The car should be chassis C45 which, from the little I've found, should be an Italian-owned car that raced especially in the Italian GT championship from 2003 to 2006, plus a couple of appearances in the Italian rounds of the FIA ​​GT, fielded in the GT1 class with the related upgrades.
During the Mugello Racing Weekend this Viper was managed by GPX Group/GPX Historic and driven by Victor Jabouille, son of Jean-Pierre Jabouille.

The GTS-R was born because Dodge wished to showcase the potential capabilities of their new car, the Viper, mostly in the realm of handling. At the same time, Dodge also hoped to increase sales in Europe where importation of the Viper had struggled. Dodge's parent, Chrysler, therefore approved the development of a racing program focused on the Viper GTS which was still in development at the time. Chrysler believed that in order to adapt their car not only for North American but also European circuits, they would require outside assistance. In 1995 the development of the car started in partnership with French company Oreca, which would also have built and maintained the cars, and British company Reynard Motorsport, which was in charge of building the chassis and other integral parts before they were shipped to Oreca for assembly. The Viper GTS-R was built under the GT1/GTS-1 class rules in order to be raced in both the FIA-GT and the North American IMSA GT championships. Oreca was chosen to run Chrysler's official factory teams in Europe. For North America, Chrysler would recruit the Canaska/Southwind Team as their factory effort.

As soon as its racing career started in 1996, Chrysler understood that the GT1-class wasn't suitable for the GTS-R due to the presence of GT monsters such as the Porsche 911 GT1, McLaren F1 and later the upcoming Mercedes CLK, etc. Instead the Viper would make a perfect GT2 contender and as a first step the class victory at Le Mans was a more reasonable project.
Starting from the GT1 basis, Oreca and Mopar Performance spent the winter of 1996/97 re-engineering the car to GT2 specifications and developing a proper racing engine with Caldwell. As a result the Viper won the FIA GT2 championship out pacing the Porsches, the absolute reference in GT for decades, but failed at Le Mans. For 1998 the GTS-R saw considerable development with a lighter chassis, better aero, much improved suspension and a more reliable engine. For the 1998 and 1999 seasons, Oreca Vipers had no real opposition and largely dominated the FIA-GT, Le Mans and ALMS. 2000 would be the last year of Oreca as a factory team, this final season seeing intense battles with the all new and more advanced Corvette C5R built upon new regulations.
In 2001 the regulations changed as the GT world saw the advent of a new GT1 category. The Viper still had considerable potential and was upgraded with improved specifications and developed by the private teams. In an ultimate effort, Oreca developed in 2003 a new GT1 upgrade package for the Viper (generally the GTS-Rs featuring larger rear wings are, in theory, with this GT1 trim). The car is powered by a 8.0-litre V10 engine which was able to produce 620hp at 6,500 rpm and 800 Nm of torque and linked to a 6 speed manual gearbox.

Although the production cars have mostly been known as Dodge Vipers, the Dodge brand didn't sell the Viper in Europe. Because of this, the new race cars built in Europe were entered in competitions as Chrysler Viper GTS-Rs. However cars racing in North America usually ran under the Dodge banner, making them Dodge Viper GTS-Rs. This naming difference therefore depends on location and region. The cars themselves actually carried no badging for either Chrysler or Dodge, with only the Viper GTS-R name appearing on the side of the bonnet.

0:00 Start Up & Pit Exit
0:55 Mix OnBoard & External Scenes
2:49 One Lap OnBoard
5:07 External Scenes
7:32 Another Lap OnBoard

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Event: Mugello Racing Weekend 2024 by PNK Motorsport
Where: Mugello Circuit, Italy

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