Rimac might have supplied a primary glimpse at a single-seat monitor automotive within the works, which Rimac CEO and founder Mate Rimac has hinted will outpace present Components 1 automobiles and top-level endurance racers.
As first famous by The Supercar Weblog, web page 9 of the newest situation of Rimac’s official journal exhibits a sketch depicting a trio of automobiles, with the automotive within the foreground probably being the brand new monitor automotive.
Web page from Rimac Journal 2024 – Situation 4
The automotive seems to characteristic an open-wheel design and closed cockpit, much like the McLaren Solus GT monitor automotive.
Behind it within the sketch is the Rimac Nevera and its extra hardcore variant, the Nevera R.
Rimac Nevera R
Information of the monitor automotive was first revealed by Mate Rimac in August in the course of the debut of the Nevera R.
He described the automotive as a single-seater with a closed cockpit, using a platform unrelated to the one within the Nevera. He additionally talked about that the reveal would in all probability occur in 2024, although it’s now more likely to happen someday in 2025.
The brand new Rimac is not the one monitor automotive trying to outpace the world’s high race automobiles. Main F1 crew Purple Bull Racing can also be growing a monitor automotive, albeit one with two seats. Purple Bull’s automotive is referred to as the RB17, and the corporate has confirmed it can characteristic a naturally aspirated V-10 mated with a mild-hybrid system for a mixed output of 1,200 hp. It will likely be among the many final designs from Adrian Newey, at the least for Purple Bull, because the star aerodynamicist joins Aston Martin in 2025.
