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Epic Track Showdown with 8 Ford Performance Models & Ford GT Racing Team Drivers

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EIGHT FORD PERFORMANCE MODELS + EIGHT FORD GT RACE DRIVERS = ONE EPIC TRACK SHOWDOWN!

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t’s the ultimate track showdown: Eight models from the Ford Performance global line-up on a circuit together for the very first time, pushed to their limits by the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team drivers.

In a new video from Ford Performance, filmed at the Motorland race circuit near Barcelona, Spain, the Ford F-150 Raptor; Fiesta ST, all-new Fiesta ST, Focus RS, new Mustang GT, Mustang GT350R, Ford GT road car and Ford GT race car go head-to-head in a staggered time trial around one lap of the 5.345 km circuit.

The sequence was filmed in partnership with Castrol Edge during a tight four-hour window, during which all eight Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team drivers took time-out from a pre-season Ford GT race car tyre test to shoot.

Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell, Olivier Pla and Stefan Mücke from the World Endurance Championship, and Dirk Müller, Joey Hand, Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, each took the wheel of a Ford Performance model – setting off at intervals and culminating in an eight-way battle through the final bends and finish straight. The time trial was the first and probably only chance to find out if a Fiesta ST could beat a Le Mans-winning Ford GT race car.


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To point out the Mustang GT is an EU car, so it is the same as a Performance Package.
 

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GT350R sound is just glorious. Also can't believe it's only 8 seconds slower than a Ford GT.
 

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GT350R sound is just glorious. Also can't believe it's only 8 seconds slower than a Ford GT.
One has to question if there is more marketing than all out race driving in this.
 

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That R just sounds incredible.
 

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Note how ford decided to use a left hand drive GT on UK plates.
I assume this is because Ford didn’t want to risk an embarrassing oil cooler failure and dumping oil over the track if they chose a right hand drive GT.
 

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SPOILER ALERT: DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED!

That's cool! Top 4 results were somewhat expected. Ford GT Race Car, Ford GT Road Car, GT305R, Mustang GT. Good watch.
 

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My only problem with this video is it should have been longer. Pretty sweet to watch!
 
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That was cool. I'm just glad the RS didn't beat the Mustang gt lol.
 
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Note how ford decided to use a left hand drive GT on UK plates.
I assume this is because Ford didn’t want to risk an embarrassing oil cooler failure and dumping oil over the track if they chose a right hand drive GT.
or maybe cause it was done in Spain and not the UK...
 

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What if they used a pp2 mustang gt?
 
 




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