Gemballa Racing Comes With Two McLaren MP4-12C GT3s For The 2012 Motorsport Season

by Ron Grant

Team owner and GEMBALLA investor, Steffen Korbach has started a new Gemballa racing team, which will be competing in the 2012 motor sport season with two McLaren MP4-12C GT3s.

Sascha Bert was called as team manager for the motor sport involvement. In the course of his career Bert has stood on the winners’ podium at the 24-hour race, for example.

“We chose the McLaren MP4-12C GT3 because we think this car has the potential to be one of the season’s leaders,” Korbach explained. “We have also put together a team of drivers and mechanics who are proven winners. Racing is in our blood! We want to win!”

The MP4-12C GT3 racecar features a 3.8-litre, twin-turbo V8 engine, bespoke racing gearbox, carbon safety cell, race front splitter, large fixed rear wing, optimised air vents at the front and a racing diffuser at the rear. The steering wheel with integrated display is an ode to Formula 1. Although it features the same ‘M838T’ twin turbo 3.8 liter McLaren V8 engine that is found in the road going car, for The MP4-12C GT3 the engine has been de-tuned to 500PS, and limited to 7,500rpm, to provide optimum power for this performance-balanced race car.

According to the brand, the team and drivers will soon be announced. Gemballa racing is intended to underline Gemballa’s racing expertise. The new Gemballa racing SE is an independent company headed by Gemballa Supervisory Board director Marco Marquardt and will be devoted exclusively to motor racing.

Office workers are made up of parts of the whole, working on the project.
Vector illustration of teamwork concept. Office workers are made up of parts of the whole, working on the project.
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Source: Gemballa Racing

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