Introducing the City Challenge VIP Race Shuttle

During the Budapest City Challenge, the official City Challenge VIP Race Shuttle will be making its debut. The City Challenge VIP Race Shuttle is a Porsche 911 (997) GT3 car that has a second race seat built in, allowing for selected VIPs to get the unique opportunity of a passenger ride around the circuit at high speed! There is no way to get closer to the real racing action.

The Porsche 911 GT3 is powered by a flat six-cylinder boxer engine with a displacement of 3,598 cc. The maximum output is 309 kW (420 hp), the maximum torque is 420 Nm and the engine revs up to a maximum speed of 8,400 rpm. In race trim, the car weighs 1,150 kilograms, resulting into a very favourable power-to-weight ratio of only 2.7 kg per horsepower.

The gearbox is a six-speed sequential dog-type box. The suspension of the front wheels has a McPherson spring-strut axle lay-out with Sachs gas pressure shock absorbers, double coil springs (main and ancillary spring), an adjustable sword-type anti-roll bar, front axle arms with adjustable camber, a re-inforced front axle crossbar, power steering with electro-hydraulic pressure supply and three-piece BBS light alloy wheels (9J x 18) with central locking. The rear axle is a multi-arm axle with a rigidly mounted axle subframe, Sachs gas pressure shock absorbers, double coil springs, rear axle track arms with adjustable camber, a re-inforced and infinitely adjustable rear axle tiebar, an adjustable sword-type anti-roll bar, complete infinitely adjustable suspension (height, camber, track) and three-piece BBS light alloy wheels (11J x 18) with central locking.

The Porsche 911 GT3 is being used in Porsche's various one-make series all over the world, including the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, in endurance races - and now also as the official City Challenge VIP Race Shuttle. At the Hungaroring, the car's official driver is 22-year old German Frank Kechele, a professional racing driver in the German ADAC GT Masters.