BAC launches Mono Cup motor racing series
The British manufacturer of the world’s only road-legal, single-seater supercars - the BAC Mono and BAC Mono R - is launching a brand-new race series in the Middle East.
Liverpool-based Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) is making its first foray into motorsports with the launch of the Mono Cup, which starts this winter and continues into the new year.
Neill Briggs, BAC co-founder and director of product development, explained that in essence, each round will consist of two heats and a final.
“What that means is, wherever you started in the first heat will be reversed for the second heat, and then your two aggregate results will give you your starting position...for the final.
“It will breed lots of excitement, and lots of action, [it’s] essentially two sprint races with a slightly longer final.”
Briggs added the cup car’s engine is the result of iterations of the Mono’s 315hp and Mono R’s 343hp engines, resulting in the torque and power required for racing.
Other adaptations include a smaller airbox to help reduce drag and a new all carbon centre fixing wheel, front and rear, that is similar in appearance and principle to wheels on F1 cars.
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