Recently, Bugatti hosted the the first officially released track event for the Bolide hypercar At Circuit Paul Ricard in France—an occasion that provided the first chance for owners to pilot their multimillion-dollar, race-specific vehicles. (Of course, this excludes the one owner who had previously) had rented out Circuit of the Americas exclusively for his own use ,)
However, Bugatti didn’t allow the owners to dive straight into their over-1,500-horsepower, W-16 track beasts immediately. They believed it was wiser to begin the drivers off with something less intense. What was that milder option? A Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
Sure, it makes sense for a Porsche to be utilized since Porsche has an interest in Bugatti through the Bugatti-Rimac partnership. the 518-hp GT3 RS is clearly made for attacking road courses, as it comes fitted with a F1-esque drag reduction system, a central radiator sitting in the front luggage compartment, and a suspension that has individual compression and rebound adjustments for each axle. It's the sort of car that requires a steep learning curve to master... yet it was the car used as a set of training wheels for the Bolide.
For the event, each driver was paired with an expert instructor during their morning driving the GT3 RS, before finally being allowed to climb behind the wheel of their Bolide. (Bugatti "Pilote Officiels" Bruno Spengler and Andy Wallace, who've racked up a ridiculous amount of professional racing wins between them, were on hand to assist as well.) With only four Bolides sharing the 3.63-mile course, suffice it to say, the event sounds like yet another refutation of Christopher Wallace's famous maxim ; that day, at least, more money didn't certainly equal more problems.
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