The 2024 Monterey Automotive Week kicked off with the Pebble Seashore Tour d’Magnificence on August 15. The convoy was led by a reasonably Bugatti, whose journey we’ve been following ever because it left Europe earlier this month – the one-off EB110 Sport Competizione.
The massive occasion although, is on Sunday, when this particular automobile will go up towards some heavyweights for prime honors on the Concours d’Magnificence. This 12 months, the organizers have launched a brand new class of BPR and FIA GT race automobiles from the Nineties. The EB110 is competing on this class, which additionally features a McLaren F1, Ferrari F40, Mercedes CLK GTR and a Porsche 911 GT1.
Other than being a one-off, what makes the EB110 Sport Competizione so particular is that it’s an precise race automobile that was already road-legal in interval. It has a bespoke exterior, making it barely wider than the inventory EB110 SS highway automobile. The broader wheel wells occupy large BBS rims, whereas the rear includes a mounted dual-plane spoiler.
Constructed round chassis no. ZA9BB02E0SCD39044, the EB110 Sport Competizione was raced by the Monaco Racing Staff within the IMSA championship and within the BPR sequence. It was pushed by Derek Hill and ex-Method 1 driver Patrick Tambay at Watkins Glen, Sears Level and the Suzuki 1000 km.
The EB110 SC additionally entered the Le Mans 24 Hours. Nonetheless, a crash throughout pre-qualifying meant it was dominated out from competing in the principle race. It has had a storied previous and is definitely among the many prime contenders this 12 months.
We nonetheless imagine that the EB110 is the one to be careful for in the event you have a look at supercars as an funding. As a good friend of ours rightly put it, “…think about – only for a minute – what’s going to occur to EB110 values, if the Bugatti EB110 Sport Competizione ‚IMSA‘ would win its class – towards the McLaren F1 – on Sunday!!!”
