Modena Wycombe

Modena Wycombe Ltd. (also: Team Modena ) is a car workshop and a motor racing team in High Wycombe, England . The family company was founded in 1975.

Modena Wycombe sells and maintains high quality sports cars and super sports cars , such as Lamborghini , Maserati and Pagani . The Modena team is independent of the manufacturer in the Le Mans Series (until 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series), in which it competes with an Aston Martin DB9 converted for the "LMGT1" class.

The company produces its own accessories for motorsport, such as those made of carbon fiber . Due to the experience in this area, companies such as McLaren , Alfa Romeo , BMW and Yamaha also worked with Modena Wycombe.

Modena Wycombe built the Schuppan 962CR as early as 1994 under the direction of Australian racing driver Vern Schuppan . A Japanese car dealership acted as the sponsor, because Schuppan had been particularly successful in Japan.

successes

The following successes were achieved with the Aston Martin DB9 / 101 in 2005:

• September winner of the 1000 km Le Mans Endurance Series in the GT1 class at the Nürburgring
• October pole position in Zhuhai in the FIA GT Championship
• November pole position in Dubai at the FIA ​​GT
• November winner in Bahrain at the FIA ​​GT