Carrera Digital 124 Ford Capri Zakspeed Turbo "Würth-Kraus-Zakspeed"
Item No. 23870
Klaus Ludwig's number one
In front of me is the 124-scale Ford Capri Turbo from the 1980 German Racing Championship.
The famous winning car of driver Klaus Ludwig, who won the most of the 13 races held in 1980, but missed out on the title after being disqualified in the first two races for a non-compliant rear spoiler, which cost him 25 championship points. Hans Heyer became champion at the time.
The Capri of the famous Zakspeed team, the racing team from Niederzissen in the Eifel region that had been racing since 1968, was powered by a 1.4 l engine developed by Zakspeed itself. The engine was a further development of the BDA powerplant designed by Cosworth for Ford, based on the 1.3 l Kent engine. The Ford weighed 830 kg and produced 600 hp. Initially, the car still had the large rear wing, but after this was banned, a large diffuser shaft was developed for the chassis to increase abrasion, and a smaller rear wing was installed. The Capri was the first Group 5 Capri with a so-called ground-effect underbody, modeled on the Formula 1 of the time: the turbo Capri exhibits completely different handling than other racing cars, especially in fast corners – the faster you go, the more the car is capable.
The original vehicle is now owned by the MK Mücke Motorsport Team. The racing team, which is also involved in the DTM, the ADAC Masters, and the FIA Formula 3, among others, uses the car in classic races, including the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix. These days, the car's power has been reduced to around 540 hp. Owner Stefan Mücke commented on this in an interview: "By the way, we don't drive at the limit in terms of power at these events. The cars may have had over 600 hp back then, but the engines often blew up. So, in order not to overtax it, but still be able to compete at the front, around 540 hp is enough for us." And various class wins show that the Mücke Motor Sport Team is not wrong in this regard.
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Item No. 23870
Klaus Ludwig's number one
In front of me is the 124-scale Ford Capri Turbo from the 1980 German Racing Championship.
The famous winning car of driver Klaus Ludwig, who won the most of the 13 races held in 1980, but missed out on the title after being disqualified in the first two races for a non-compliant rear spoiler, which cost him 25 championship points. Hans Heyer became champion at the time.
The Capri of the famous Zakspeed team, the racing team from Niederzissen in the Eifel region that had been racing since 1968, was powered by a 1.4 l engine developed by Zakspeed itself. The engine was a further development of the BDA powerplant designed by Cosworth for Ford, based on the 1.3 l Kent engine. The Ford weighed 830 kg and produced 600 hp. Initially, the car still had the large rear wing, but after this was banned, a large diffuser shaft was developed for the chassis to increase abrasion, and a smaller rear wing was installed. The Capri was the first Group 5 Capri with a so-called ground-effect underbody, modeled on the Formula 1 of the time: the turbo Capri exhibits completely different handling than other racing cars, especially in fast corners – the faster you go, the more the car is capable.
The original vehicle is now owned by the MK Mücke Motorsport Team. The racing team, which is also involved in the DTM, the ADAC Masters, and the FIA Formula 3, among others, uses the car in classic races, including the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix. These days, the car's power has been reduced to around 540 hp. Owner Stefan Mücke commented on this in an interview: "By the way, we don't drive at the limit in terms of power at these events. The cars may have had over 600 hp back then, but the engines often blew up. So, in order not to overtax it, but still be able to compete at the front, around 540 hp is enough for us." And various class wins show that the Mücke Motor Sport Team is not wrong in this regard.
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