T.50: YOUR GUIDED TOUR OF MURRAY’S NEW SUPERCAR

SHARING THE NEED FOR SPEED

Like the McLaren F1, the T.50 uses Murray’s favoured three-seat layout, with central ‘jet fighter’ driving position. A sixspeed H-gate manual transmission will be used, to boost the analogue driving experience. A sequential manual shift was originally planned, but customers demanded an ‘old-fashioned’ H-gate.

LIGHTEST V12 EVER

The T.50 is powered by a new and specially developed 3.9-litre Cosworth V12, which Murray says is completely di erent from the Aston Martin Valkyrie’s Cosworth-developed V12. It’s naturallyaspirated – Murray hates turbos – and revs to 12,400rpm. It will, he says, be the lightest V12 ever and have the fastest engine response.

VIRTUAL LONG TAIL

The T.50’s rear-mounted fan is much more sophisticated than the ‘fan car’ Murray did before – the Brabham BT46B that won the 1978 Swedish GP before being banned. It can even fill the trailing wake of air at very high speed, essentially giving the streamlining and stability of a long-tail design.

DE CLUTTERED DESIGN

The 400mm rear fan creates so much downforce that big wings and cavernous ducts are unnecessary. It’s a beautifully clean design, as was Murray’s McLaren F1. Final aero tuning is being done in the wind tunnel of F1 team Racing Point (the artists formerly known as Force India).

DEGREES OF DOWNFORCE

The fan not only rapidly accelerates air passing under the car, creating downforce, it can also reduce downforce at very high speed, when fixed-aero cars frequently have too much drag. The fan, working interactively with the upper and lower body surfaces, automatically controls and optimises downforce as the speed varies.