IN PartNerSHIP WIth A1GP WorLD CUP of MotorSPort SHOW FEATURES SKYC I TY Su P ercar Show The SKYCITY Supercar Show in partnership with A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will be split into four sections: LuXury ON WheeLS On display are cars from some of the World’s most famous marques, including Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin, Porsche and Ferrari. Race PLace Gaze at the finely tuned speed machines that sprint around racing circuits, and learn how top drivers progress from kart racing, to competing with Black Beauty powered by Ferrari. GreeN MachINES Discover how today’s most energy efficient vehicles work. Models from Hyundai, Lexus, and Volkswagen will be on display – including a diesel/ electric powered rally car. VIrtuaL RacING Feel the rush as you go up against your mates in one of the race simulators. SKYC I TY Su P ercar Show TECH SPECS WITH FLEX Car enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to gain unique insight into the preparation of New Zealand’s premier race car next week at the SKYCITY Supercar Show in partnership with A1GP. A1 Team New Zealand’s Data Engineer, Jonathan Moury aka “Flex”, will be running daily seminars on the technical specifications and set up of Black Beauty, A1 Team New Zealand’s ‘Powered by Ferrari’ A1GP car, throughout the show. The Belgian worked in several race series around the world, including the Le Mans Endurance Series, World Touring Car Championship, British Touring Car Series, FIA-GT, and the Victory Challenge America’s Cup campaign before joining A1 Team New Zealand. The audience will learn about aspects of race preparation, race simulation, data analysis and will be given the opportunity to ask questions to both John and A1 Team New Zealand drivers Chris Van Der Drift, Jonny Reid and Earl Bamber. Tech Specs with Flex seminars, will run between 2.30pm - 3.15pm daily throughout the duration of the show. Carries no additional charge. THE CARS SKYC I » McLaren F1 LM Road Car TY » McLaren M8A Can-Am Class » Aston Martin DBS » Aston Martin V8 Vantage » Ferrari ENZO Su » Ferrari 430 Scuderia » Jaguar XF SV8 » Jaguar XKR P » Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder » Audi RS6 Avant ercar » Audi R8 » Audi Q5 3.0 TDI (New Zealand Launch) » Bentley Continental Flying Spur » Lexus ISF » Porsche GT2/ Gen II 911 » Porsche Cayman S » Porsche Cayenne Turbo » Porsche Boxster Show » Renault Megane R26 F1 Edition » Volvo C30 T5 » Volvo XC 60D5 (New Zealand Launch) » Land Rover Range Rover Sport » Land Rover Defender 90 SVT » Land Rover Discovery 3 » A1GP 08/09 Powered by Ferrari » A1GP 05/06 - A1GP 07/08 Powered by Lola/Zytek » Porsche 2008 997 GT3 Cup Car » Ford Fiesta ST150, Winning NZ Rally Championship N3 car and winner of NZ Fiesta Sporting Challenge Sponsor NZ Truth » Mitsubishi Evo 9 RS, Pirelli Star Challenge, Sponsor Citizen Watches » Kosmic TS28 Junior Yamaha Class Kart » Kart Rotax Heavy » Lexus GS450h » Volkswagen Polo Blue Motion » Volkswagen Polo Rally Car » Volkswagen Jetta Blue Motion » Volkswagen Passat Blue Motion SKYC I AStoN MartIN DBS TY The newest model from Aston Martin and featured in the latest James Bond film. Su P ercar Show AUDI Q5 The new Audi Q5 will make its first appearance at this show. This new entrant into the SVU segment combines a dynamism of a sports sedan with an impressively versatile SVU interior. SKYC I FerrarI ENZO TY Named after the founder of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari, it is one of the most powerful naturally aspirated (petrol powered) cars in the world. Produced between 2003 – 2004, only 400 were ever made making it especially rare on New Zealand roads. This is the only one in New Zealand. Not surprisingly it typically trades above US$1 million at auction. Su Also capable of incredible speeds it can reach 100kph from a standing start in just 3.14 seconds and tops out at around 368 kph. It will cover quarter of a mile in approximately 11 seconds! The Enzo is pushed along P by Ferrari's F140 65° V12 with 4 valves per cylinder, dual overhead cams and variable valve timing. ercar FerrarI 430 ScuDERIA First unveiled by Michael Schumacher at the Frankfurt Motorshow in 2007 the 430 Scuderia very much picks up where the Enzo left off in terms of performance and incorporates many styling cues from classic Ferrari's produced over the years. So it's not only sexy but it's blisteringly quick too with a top speed of 319 kph and 0-100 kph time of 3.1 seconds. Based on the Ferrari 430 the 430 Scuderia weighs 100kg less and incorporates super fast shifting - helping to make it one of the fastest cars Show from an acceleration perspective. LamborghINI GALLarDO SPYDer This car reaches a top speed of 314kph with the roof up and 307kph with the roof down. Accelerating from 0 to 100kph in 4.3 seconds. SKYC I TY Su P ercar McLareN F1 RoaD Car Until recently this was the fastest legal road car in the World. With a top speed of 386 kph it is nothing short of a rocket on wheels. Capable of going from 0 to 100kph in just 3.1 seconds the McLaren is powered by a 6.1-litre 60° BMW S70 V12 engine. It was also one of the first production cars to use a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis and made use of other expensive materials like carbon fibre, titanium, gold, magnesium and kevlar. First introduced in 1993 there were only 106 of these rare machines ever Show built (and only 64 were road legal like the one on show). Manufacturing ceased in 1998. McLareN M8A M8A-2, Denny Hulme’s car was constructed at the McLaren Colnbrook factory in England in early 1968 by the team, which included New Zealanders Colin Beanland, Cary Taylor, George Begg and Chris Charles. The two M8As were only just ready in time for the opening round of the 1968 Can-Am series in North America and at Elkhart Lake the McLaren Team pulled several all nighters to make the cars raceworthy. PorSche GT2/ GEN II 911 The classic Supercar. 390kW (530hp) @ 6,500 rpm and can do 0 to 100kph in 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 329kph. NEW ZEALAND’S A1GP DRIVERS SKYC I ChrIS vaN Der DrIft TY Hometown: Hamilton, NZ Lives: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Age: 22 Su Hamilton born Chris van der Drift carries New Zealand’s hopes into the country’s home race of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport at the Taupo Motorsport Park over the weekend of 23-25 January. While he may not P have been on the radar for many Kiwi motorsport fans over the past few seasons,Van der Drift’s time spent on the tough European racing circuit ercar will stand him in good stead as he tackles his first home race for three years. In 2008 van der Drift won the International Formula Master championship in style, claiming six race wins and a total of ten trips to the podium. There has never been an International Formula Master race in New Zealand, but to put the speed of the cars in perspective, they are placed in between a New Zealand Toyota Racing Car, and an A1GP car. Racing in Europe is especially competitive, so the race-craft and results van der Drift has earned over his last few years of competition no doubt pr Show oves him as a top choice to drive Black Beauty at Taupo. Van der Drift has clocked up some strong mileage behind the wheel of Black Beauty, driving her in the first official test day of the current A1GP season. Following this, he lined up for his first race weekend for New Zealand at China’s Chengdu circuit. The weekend didn’t reward the team with the results they were after; the best result was seventh place in the Sprint race. But the break over Christmas has allowed time to further refine Black Beauty’s technical settings before Taupo to ensure Chris has the best equipment to do the job. Hamilton was home for van der Drift for many years, until both his parents and grandmother sold their homes and moved to Europe, to invest in Chris’ career and give him the chance to provehimself. Now based in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, van der Drift is rarely at his European base due to his busy racing calendar. Chris’s first foray in car racing came about after he won the European Formula BMW scholarship.The prize paid for part of the season’s racing, but van der Drift’s family had to cover the rest of the budget. The investment was rewarded by his winning the Rookie of the Year title, and securing fourth overall. Rookie of the Year titles also followed for van der Drift in 2006 in the Formula Renault Eurocup and NEC championships, before moving to the European Formula Master championship in 2007, where he secured second place in his first year in the category. An adrenaline junkie, ‘Vandy’ as his friends call him, rates skydiving as one of the most exciting things he’s done outside of driving race cars. SKYC I EarL Bamber TY Hometown: Wanganui, NZ Lives: Wanganui, NZ Age: 18 Su Wanganui’s Earl Bamber is a young Kiwi on a mission – a motor-racing mission! At just 18-yearsold, Bamber has already competed in more than 100 motor races. More impressively – he’s won more than a quarter of P these races, a race to win ratio achieved by very few drivers in the world.