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Bentley Continental GT3
The Continental GT3 hails Bentley's return to motorsports following an eight-year absence. Customers have been pushing for the firm to do a racing car. 'This kind of project has always been in the background and we were waiting for the opportunity,' says head of exterior design David Hilton. His main challenge was working within the FIA rules: 'The spoiler had to be a certain size, and it cannot be any higher than the roof. The centre line has to be exactly the same as the production car.' He also dropped the car's weight by 35% through design tweaks here and there and replacing the Continental's interior with a simple mould made of carbon-fibre. Hilton admits that much of what he's learnt from the project will naturally filter down to the road cars. 'Stylistically we're obviously not going to have road cars that are 10mm off the ground. But we are looking at doing a limited number of these to sell to customers for personal racing.'