With a day in the PDK GT3 behind us in the UK, today is about the manual. We’re in Granada, Spain, at the GT3 launch officially, and the Racing Yellow car is a manual. We were originally told we’d not get a go in the six-speed, three-pedal car until later in the year. Andreas Preuninger said over dinner last night that they had a few ready, so why not? Why not indeed, this perhaps the most eagerly anticipated car since the 911 R: a car that, somewhat unsurprisingly, it’s being compared with.
You know the stats: it’s got a 500hp, 4.0-litre engine, the R’s diffuser underneath the back and a raised rear wing positioned a bit further back. For reference, that’s 997 GT3 RS levels of downforce, 155kg, or 20…