The 777 Motors track toy is faster than an LMP1 racer

The rules of racing are often bent or broken but what happens when you simply ignore them? If you’re Italian startup 777 Motors you end up with a hypercar powered by an unrestricted LMP1 V-8 and weighing less than 1,980 lbs.

Built around a Dallara carbon fiber motorsports monocoque the 777 is driven by a naturally-aspirated Gibson 4.5-liter V-8, as used by several LMP1 teams. However, as the 777 isn’t registered to race, its full 800 horsepower is available. There’s a ‘push to pass’ button that gives an instant boost and allows the engine to rev to its 9000 rpm limit. It’s also been designed to run on e-fuels, which 777 says will reduced emissions by 65 percent.

Top speed is a claimed 229 mph, while the 777’s aerodynamics generate more than 4500 lbs of downforce. It can also pull an astonishing 4G in the corners. Its engineers have calculated that the 777 should be able to lap the Monza circuit in Italy in one minute 33 seconds, which is over two seconds quicker than the dominant Toyota GR010 Hypercar’s 2023 pole position time.

The 777 will clearly take serious skill to master so owners will be provided with artificial intelligence-based coaching at circuits including Varano in Italy and Indianapolis in the U.S.A. Customers will be provided with special biometric race suits that measure heart rate, body temperature and oxygen levels to ensure that the experience isn’t too overwhelming.

Just seven examples of the 777 will be built with prices starting, appropriately, at $7.7 million.