Ford Capri 2600RS - Paul Ricard 1971 Hill-Surtees

Ford Capri 2600RS - Paul Ricard 1971 Hill-Surtees

The Capri was Ford’s successful adaptation of the Mustang to the European market. The name says it all, the marketing department of the manufacturer wanted to evoke, holidays, pizza and sun.
RS is the abbreviation for Rally Sport.

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The Capri was Ford’s successful adaptation of the Mustang to the European market. The name says it all, the marketing department of the manufacturer wanted to evoke, holidays, pizza and sun.
RS is the abbreviation for Rally Sport.

The RS 2600 was displayed in the 1970 Geneva Motor Show; manufactured in Ford’s German factory, its engine was developed by Weslake: lighter cylinders, modified suspension, shorter gear ratios, doors and bonnet lightweight, ventilated brake discs, wider wheels ... all aimed to meet the Group 2 regulations that were in force those days.

The engine’s development passed through Cosworth, obtaining more than 435 HP out of the Essex engine.

The European championship of that season, had in the French race its seventh meeting, it was the weekend of the 9th to 11th of September 1971.

Our protagonist had a “mythical” crew, two Formula 1 drivers, still active, but in the final stage of their careers: Graham Hill, twice world champion, was enrolled that season, his fourteenth, with Brabham; and John Surtees, with a world title under his belt, was part of a team created by himself when he had a dozen years in the premier class (Surtees Racing Organization).

Their weekend started off great and ended poorly. The race consisted of two rounds; on the first one, and after ending fifth on the qualifying with a time of 2:19", they imposed themselves to the rest of competitors, forty vehicles, in a six-hour race.

The race of the second day turned uphill for them due to an engine and a transmission problem; finally these forced them to retire. They were not the only ones with problems, almost half of the teams were forced to abandon. However they made history, as they were the first to fit a camera on the roof of a competition car. It was used to record the evolutions of their car and of its rivals as well during a race. This idea was taken by the French’s ORTF channel.

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