While the regular T.50 features forged aluminum suspension components, this uses lightweight steel. Also new are shorter but wider 18-inch wheels paired with carbon-carbon brakes, thereby reducing unsprung weight. These brakes are hopeless in the cold and the wet, but the multimillionaires who buy a car like this would only take it for a jaunt in perfect weather anyway.
While we’re on the subject of mass, Murray says that the T.50s could generate far more downforce than it does. At present, the car can produce up to 2,645 lbs of downforce, but if it went to its maximum possible figure of 4,189 lbs, not only would drivers struggle to make the most of it, but Michelin says even its finest tire technology would become compromised.
Interestingly, GMA is working on a max-downforce kit for the bravest of buyers, with this set to produce up to 3,300-odd lbs, a healthy middle ground.
