Mazda 3 sedan 20b racecar First race of 2013 (Zolder)

Mazda 3 sedan 20B racecar. (axela)
3 rotor engine with approx. 450hp (N/A, no Turbo)
Rear wheel drive
Sadev 6 speed seq. gearbox
Drechsler diff
BMW competition suspension
Moton shocks
BMW racing ABS
Porsche central wheel nut system
Motec m880 ecu
Motec adl2 dash
Uniroyal fuel cell
Certified roll cage
ATS racing wheels

Team: Van Herck Racing
Driver: Werner Van Herck (B)

event: FIA GT
track: Circuit Zolder
date: 19, 20 and 21 april 2013

This video includes footage from the training session, qualifying and the 2 races of the weekend.

Qualified 3rd in GTB class (out of 5 entries) and 14th overall (out of 17 entries)
race 1 result: finished 2nd in GTB class and 12th overall
race 2 result: finished 4th in GTB class and 13th overall

improvements from last years car.
- bigger wing
- canards on front bumper
- new/stronger gearbox
- flat floor
- rear diffuser

More video's of this car on my channel.

Onboard video of this car from 2014.

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[johnnywong]

glad to see a rotary engine in a Mazda 3

[soraaoixxthebluesky]

When mazda 3 sounds more like an F1 car than an F1 car itself

[MTLbigJ]

I just love how happy it is. i love my mazda 3 cuz its always so happy to see me

[donaldrblake]

Mazda is still doing great even in these hard times.... I'd love to see a new rotary sports car

[TheRosemontag]

The Mazda 3 racing against a Ferrari and a Lamborghini? I'm impressed.

[Dreadzedan]

those other cars must be terrified when they hear that rotary coming

[souls]

Why can't mazda bring this wide body kit for its mazdaspeed lineup and bury STI and Evo once and for all, it already has the Power/Weight advantage over them both :-) 

[vikingskjegg]

That car looks far too happy for that engine sound. o.0

[Belgian-Motorsport]

The Mazda is running nearly identical lap times as these 997 cup cars.

[dantenorio]

haha it's awesome to see a mazda3 out racing on the same track as porches and ferraris. proud to be a mazda3 owner!

[Belgian-Motorsport]

This is the Supercar Challenge.
There's a link in the description under the video.

[Belgian-Motorsport]

2nd and 4th in class, not overall ;)
They also had a couple of class wins in the past 3 years with this car.

[ElderThing]

Mazda always has this touch of a rebell in the car world, i like it :) Btw. sounds awesome!

[RedneckMechanics]

my daily driver is a 2010 Mazda 3 and one of my dreams is to put one of these rotary in it. It may never happen due to the money though. But i can tell you that it would be an awesome race car because of its good chassis as you can see in this video

[dylansaey]

Ik was op deze dag ook aanwezig op Zolder en ik heb geluk gehad hem net te zien tijdens het starten toch wel een oerdegelijk geluid !

[dimabonc]

Fantastic video THANK YOU! For this wonderful experience!

[Belgian-Motorsport]

This years best laptime at zolder was 0.7 sec. faster than in 2012.
1 min 37.7 vs 1 min 38.4

[ifrit]

It doesn't have much in common with a regular mazda 3 anymore but it sounds awesome.

[ssbbman]

Phantom Meneace - Pod Racer 720p [HD]  the video of the mazda is a second gen pod racer

[corriejacobs]

Brilliant What a fast Rotary I will die to have one