Watch the GMA T.50s Niki Lauda supercar on its dynamic debut [Video]

Production of the Gordon Murray-designed T.50 supercar is now underway at GMA’s new production facility in Highams Park, England. Once the 100 examples of that car are built, GMA will then start cranking out examples of the more extreme T.50s Niki Lauda track car.

Development of the T.50s Niki Lauda is ongoing, and this past weekend a prototype marked the car’s official dynamic debut during the Goodwood Members Meet at the Goodwood Motor Circuit. It was joined on the track by a prototype for the tamer T.33 supercar.

Like its road-going sibling, the T.50s Niki Lauda has a rear-mounted fan inspired by Murray’s Brabham BT46B “Fan Car” Formula 1 racer. But while the T.50 has six modes for this fan, the T50s only has one—high downforce. A maximum 2,645 pounds of downforce is the target.

In the T.50s, the fan spins at a constant 7,000 rpm to continuously generate that downforce. The car gets a number of other aerodynamic …