Caterham SP/300.R
The future of motorsport. Today.
It’s always been about driving. The feeling of the car beneath you, inspiring you to push boundaries. The aggression of the acceleration and braking forces acting on your body. The satisfaction of placing the car with absolute precision. The way the car communicates with you, constantly feeding a stream of data to every sense, synapse and nerve ending. Only a true driver knows these feelings. This is driving.
As with all Caterhams, the SP/300.R has first and foremost been developed as a true driver’s car. It doesn’t matter how fast a car is, if it isn’t rewarding to drive it will never be truly thrilling. However, the SP/300.R fuses all of Caterham’s core brand values such as durability, ease of use, practicality for racing and low maintenance costs with Lola’s technologically advanced approach to research and development. Working alongside Lola Cars, we have the perfect alchemy of British engineering superiority and rich motorsport heritage to deliver a lightweight, minimalist product that amplifies Colin Chapman’s Seven philosophy, yet conveys everything Caterham and Lola stand for today.
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. Home to the notorious Eau Rouge. The distracting wall of asphalt towers steeply above you, looming ever larger as you race towards it. It dominates your peripheral vision, filling the entire sky. You remain completely focused on the apex though; any slight hesitation will be punished along the eternity of the Kemmel straight. You sweep left then right with millimetre precision, going faster than you believed possible. The aerodynamics pin the car to the surface as the supercharger begins to impose it’s will on the laws of physics. Your inexorable acceleration towards 290kph continues unabated. The next corner begins to come into view. This is SP/300.R.
Technical specification
At the heart of the SP/300.R is an extensive technical specification which unlike many racing cars includes a very comprehensive list of standard equipment with no hidden costs or expensive extras required. Standard specification includes:
Engine Supercharged Ford Duratec 2.0L
Max Power 305PS @ 7500rpm
Push-to-Pass Power 335PS @ 7800rpm
Max Torque 290Nm @ 7500rpm
0-60mph (claimed) 2.8s
Top Speed 290kph
Wheelbase 2600mm
Overall Length 4200mm
Overall Width 1700mm
Height 1015mm
Downforce 450kg @ 250kph
Weight 545kg
Powertrain
• Caterham supercharged Ford Duratec 1999cc
• Rotrex supercharger with charge air cooling
• Aero optimised induction
• Uprated conrods, pistons and bearings
• Dry sump oil system
• High efficiency ducted cooling system (40oC ambient)
• Aero optimised high level ducted quiet exhaust
• Hewland FTR six speed sequential gearbox
• Shiftec paddle shift system
• Dual plate sintered clutch
• Limited slip differential
Suspension
• Adjustable pushrod activiated coil-over spring-dampers
• Adjustable anti-roll bars front and rear
• Lola Formula 3 gearbox mounted suspension
Chassis and Body
• Lola-developed aluminium honeycomb monocoque chassis
• Seven-piece lightweight polyurethane body system
• Lola-developed aero package, including:
– Adjustable carbon rear wing
– Composite front splitter
– Composite rear diffuser
– Aero optimised dive planes
– Three stage downforce configuration
• Quick lifting onboard air jack system
• Left or right hand drive
• Schroth six point harnesses
• MSA specification twin roll over protection hoops
• MSA specification front crash structure
• FIA approved fuel cell with external filling point
Braking System
• AP Racing braking system
• AP Racing adjustable pedal box
Wheels and Tyres
• ATS centre-lock Formula 3 wheels 9x13 and 10.5x13
• Cooper Formula 3 size bespoke slick tyres
Electronics
• Front low/high beam lights with permanent LED running lights
• Rear LED running lights with integrated brake lights
• High-intensity rain light
• Pectel engine and gearbox management system with integrated data logging
• Momo steering wheel with integral driver display system