#Merciel At Goodwood 2017: Part 2- Corsaire GTE
##2018 Merciel Corsaire GTE Proto
We said at Geneva that Merciel will be making a return to GT racing following a 10 year hiatus, and in 2018, Merciel will one again return to GT racing with the new 2018 spec of the Merciel Corsaire.
The new 2018 GTE Proto taking on the hill this afternoon.
The new CorsaireGTE is fitted with a 3.5L Turbocharged i6 found in the Corsaire i6 Sport. With the new turbocharger, the 3.5L i6 produces a whopping 716hp and 780 Nm of torque. The car was also fitted with a 7 Speed Sequential gearbox derived from the one found in the Merciel 216 Rallye. All this allowed the car to go up the hill in an impressive time: <img src="/uploads/default/original/4X/5/0/7/507aa5a9da5403278b7269b54878b3a9f73fb971.jpg"width=“288” height=“38”>
Also making an appearance is Merciel’s ATCC car, the 2017 Merciel Verona.
##Merciel Verona ATCC EV2
While the car had some less than satisfactory results in the last season, Merciel-Shell Touring Car Team have made some alterations to the current Race model to form. With a new retuned race engine, producing 269hp, 240Nm of torque and redesigned aerodynamics, the new EV2 model is significantly faster than last season’s ATCC model.
Running up the hill with our current driver Andrew Robson, the new EV2 ran a respectable time of:
