Ford’s electric Super Mustang Mach-E wins class in a tough Pike’s Peak race

[Mach-Lee]

It was a difficult race this year due to high winds, which resulted in the top of the mountain being closed and the race being shortened to the lower half of the road course only. Which is unfortunate, because electric cars excel on the upper section of the course since they don't lose power. Romain Dumas in the Super Mustang Mach-E won its class, but placed second overall behind Simone Faggioli.

Electrek article: Ford’s electric Super Mustang Mach-E wins class in a tough Pike’s Peak race

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Onboard view (from practice): https://www.instagram.com/fordperformance/reel/DLM7MdPOPJP/



Go to time 3:48:12 to see the Super Mach-E run. Fastest run in Pikes Peak Open class, second fastest of the day. 4:00:05 for interview with driver Romain Dumas. And go to 3:33:15 for a live on-board view of the hill climb from another car, first time that's ever been broadcast.

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[N1naz]

Dam that great!
Dam thats a shame they could't do the complete course!

George

 

[The Electric Duo]

Here's our video from Pikes Peak where we got to check out the Super Mustang Mach-E doing some practice at Pikes Peak International Raceway, interviewed Romain Dumas, and had a tech session with the engineers that was moderated by Kyle Conner.

And as a bonus, we drove to the top of Pikes Peak in a 2025 Mustang Mach-E!

 

[HuntingPudel]

Here's our video from Pikes Peak where we got to check out the Super Mustang Mach-E doing some practice at Pikes Peak International Raceway, interviewed Romain Dumas, and had a tech session with the engineers that was moderated by Kyle Conner.

And as a bonus, we drove to the top of Pikes Peak in a 2025 Mustang Mach-E!

Thanks for putting together and sharing that video production Patrick and @Liv ! I really enjoyed your drive up the mountain and your comments. ??

 

[JoeDimwit]

Here's our video from Pikes Peak where we got to check out the Super Mustang Mach-E doing some practice at Pikes Peak International Raceway, interviewed Romain Dumas, and had a tech session with the engineers that was moderated by Kyle Conner.

And as a bonus, we drove to the top of Pikes Peak in a 2025 Mustang Mach-E!

Everything I’ve seen, it looks more like a mustang coupe than a Mach-E. Is that the impression in person?

 

[The Electric Duo]

Everything I’ve seen, it looks more like a mustang coupe than a Mach-E. Is that the impression in person?

Although it didn't have rear doors, it did sorta have the lines of what would be rear doors. You can see them in this photo:

Seeing it in person, the thing that stood out most (besides the giant rear wing) is how wide and low it is. For the first time, I could imagine the Mach-E being a 4 door sedan -- and it reminded me that Ford registered a trademark for Mach 4. Most of the speculation about that is that it would be an ICE powered Mustang sedan, but maybe it could be EV powered.

This is all just a wild guess on my part. The Ford Performance engineers very clearly said that this was 100% racecar and nothing would directly result in anything making it to production. They are learning from it and the simulators and other tools they used are shared by the Ford Performance team and the production teams.

 

[theotherdave]

Mmmmm MMMMM! That Mach-e looks delicious!

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