Petronas FP1: the Sauber prototype sees the light again

Petronas FP1 – It now seems that the trend of the new year is to want to buy track bikes to keep in your garage to set up a collection, dream of being a rider or who knows, maybe even take these prototypes on the track that can make us emotional just by turning them on. In recent days we told you about the initiative KTM which has decided to put the 2018 MotoGP models on sale (READ HERE). Today, however, we're talking about another track bike ready to end up on the market: the Petronas FP1.

Petronas FP1: the project

La Petronas FP1 it is a motorbike that was produced in 2003 at the behest of the then team of Formula 1 Sauber Petronas: it was a prototype with a 1000 cc engine, Harris chassis that was supposed to participate in the MotoGP (the original name was Petronas GP1), but the team, in the end, changed its budget and plans, deciding to throw itself into the world championship Superbike with a big “but”. The regulation required that the bikes entered in the championship have at least 150 sisters present on the market. For this reason, Sauber tried to quickly produce the necessary examples and divided production into two parts, one in Malaysia and the other in England. The two productions traveled in parallel and never met. Made in England models became a rarity, until recently. The society Lanzarote Motorsport he put them back into circulation and today they can easily be purchased with all their original equipment, made up of forks Ohlins, brake calipers Brembo with four pistons and a 130 horsepower engine for a weight of just 181 ko. Very luxurious stuff for the time.

Petronas FP1: how much does it cost

Do you want to own a Petronas FP1? It's relatively simple: just contact Lanzarote Motorsport and conclude the negotiation, but be careful, you will have to write a check for around 35.000 euros.