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    Naked attraction

    Sep 08, 2021 4 minutes
    by JETHRO BOVINGDON
    PHOTOGRAPHY by MALCOLM GRIFFITHS

    IT’S A SWELTERING DAY AT THE VAIRANO test track just south of Milan and the pit garages are empty save for one. Inside it’s a hive of activity, with mechanics swarming around the rear of a car up on air jacks, bare carbonfibre bodywork removed and baking on a stand in the sun in the paddock behind. Next to the exposed car are a row of engineers and a bank of laptops. The atmosphere is tense but excited. The prototype track-only Pagani Huayra R is ready for shakedown and aero tests.

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