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17 March 2005

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The latest PlayStation game Gran Turismo 4 features the two custom-build Pescarolo racing cars that took part in the Le Mans endurance race in 2003 and 2004; both were constructed using technologies developed for European space programmes

Credits: Sony Computer Entertainment France

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Racing car with space technology onboard

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2003 Pescarolo Sport Courage C 60/Peugeot racecar in the new PlayStation Gran Turismo 4 car racing game. The two custom-built top-performance Pescarolo racing cars that took part in the Le Mans endurance race in 2003 and 2004 were both constructed using technologies developed for European space programmes.

Credits: Sony Computer Entertainment France

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2004 Pescarolo Sport Playstation Courage C 60/Judd racing car in the new PlayStation Gran Turismo 4 car racing game. The two custom-built top-performance Pescarolo racing cars that took part in the Le Mans endurance race in 2003 and 2004 were both constructed using technologies developed for European space programmes.

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The 900 kg Pescarolo-Judd C60 prototype racing car - constructed using European space programmes' technology - has almost 600 horsepower under its bonnet. Here it can be seen passing the stands during the 2004 Le Mans legendary 24-hour race, in the new PlayStation game Gran Turismo 4.

Credits: Sony Computer Entertainment France

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Test-drive Pescarolo racing cars with space tech onboard

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Pescarolo racing car just passing the famous Dunlop footbridge at the Le Mans circuit, in the new PlayStation game Gran Turismo 4. The car was constructed using technologies developed for European space programmes.

Credits: Sony Computer Entertainment France

Making cars safer

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At the Pescarolo Sport's racing car 2004 presentation in Paris 22 April 2004, Pierre Brisson, Head of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, presents the space technologies used.

Credits: Playstation / Clément Marin

Space tech onboard

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