This Is What Happens When A Formula 1 Driver Modifies A Supra

New Zealand F1 driver Liam Lawson has a very cool car for his day job, but his personal rides are pretty sweet too. The latest is a Toyota Supra with the only body kit of its kind in Europe.

Watch Lawson take delivery of his Supra, which has engine, chassis, and visual upgrades to help the driver stand out when he’s not sitting in his Visa Cash App RB Formula One car.

Lawson’s Supra Gets Transformed For A Second Time

If you’re thinking, “Didn’t Lawson already have a Supra?”, then you’ve got a very good memory. You’re right, and this is the same car.

It’s the same car with the same under-the-hood mods. The punishment-absorbing B58 engine has been beefed up with a new Precision big-turbo setup, a valved custom exhaust, and a “Stage 2” ECU map from MHD.

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AutoID is about styling, more than performance, though, and that’s what the Supra is in for. The green wrap, a color Lawson got from a Lamborghini he spotted in the US, is getting peeled off. The same goes for the body kit, which is pieced together from multiple sources.

New Adro Kit The First In Europe

In place of the old kit, the car is getting a new one: the first body kit from Adro for the latest-generation Supra in all of Europe.

Unwrapping the car might be the toughest part of all. Once the green has been removed, the car is still covered in glue. That means it needs a whole polish. It’s fine, though, they have four whole days until Liam Lawson gets back from an event to come pick the car up.

The kit fits almost perfectly. New bumpers front and rear, along with carbon fenders, new side skirts, and a new wing make this Supra look even meaner than the car did in green. New lace-face wheels with a bronze finish and shiny lips complete the look.

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While the crew is changing the wheels, take a look at those brakes. Lawson has been driving this car hard, with plenty of racetrack use visible.

Of course, the car is ready on time for Lawson to pick it up, and we get some great rolling shots of the car that we will drool over during the process.

So what does the F1 driver think? Well, he wanted it to stay green, so things weren’t starting out great. Ultimately, Lawson is left speechless. He called it “the best looking car I’ve ever seen,” which might not make his RB Team sponsors very happy. At least the F1 team is a Honda engine customer, not one of the factory efforts from a competitor brand.

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