Lexus enters V8 Supercars as official safety car

Lexus has entered the 2015 V8 Supercars as the official safety car with the RC F model.
“V8 Supercars is the world’s leading touring car series and our involvement as supplier of vehicles reflects the new energy in our brand and our dynamic model lines,” said Sean Hanley, chief executive of Lexus Australia.

The Japanese manufacturer will have a number of cars in the safety team, such as the official course and medical cars.

Lexus has previously announced strong interest in entering V8 Supercars from 2017 when the new regulations comes into force and this could be a first step towards it.

”We’ve had very high-level discussions with V8 Supercars. V8 Supercars never approached me, any interest we have shown has come from Lexus. We initiated a high-level discussion,” said Hanley to carsadvice.com.au.