Simona De Silvestro gets land speed record retro livery

Simona De Silvestro is going to run a land speed record retro livery for her #78 Nissan Altima of Nissan Motorsport at the Sandown 500 Supercars Championship race.

The livery is inspired by the Nissan R380 Type II, setting seven international speed records on October 8, 1967: the fastest 50km, 50 miles, 100km, 100 miles, 200km, 200 miles and most distance traveled over 1 hour.

“The car looks amazing, and I love the idea of going retro for Sandown,” said De Silvestro.

“Nissan has a lot of famous race cars and to be honest I didn’t know much about the R380 before, but this has been a nice chance to learn about such a successful car. So while it certainly achieved a lot, I think it also makes for a really good looking Supercar.”