By entering iBird in the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans, ProSpeed Competition is demonstration the importance of creativity which stimulates the Belgian team, double European FIA GT2-FIA GT3 champions. iBird will become ProSpeed Competition’s fourth artistic livery in the motorsport world. iBird, a work produced by Loic Poncelet, is a masterly and colorful interpretation of the cohesion between nature and modern technology, cohesion which is essential when it comes performing brilliantly in a motorsport environment.
iBird will be in the capable hands of three highly homogenous drivers: Belgian Marc Goossens; Marco Holzer the official Porsche Motorsport driver and the fast Dutchman Jaap van Lagen. iBird will be unveiled on Monday 6th June at 16.10hrs, on the Place des Jacobins, during the scrutineering… as also on the internet, to be discovered at www.iBird.info.
iBird is ProSpeed competition’s fourth artistic livery in motorsport. All aficionados of great cars will recall the “Lightning McQueen #95″, glorified on the track by the talented rally driver François Duval during the 24 Hours of Spa 2006, the “Pink Pig” (24 Hours of Zolder 2006) or the “Diamond’s Car Is Forever” (24 Hours of Spa 2008). iBird is the creation of Loic Poncelet, young graphic artist at the Graffiti Research organization, one of the first Belgian lettering companies to have adopted information technology tools.
The artistic viewpoint: Loic Poncelet (Graffiti Research – Artist)
“iBird is a bodywork which has turned into a bird. A bird with colourful plumage, and with its highly sophisticated technology on board, becomes one of the prerequisites in the field of achieving a top performance. Being and matter, harmony and discipline, aesthetic and function, warm colours, the contrasts are an inexhaustible source of inspiration. A halo of light, to come into being on the front bumpers, will give an additional interpretation to iBird’s design during the night. I really value this. After all Le Mans is also night-time magic!”
The expert’s viewpoint: Charles van Decraen (CPL Trans)
“The bird’s symbolism is powerful. In the first instance it knows no frontiers. Secondly, as shown by its migratory powers, it enjoys an amazing autonomy. iBird is a perfect icon in an endurance event which is renowned beyond the frontiers. Just as the eagle is a perfect icon for our international transport company.”
The… third eye: Rudi Penders (Team Principal)
“The graphic line of the ProSpeed cars, always recognizable regardless of our sports’ programs, remains a constant in which we continue to invest. However continuity does not prevent us from asserting our creativity. An athlete is an aesthete of performance, proof that competition provides a short cut towards the universe of beauty and the beautiful. iBird is a project supported by the entire ProSpeed Competition team. Together with our technical partner Grafityp, we would be proud and delighted to offer spectators, TV viewers and internet users the most beautiful car of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.”
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