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The Wolf name is back in motorsport

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Khatir Soltani
The name "Wolf" is well known in the Formula 1 world. It was at the wheel of the gorgeous Wolf WR1 that South African driver Jody Scheckter nearly clinched the 1977 World Championship!

Wolf Racing was the name of the F1 team owned by Walter Wolf, an Austrian who was naturalized Canadian and then became a millionaire during the ‘70s in the oil business.

Wolf GB08 CN Prototype car. (Photo: Wolf Racing Cars)

Over thirty years after the F1 team closed its doors in 1979, the name "Wolf" finally back in motorsports.

The Ibanez Racing Italian team will run Wolf GB08s designed and built in Italy.

Wolf WR1 Cosworth of 1977. (Photo Ford)

The Wolf GB08 is a CN prototype built from a carbon chassis, the first of its kind and it will run in the 2-liter category of the Italian Championship of Prototypes.

A Wolf GB08 was entered this year in the Paul Ricard HTTT round of the VdeV endurance series in France with former F1 driver Alex Caffi behind the wheel.

(Photo: Wolf Racing Cars)

Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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