Seeing super expensive cars on the highway is nothing new, but when you meet a Formula 2 car that is not road legal, it is news. Yesterday, YouTube channel Racing Clips released a video from the Czech Republic showing a Formula GP2 car cruising down the highway.

Driving such cars on public roads is not legal, and this is not the first such case. Three years ago, a similar car was spotted on the same highway from Prague to the German border, and the case was investigated by the police. The owner of the car was found, but he stuck to his statement that he was not driving the vehicle. The police failed to prove the opposite, so the owner of the car went unpunished.

It is a Dallara GP2/08 based on the 2006 Ferrari. It is powered by a 4.0L naturally-aspirated V8 engine with 620 hp (462 kW) @8,500 rpm. Power is sent to the rear wheels by a Hewland six-speed sequential semi-automatic transmission. It is equipped with a carbon/aluminum honeycomb monocoque chassis, double-steel wishbones, pushrod-operated, twin-dampers and torsion bars suspension (front) and spring suspension (rear), Hitco carbon brake discs with Brembo 6-piston calipers and pads, and Bridgestone Potenza (dry and wet) O.Z. racing wheels.

The comments on the video are positive. Many believe that the Dallara GP2/08 engine sounds much better than those of current Formula 1 cars. Of course there were also humorous comments such as those addressed to the Ferrari Formula 1 team because of their mistakes that led to several bad results this season.

Source: Racing Clips via YouTube