{"id":411798,"date":"2022-08-09T20:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T20:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=411798"},"modified":"2024-09-05T00:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T00:38:48","slug":"driving-the-apollo-ie-at-spa-francorchamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/driving-the-apollo-ie-at-spa-francorchamps\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Driving the Apollo IE at Spa Francorchamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the absolutely stunning-looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-multi-million-apollo-ie-red-dragon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apollo IE Red Dragon<\/a> we published a few weeks ago? The multi-million dollar hypercar which is limited to just 10 units for the entire world, the Red Dragon is production number 8, and the owner took it to the SuperCarMadness event in the Netherlands, but he also came to the famous Spa Francorchamps track in Belgium recently, co\u00efcidentally together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/driving-the-pagani-huayra-r-at-spa-francorchamps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pagani Arte In Pista<\/a> program that allows owners of the Huayra R to drive their cars on the track, the Apollo IE, on the other hand, was part of a Curbstone event, and the owner took this screaming V12 onto the track, he even let Tim, or Shmee150, drive his limited-edition hypercar for several laps on the famous Belgian F1 circuit, initially behind a Pagani Zonda which was also owned by the same person who owns this Apollo IE, and he&#8217;s also a client for one of the 30 Pagani Huayra R, but his car hasn&#8217;t been delivered yet.<\/p>\n<p>It seems driving the Apollo IE is quite an exhausting experience, and both the engine sound from that very special exhaust setup, and the gearbox wine are so loud, it is just about impossible for the driver and passenger to understand each other, but just take a look at Shmee150&#8217;s video below and see &#8230; but more importantly, hear what we&#8217;re on about, and yes, this might be a &#8216;headphones&#8217; video to really get the &#8216;vibe&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"My FIRST DRIVE in the EXTREME Apollo IE &#039;Red Dragon&#039;!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PTLifabc1pc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"My FIRST DRIVE in the EXTREME Apollo IE &#039;Red Dragon&#039;!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PTLifabc1pc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the absolutely stunning-looking Apollo IE Red Dragon we published a few weeks ago? 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