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RevoSlot RS0093 Mercedes CLK GTR #10 'Warsteiner'. RRP £71.95. Scheduled June 2021
RevoSlot RS0094 Mercedes CLK GTR #11 'D2 Privat'. RRP £71.95. Scheduled June 2021
RevoSlot RS0095 Mercedes CLK GTR Twin Pack. RRP £143.95. Scheduled June 2021
RevoSlot RS0096 Mercedes CLK GTR White Kit. RRP £52.96. Scheduled June 2021


The latest addition to RevoSlot's fabulous 1990s GT series was only a matter of 'when' - not 'if'.  For me, the Mercedes CLK GTR and the CLK LM are perfect examples of the period - big, loud, low and mean, with a front end that has a few familiar features. In 1997 and 1998, GT1 was effectively a prototype class. One CLK GTR homologation road car was built in 1997 and the other 24 followed in 1999 - after the GT1 category was scrapped. It was a glorious two years for Mercedes...

       

The first two RevoSlot CLKs are the works cars that dominated the 1997 FIA GT season, winning six of the eleven races and saw Bernd Schneider crowned champion. The CLK had been gone from initial drawings to full prototype in just 128 days - a quick response to the DTM/ITC series folding and Mercedes desperate to compete in a top-flight motorsport category in 1997.

   

Teething problems meant it was the fourth race until the CLK really began to shine - Schneider and Klaus Ludwig winning at the Nürburgring. Five more wins gave Mercedes a thumping victory in the team championship. In 1998, the CLK GTR and LM gave Mercedes a clean sweep - ten wins in ten races and six 1-2s - with Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta sharing the drivers' title. Despite no Le Mans win to give it utter legendary status, the CLK is a very important racing car...




RevoSlot have taken the original pair of 1997 CLK GTRs - a third was added for six races - and made them available individually and as a twin pack...

       

These cars carried the same race numbers throughout the 1999 FIA GT season, Bernd Schneider the lead driver in the #11 DS2 car and Alessandro Nannini in the #10. Their team mates included Klaus Ludwig, Alex Wurz, Marcel Tiemann and Aguri Suzuki. It was the #11 that won at the Nürburgring, Donington, Sebring and Laguna Seca. The #10 won at Suzuka and the #12 at the A1-Ring.

       

Underneath is the usual RevoSlot anodised aluminium two-part chassis and BRM components.

The two individual cars, twin pack and white kit are available now for pre-order at Pendle Slot Racing: www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/brand/revoslot/cars

   

A big thank you to Sean for sending through the pictures from RevoSlot before they've been added to the Pendle site!

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Here's the CLK brochure from RevoSlot with details of the cars, available parts and the layout of the chassis...

   

   

Thanks to Sean at Pendle Slot Racing for sending this to us