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Venturi et Voxan collectionnent les records du monde (dotée de 3 000 chevaux, la Venturi Buckeye Bullet (VBB) bat ses propres records de vitesse année après année. Ce véhicule à l’allure de fusée sur roues atteint 487 km/h en 2009, puis
495 km/h en 2010 et 549 km/h en 2016, dernier record en date encore jamais égalé) / Venturi and Voxan: piling up the world records: the Venturi Buckeye Bullet (VBB), with 3,000 hp, breaks records year after year. This rocket-on-wheels
soared to 487 kilometres an hour in 2009, then reached 495 in 2010 and, in 2016, achieved the still unbeaten record of 549 kilometres an hour.

II, built by my grandfather, Gildo Pastor. motorsport. I used to drive a single-seater kart driver smiling at the start of the race.
The land was also connected to Monaco’s on the side, as I’d promised my parents that I
brewery and to my grandfather’s lorry yard. would never be a racing driver. At the age of Next, you decided to move into the business
My mother’s wish, in naming it the Gildo 18, I went to Argentina with a girlfriend, whose side of the industry...
Pastor Center, was to pay tribute to him and father, a Formula 1 driver, let me test drive on After a stint as a business angel/backer [Ed:
I understand her – the old man was quite a a track to assess my abilities. When the verdict 1990 to 2000], I wanted to start my own
character, a visionary! came, it was that I was good at driving fast but business. I had always kept the Venturi brand
“not at driving very fast”. in mind – they had even
What attracted you about that construction You have driven in “… destiny led contacted me when I was
project? Did you want to follow in the Pastor rallies, raced and beaten 18. When they went bust,
footsteps? records. What do you get me into there were 35 potential
When I was young, I thought you had to be a out of driving? takers but I was the only
lawyer in order to make money [he smiles]. It’s brilliant! I’ve taken part construction.” one to come up with the
That’s why I studied law but, once I had my in numerous races [Ed: minimum cost, €500,000.
Baccalauréat C, destiny led me into construction Volant Elf, rally raid, Porsche Supercup, Renault After fighting for a year, I managed to bring the
– however, the building industry has always Europa Cup, Paris-Dakar, 24 Hour of Le Mans] brand back to Monaco, which was particularly
been in our genes, it’s true. We built a beautiful but I always knew that I was there to learn and difficult, given that the business was on its
building. have fun – and it was obvious: I would arrive knees. We took out all the old car frames,
well before the start of the race and was I cleaned up the factory and went back to
Since childhood, you have been passionate less stressed than the other drivers. F1 world Monaco. When I took Venturi down the route
about motor cars. What set that off? champion, Mika Häkkinen, once told me he of electric motors, few onlookers believed in
When I was 15, like many children, I loved always enjoyed seeing me as I was the only our chances of success.

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