Ford Super Mustang Mach-E is Pikes Peak ready with over 1,400bhp and 3,130kg of downforce

Ford has taken the wraps off its Super Mustang Mach-E race car, which will tackle this weekend’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

Created alongside Austrian motorsport specialists STARD, the Ford Super Mustang Mach-E is underpinned by the same all-wheel drive, tri-motor set up as its Pikes Peak-battling predecessors, the Transit SuperVan 4.2 and last year’s Pikes Peak winner, the F-150 Lightning Supertruck. When it comes to batteries, the Super Mustang Mach-E gets a high-performance 50kWh pack, which can be topped up with up to 710kW of regenerative braking.

The Blue Oval says that its latest Pikes Peak challenger has a power output northwards of 1,400bhp. At 150mph, the car’s enormous rear wing, spade-like front splitter, and cavernous rear diffuser come together to generate 3,130kg of downforce. Moreover, the Ford Super Mustang Mach-E is some 114kg lighter than the F-150 Lightning Supertruck.

Ford’s 2025 Pikes Peak entrant will be driven by Romain Dumas, who has won the event outright five times. Dumas is also a two-time outright winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours – his first victory coming with Audi in 2010; his second in 2016 with Porsche.

Fast-forward two years, and the Frenchman set the overall Pikes Peak time record with the all-electric Volkswagen ID.R, which was co-developed with Porsche Motorsport. Dumas and VW set their record of seven minutes, 57.148 seconds in 2018. To-date, the run remains unbroken.

The Ford Super Mustang Mach-E will compete in the Pikes Peak ‘Unlimited’ class, meaning anything goes as long as the entrant’s car meets the minimum safety requirements set out by the race organisers. Other Pikes Peak categories include Time Attack, which was won by Hyundai and its Ioniq 5 N last year. Meanwhile, the ‘Exhibition’ class allows for production vehicles to compete. Last year, ‘Exhibition’ was won by a 1,040bhp Rivian R1T, which set a class record time of 10m 53.883s.