Of course, the GT2 has been closely based on the V8 Vantage roadcar and was designed to participate in the FIA GT series, Japanese GT, European Open GT, the Le Mans 24 hour and both the European and American Le Mans series. (astonmartins.com)
the 4c's strength is it's agility and quickness, not outright speed even if faster roadcar ever produced under 250hp. (evo.co.uk)
Sure it will be a big challenge to engineer roadcar durability into an F1 engine, even for those clever guys at Mercedes - AMG HPP. (evo.co.uk)