In the latest edition of Pagani’s video series covering the development of the Huayra R, Horacio Pagani runs through the design of the car, which took a lot of thought, says the automaker’s founder.

Since the Huayra R makes 838 hp (625 kW/850 PS) and 553 lb-ft (750 Nm) of torque from a naturally aspirated 6.0-liter V12, it had to have quite a bit of downforce to keep all that power in check. But Pagani didn’t want to let the requirements of the air prevent him from making a pretty car.

“When you create this sort of racetrack-inspired car where the technical part, downforce, and dynamics of the vehicle are certainly important, you may tend to neglect the aesthetic issues and concentrate on functionality, which is what happens to race cars in the majority of cases,” says Pagani.

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That’s not the case for all race cars, though; Horacio openly admits that the Porsche 917 was the inspiration for this car and even parts of the rear wing were essentially copy-pasted from the ’70s Le Mans racer. But while drawing inspiration from the race track and bending to the will of the wind, the Huayra R also had to look good.

That meant doing things like adding a fin to the top of the air inlet. The fin works aerodynamically, but it also just looks good, says Pagani. Then there’s the area where the cockpit meets the car. Pagani says that before it got added to the car, he felt like there was something missing.

The solution was a little carved-out section that would separate the cockpit from the body, making it look it was on top of the car. He says that this is the latest iteration of an idea he’s been toying with for 50 years now.

“I hadn’t the slightest idea whether it would be useful from the aerodynamic viewpoint, but I wasn’t too worried about that because I thought it was a very original way to separate the cockpit to a further extent.”

In the end, Pagani says that he’s pleased that the Huayra R is balanced and feels like it belongs in the supercar maker’s family while still standing out.