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Nissan will enter a completely new type of experimental racing car into this year's Le Mans 24 Hours on June 16-17 as it aims to "change the face of endurance racing forever".
With a target weight of 475kg, the rear-engined DeltaWing is half the weight of a conventional Le Mans car and also has half the aerodynamic drag. This means that a Nissan supplied 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine with about 300bhp will be enough to give it the pace to run lap times somewhere between LMP1 and LMP2 cars while using only half the amount of fuel.
Nissan has joined a number of other partners to produce the vehicle, including designer Ben Bowlby, motorsport entrepreneur Don Panoz, the All-American Racers organisation (which builds the car), Highcroft Racing and Michelin tyres North America.
The car has received a special invitation to enter Le Mans as an experimental vehicle from race organisers the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and will wear the number "0". It is not eligible for classification but will instead "showcase the pioneering technology that will show one potential direction for the future of motorsport and will feed into the research and development of future technologies".
Nissan says that technology from the DeltaWing will filter down to its road car range.
Bowlby, who designed the DeltaWing concept, said: "Nissan has provided us with our first choice engine. It's a spectacular piece. We've got the engine of our dreams: it's the right weight, has the right power and it's phenomenally efficient."
The car will be driven by Marino Franchitti and Michael Krumm and makes its public debut at the Sebring 12 Hours this Thursday, March 15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvzUj...layer_embedded
Nissan will enter a completely new type of experimental racing car into this year's Le Mans 24 Hours on June 16-17 as it aims to "change the face of endurance racing forever".
With a target weight of 475kg, the rear-engined DeltaWing is half the weight of a conventional Le Mans car and also has half the aerodynamic drag. This means that a Nissan supplied 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine with about 300bhp will be enough to give it the pace to run lap times somewhere between LMP1 and LMP2 cars while using only half the amount of fuel.
Nissan has joined a number of other partners to produce the vehicle, including designer Ben Bowlby, motorsport entrepreneur Don Panoz, the All-American Racers organisation (which builds the car), Highcroft Racing and Michelin tyres North America.
The car has received a special invitation to enter Le Mans as an experimental vehicle from race organisers the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and will wear the number "0". It is not eligible for classification but will instead "showcase the pioneering technology that will show one potential direction for the future of motorsport and will feed into the research and development of future technologies".
Nissan says that technology from the DeltaWing will filter down to its road car range.
Bowlby, who designed the DeltaWing concept, said: "Nissan has provided us with our first choice engine. It's a spectacular piece. We've got the engine of our dreams: it's the right weight, has the right power and it's phenomenally efficient."
The car will be driven by Marino Franchitti and Michael Krumm and makes its public debut at the Sebring 12 Hours this Thursday, March 15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvzUj...layer_embedded
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