This sounds awesome, but does anyone know (or understand from the article) which class he will race in?
Is it LMP1 but one that looks more like a GT-car?
http://www.speedhunt...kenhaus-scg003/
Posted 19 March 2015 - 01:55
This sounds awesome, but does anyone know (or understand from the article) which class he will race in?
Is it LMP1 but one that looks more like a GT-car?
http://www.speedhunt...kenhaus-scg003/
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Posted 19 March 2015 - 03:12
From what I understand, he plans on spanking the GT competition by stretching the GT rules as much to get as close to an LMP car while still being officially GT. Which is why he has a road version I believe. Pretty awesome, since homologation specials aren't really being done anymore.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 10:28
I'm actually a little disappointed with the way the car looks, his spinoffs of the Enzo/458 were very attractive machines but this thing is a little ungainly. Still, I'm thrilled he's doing this and I hope the car wins. Even if it's "closer to an LMP than a GT", he's facing incredibly strong competition given the factory involvement at the N24 event from teams like Audi, BMW, Aston, ect.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 10:30
If he's going to go Le Mans it can only be through that Garage 56 rule or what's it called for experimental cars that runs out of competition. Used by the Deltawing car for instance.
In Nürburgring 24 hours anything goes almost, if nothing else they might just end up in their own class and if the car is deemed to experimental run out of competition for overall victory.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 10:31
How many production cars are required for homologation in the ACO's GTE class these days? Probably too many for him to build on his own $$$, but I bet if enough people decided to order them he'd find a way.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 11:07
How many production cars are required for homologation in the ACO's GTE class these days? Probably too many for him to build on his own $$$, but I bet if enough people decided to order them he'd find a way.
Last I read was something like 25 for companies classed as "small" manufacturers, not sure whether 1000 or 2000 for larger-volume manufacturers.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 11:22
Probably for the stupid question thread but anyway, is that produced or sold?
Posted 19 March 2015 - 12:15
Produced.
I'm pretty sure we'll never see it at Le Mans.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 14:29
If it's 25 produced cars; wouldn't the Mclaren P1 be allowed to race as a GT-car?
Posted 19 March 2015 - 14:57
If it's 25 produced cars; wouldn't the Mclaren P1 be allowed to race as a GT-car?
I think McLaren can no longer be classified as a "small" car manufacturer, so they'd need production numbers on the scale of the 12C for homologation.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 16:24
Not sure why you'd want to run the P1 in GTE anyway, you'd have to strangle it by a couple hundred BHP to meet the regulations.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 16:34
Looks too much like an Enzo but cool nonetheless.
Posted 19 March 2015 - 17:16
Not sure why you'd want to run the P1 in GTE anyway, you'd have to strangle it by a couple hundred BHP to meet the regulations.
Indeed, and also slice all the hybrid gubbins off it. GTE and GT3 cars are all in the region of 500-550 bhp output and are all ICE-only for now, no hybrid systems allowed (which was a major hanging point that seems to have killed Honda's plans to get the new NSX into GTE).
Posted 21 March 2015 - 23:03
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Looks too much like an Enzo but cool nonetheless.
Oh, yes just like an Enzo.
Posted 22 March 2015 - 20:10
To race GT at Le Mans for a small manufacture (less than 2000/yr) requires 25 cars to be produced, and one per month there after. Once 50 in total are made the car is homologated for I think 8 years. You'd need 37 cars to race two consecutive years. However, if you run a carbon tub you have to make 300 units.